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Currently, at UVA, handheld ultrasound devices (like those used to view an unborn baby) are only two dimensional. The Accuro is a three dimensional handheld ultrasound device. This device uses sound waves to create pictures of the spine in three dimensions. This may allow the physician to view the spine in more detail for procedures such as spinal anesthesia and other diagnostic procedures.
The investigators aim to assess the benefit of using the Accuro versus traditional landmark palpation technique to determine accurate spinal level for procedures. Patients who undergo interventional pain procedure per standard care under fluoroscopy and require the presence of an anesthesia provider at the UVA Pain Management Clinic will be approached for enrollment.
Anesthesia Providers will first identify the L4/L5 space using the traditional technique of palpating the iliac crests to estimate spinal level, which will be marked with a single dot from a marking pen. The provider will then use the Accuro 3000 to identify the L4/L5 interspace and mark this point with two dots. Participants will then be taken into the fluoroscopy suite for their scheduled procedure. Since the skin marks will not show up on fluoroscopy, and metal instrument will be laid on the skin at the interspace or interspaces that were marked using the palpation and Accuro techniques. The anesthesiology attending provider in the fluoroscopy suite will then confirm the true interspace position of these marks under fluoroscopy. It will then be recorded how many spaces off the palpation and Accuro techniques are from the intended L4/L5 level.
Patients who are undergoing any interventional pain procedure under fluoroscopy at the UVA Pain Management Clinic will be approached for consent.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| identify L4-5 | Level marked as L4-5 using Accuro and palpation |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| identify L4/L5 | Other |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Accuracy in identifying the L4-L5 interspace using palpation versus ultrasound imaging (3D). | whether there is a correlation between the landmark traditional technique versus US imaging. Fluoroscopy will serve a s the control (gold standard) | day one |
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Patients undergoing any interventional pain procedure requiring the presence of an anesthesia provider under fluoroscopy at the UVA Pain Management Clinic
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Tiouririne, MD | University of Virginia | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Virginia Health System | Charlottesville | Virginia | 22908 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 21572316 | Background | Chin KJ, Perlas A, Chan V, Brown-Shreves D, Koshkin A, Vaishnav V. Ultrasound imaging facilitates spinal anesthesia in adults with difficult surface anatomic landmarks. Anesthesiology. 2011 Jul;115(1):94-101. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31821a8ad4. | |
| 20696564 | Background | Vallejo MC, Phelps AL, Singh S, Orebaugh SL, Sah N. Ultrasound decreases the failed labor epidural rate in resident trainees. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2010 Oct;19(4):373-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2010.04.002. Epub 2010 Aug 8. |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D017116 | Low Back Pain |
| D001416 | Back Pain |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D010146 | Pain |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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| 11421838 | Background | Grau T, Leipold RW, Conradi R, Martin E. Ultrasound control for presumed difficult epidural puncture. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2001 Jul;45(6):766-71. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2001.045006766.x. |
| 14656785 | Background | Grau T, Bartusseck E, Conradi R, Martin E, Motsch J. Ultrasound imaging improves learning curves in obstetric epidural anesthesia: a preliminary study. Can J Anaesth. 2003 Dec;50(10):1047-50. doi: 10.1007/BF03018371. |
| 21422997 | Background | Chin KJ, Karmakar MK, Peng P. Ultrasonography of the adult thoracic and lumbar spine for central neuraxial blockade. Anesthesiology. 2011 Jun;114(6):1459-85. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318210f9f8. |