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NCT Number: NCT05031936

: Intravascular Injection Rates During Cervical Medial Branch Block

The purpose of this study is to compare using Toughy needle has an advantage of reducing intravascular injection rates during cervical medial branch block.

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Key information

Conditions

Vascular Complications

Age range

20 year–79 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hong ji HEE

Daegu, 42601, South Korea

About this study

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

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • facet joint arthropathy

Exclusion criteria

  • allergy to local anesthetics or contrast medium
  • pregnancy
  • spine deformity
  • neurologic abnormality

Treatment and study plan

cervical spinal injection with 0.2% ropivacaine

Procedure

spinal injections performed in cervical pillar area to relieve chronic neck pain

Primary outcomes

  1. incidence of intravascular injection

    Time frame: 1 minute after finishing cervical medial branch block

    incidence of intravascular injection during cervical medial branch block

Secondary outcomes

  1. time required to complete cervical medial branch block

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 second after the completion of cervical medial branch block

    time required to complete cervical medial branch block

  2. radiation amout 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

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Comparison of Intravascular Injection Rates During Cervical and Lumbar Medial Branch Block Using Touhy or Quincke Type Needle

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Sep 2, 2021
Registry last updated
Dec 20, 2022

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