Minimum Effective Local Anesthetic Volume for Ultrasound Guided Superior Trunk Block
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-75
SponsorChinese University of Hong Kong
About this trial
The objective of this study is to identify the minimum effective dosage of a commonly used local anaesthetic drug "levobupivacaine" required to produce an effective ultrasound guided (USG) superior trunk block (STB) in at least 90% of patients for shoulder arthroscopic surgeries.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III scheduled to undergo elective upper shoulder arthroscopic rotator cuff repair procedure
Disqualifiers
Patient refusal
pregnancy
skin infection at the site of block placement
history of allergy to local anaesthetic drugs
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- 0.5% levobupivacaine
Treatment groups
25 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupLocations
1Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Prince of Wales Hospital ShatinNew Territories, Hong Kong
Sponsors and collaborators
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lead sponsor
Source ClinicalTrials.gov