Education and Training
Cutaneous Administration of Local Anesthetic for Spine Injection Procedures
Interventional spine procedures are an increasingly popular means of diagnosis and treatment of spine disease. By convention, local anesthetics are used at the beginning of these procedures with the goal of minimizing pain. However, the infiltration of the local anesthetic is painful. This initial painful stimulus can heighten pain awareness and cause anxiety or excessive movement during the procedure.
The purpose of this study is to determine patient discomfort with administration of cutaneous local anesthetic prior to interventional spine procedures compared to no anesthetic administration for different gauge procedural needles. Another purpose is to determine patient discomfort with administration of local anesthetic by traditional technique compared to an alternative technique and to develop a standardized technique and criteria for local anesthetic administration during spine injection procedures that minimizes patient pain, and may help reduce the overall risk of these procedures.
We plan to enroll a total of 200-300 subjects coming to Stanford for symmetric bilateral single injections.
Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.
Intervention(s):
- other: Lidocaine local anesthesia- Alternative
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:1. Any patients referred by their treating physician for symmetric
bilateral single injections (for example, bilateral transforaminal epidural injections,
bilateral facet injections, or bilateral SI joint injections, etc.).
2.Ability to give informed consent. Exclusion Criteria:1.Pregnancy 2.Coagulopathy
3.Systemic infection 4.Allergy to contrast dye 5.Mentally disabled or those whom are unable
to give informed consent 6.Those whom are unable to give informed consent in English
7.Prisoner
Ages Eligible for Study
18 Years - N/A
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Not currently accepting new patients for this trial
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Matthew Smuck
6507217627
Not Recruiting