Superficial Cervical Plexus Blockade for Clavicle Fracture Analgesia

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2018-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The goal of the study is to determine if the addition of a superficial cervical plexus block to a traditional interscalene plexus block will provide superior perioperative analgesia to an interscalene brachial plexus blockade alone for repair of clavicle fractures and non-/malunions.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who present for repair of isolated clavicle fractures and non-/malunions that consent to regional anesthesia and to be a part of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Polytraumatized patients with multiple confounding injuries, patients who are not candidates for either block at the discretion of the Anesthesia Attending, patient refusal to participate in study, patient refusal of regional technique, patients with significant pulmonary disease that will not tolerate possible hemi-diaphragmatic paralysis at the discretion of the attending anesthesiologist.