An interventional study of cervical spinal injection with 0.2% ropivacaine in Vascular Complications, sponsored by Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center. Completed at 1 site in Korea, Republic of. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 79 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-12-20.
Sponsored by Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to compare using Toughy needle has an advantage of reducing intravascular injection rates during cervical medial branch block.
In previous reports, the use of Toughy needle was thought to reduce the incidence of intravascular injection as low as 2.9% during lumbar transforaminal injection.
Blunt needles with a pencil point tip, such as Whitacre needles, are not as sharp at their tip as are Quincke needles, which have bevels. Toughy or blunt needles may therefore be less likely to penetrate a vessel during a procedure. Hence, we postulated the incidence of intravenous uptake would be significantly lower using a Toughy needle than using a Quincke needle for lumbar medial branch block. To confirm the intravascular injection rates, we used the real time fluoroscopy after injection of contrast medium.
The goal of this study was to compare the incidence of intravascular injection rate betweeen Toughy and Quincke needles using real time fluoroscopy during cervical medial branch block
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cervical medial branch block using touhy needle
Procedure: cervical spinal injection with 0.2% ropivacaine
cervical medial branch block using quincke needle
Procedure: cervical spinal injection with 0.2% ropivacaine
spinal injections performed in cervical pillar area to relieve chronic neck pain
incidence of intravascular injection
incidence of intravascular injection during cervical medial branch block
Time frame: 1 minute after finishing cervical medial branch block
time required to complete cervical medial branch block
time required to complete cervical medial branch block
Time frame: Baseline, 1 second after the completion of cervical medial branch block
radiation amout to complete cervical medial branch block
radiation amout to complete cervical medial branch block
Time frame: Baseline, 1 second after the completion of cervical medial branch block
Plan to share: No
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