Irene Sulyok, Claudio Camponovo, Oliver Zotti, Werner Haslik, Markus Köstenberger, Rudolf Likar, Chiara Leuratti, Elisabetta Donati, Oliver Kimberger
Chloroprocaine is a short-acting local anaesthetic with a rapid onset of action and an anaesthesia duration up to 60 min. In this pivotal study success rates, onset and remission of motor and sensory block and safety of chloroprocaine 2% was compared to ropivacaine 0.75% for short-duration distal upper limb surgery with successful block rates as primary outcome. The study was designed as a prospective, randomised, multi-centre, active-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group, non-inferiority study, performed in 4 European hospitals with 211 patients scheduled for short duration distal upper limb surgery under axillary plexus block anaesthesia...
May 11, 2021: Scientific Reports