Spinal Anesthesia With Articaine and Lidocaine for Outpatient Surgery.

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2006-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare two short-acting local anesthetics, articaine and lidocaine, for spinal anesthesia in day-case surgery. The onset time of the sensory- and motor block, recovery time until discharge and complications will be studied.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: St. Antonius Hospital
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Carticaine; Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age > 18 years

• ASA I-III

• Patients planned for a short surgical procedure on lower extremities or lower abdomen.

• Procedure in day-case setting

• Procedure under spinal anesthesia

• Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contra-indications spinal anesthesia

• History of allergic reactions on amide-type local anesthetics

• Pregnancy