Nerve Stimulator for Patients With Upper Extremity Disease, Vascular or Orthopedic Surgery



Status:Recruiting
Healthy:No
Age Range:21 - 89
Updated:9/7/2018
Start Date:November 2013
End Date:November 2021
Contact:William Grubb, DDS, MD
Email:wrgrubb@aol.com
Phone:732-235-7827

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria

Does the Use of a Nerve Stimulator Improve the Outcome of Ultrasound-Guided Supraclavicular Block (Anesthesia) for Upper Extremity Surgery?

To help determine if there is improved pain relief when a device that makes an arm muscle
move (nerve stimulator) is used to place a needle in the area above the collarbone to prevent
feeling of pain (anesthesia) of the upper arm.

The Investigators will use the assessment of onset of motor and sensory block Q 5 minutes to
distinguish the difference between blocks performed with ultrasound guidance with or without
a nerve blockade monitor.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Adult male and females 21 through 89

- Agree to study participation and signed the informed consent

- Scheduled for upper extremity surgery with ultrasound guided supraclavicular block -

Exclusion Criteria:

- Children

- Pregnant Women

- Persons with allergies to local anesthetics

- Persons with infections at or near site of needle insertion

- Patients with severe disturbance of cardiac rhythm and heart block

- Patients with severe respiratory compromise

- Patients requiring bilateral upper extremity anesthesia

- Patients with coagulopathy or medical anticoagulation

- Patients with traumatic nerve injury to neck or upper extremity

- Patients with preexisting neurological deficits in the distribution of the block

- Patients with previous surgery to the neck that may distort brachial plexus anatomy
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
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