Clinical Trial: Comfort Score During Ultrasound Guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block Placement in Elderly Patients

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Influence of Anesthetic Volume on Comfort Score During US-SCB Placement in Elderly Patients

Brief Summary: Results from our preliminary study accepted as e-poster presentation on ESRA (Bordeaux, September 2012.) showed significant difference in Comfort Score during Ultrasound Guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus block (US-SCB) between young and elderly population. However, it is unknown whether the difference in Comfort score (1) was associated with reduction of local anesthetic (LA) volume in elderly or it is attributed to elderly population by itself. The aim of the study is to compare the Comfort score during US-SCB placement in elderly patients undergoing upper limb surgery performed with two different volumes of local anesthetics (20 ml vs 32 ml).