Total Intravenous Anesthesia With Propofol vs. General Anesthesia in Outpatient Shoulder Arthroscopic Surgeries

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Trial end date: 2022-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study is comparing total intravenous anesthesia with propofol with a regional nerve block against general anesthesia with a regional nerve block on the primary endpoint of time to meet discharge criteria.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Carilion Clinic
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Propofol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18-75 years of age

• Candidate for a shoulder arthroscopic procedure in the beach chair position

Exclusion Criteria:

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) level 4 or above

• History of brachial plexus injury

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder

• Unstable Asthma

• BMI greater than 40

• Allergy to local anesthesic (bupivacaine)

• Contralateral phrenic nerve impairment

• History of Difficult Airway

• Poorly Controlled Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

• Known Aspiration Risk

• Surgery not performed at the Roanoke Ambulatory Surgical Center

• Pregnant patients or patients who have a positive pre-operative human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-HCG) pregnancy test

• Coagulopathies

• Allergy to propofol

• Patient request for specific anesthesia method