Status:
UNKNOWN
Safety of Spinal Anesthesia in Patients With Tibial Shaft Fracture
Lead Sponsor:
University of Oulu
Conditions:
Tibial Fracture
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
There is a elevated risk of acute compartment syndrome (ACS) related to tibial shaft fractures due to oedema and reduced blood flow in traumatised tissues. This may lead to lack of oxygen and even nec...
Detailed Description
For some of the patients RA may be even more safe than GA. According to a large meta-analysis RA reduces the risk of several complications versus GA. * Risk of deep vein thrombosis is reduced by 44% ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with a unilateral tibial shaft fracture which needs to be operated are included.
Exclusion
- refusal of the patient
- severe, generalized atherosclerosis
- massive obesity
- marked mental retardation, dementia
- bilateral tibial shaft fracture
- polytrauma, such as head injury
- bleeding diathesis
- aortic stenosis
- infection at the injection site
- certain medications affecting bleeding
- sepsis
- hypovolemia
- conversion to general anaesthesia due to technical difficulties
- anesthesiologist has a strong opinion towards GA/RA
- foreign patient and marked translation difficulties
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 1 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01795287
Start Date
March 1 2012
End Date
June 1 2020
Last Update
April 17 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Oulu University Hospital
Oulu, Finland, 90029