Costoclavicular vs Paracoracoid Approach to Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block: a Feasibility Study

Completed 70 enrolled London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

RandomizedParallel-groupSingle-blindHealth-services research

Summary

Patients for upper limb surgeries who are candidates for infraclavicular block will be screened. Two techniques of infraclavicular block will be compared. Measured outcomes are performance times, block onset times, patient satisfaction, quality of block, and requirement for supplementary analgesia.

Timeline

Start: 2015-12
Primary completion: 2017-12
Completion: 2017-12

Publications

Background Karmakar MK, Sala-Blanch X, Songthamwat B, Tsui BC. Benefits of the costoclavicular space for ultrasound-guided infraclavicular brachial plexus block: description of a costoclavicular approach. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2015 May-Jun;40(3):287-8. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000232. No abstract available.
Background Bigeleisen P, Wilson M. A comparison of two techniques for ultrasound guided infraclavicular block. Br J Anaesth. 2006 Apr;96(4):502-7. doi: 10.1093/bja/ael024. Epub 2006 Feb 24.
Background Mosaffa F, Gharaei B, Rafeeyan M, Gachkar L. Comparing vertical and coracoid approaches for infraclavicular block in orthopedic surgery of the forearm and hand. J Clin Anesth. 2012 May;24(3):196-200. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2011.07.013. Epub 2012 Apr 5.
Background Acar S, Gurkan Y, Solak M, Toker K. Coracoid versus lateral sagittal infraclavicular block. Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc. 2013;47(1):32-7. doi: 10.3944/aott.2013.2615.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Background	Ropivacaine	Other / unclassified	0.5 %	—
Background	Ropivacaine	Other / unclassified	35 ml	—

Indications

No indication recorded.