Minimum effective volume of 0.5% ropivacaine for ultrasound-guided costoclavicular brachial plexus block: A dose finding study

CONCLUSION The MEV90 of 0.5% ropivacaine required to produce surgical anaesthesia with an ultrasound-guided CC-BPB is 20.9 ml. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION The trial was registered with the Chinese Clinical Trials Registry (www.chictr.org.cn, ChiCTR-IOR-15007515, principal investigator: Manoj Kumar Karmakar, date of registration: 4 December 2015). CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER AND REGISTRY URL ChiCTR-IOR-15007515, Chinese Clinical Trials Registry (www.chictr.org.cn).
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Locoregional anaesthesia Source Type: research