Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:21 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:21 AM
NCT ID:
NCT03193658
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
\- Adult patients undergoing lumbar spine surgeries involving 1 up to 3 adjacent lumbar vertebrae (eg. laminectomy, discectomy …).
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients on preoperative opioid regimen for more than 1 month.
* Patients with history of previous surgical operations in the lumbar region.
* Patients with spinal deformities (eg. Scoliosis…..).
* Hypersensitivity to Bupivacaine.
* Extensive Lumbar spine surgeries like large tumour excisions, scoliosis correction or more than 2 level spine fixation.
* Patients with communication difficulties.
* Lumbar spine operations that will be performed with the patient in any position other than the prone position.
* Severe neurological compromise (severe muscle weakness such as foot drop or sphincter disorders such as urinary incontinence).
* Coagulopathies with prothrombin concentration less than 60% or INR more than 1.5.
* In-ability to postpone anti-coagulation medications.
* Infection, injury or a lesion at the block site.
* ASA class 3 and 4 patients.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
65 Years
Study:
NCT03193658
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03193658