Conditions: Hand Injuries Wrist Injuries Finger Injuries
Keywords: hand surgery wrist surgery finger surgery anesthesia regional anesthesia postoperative pain
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 37
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to compare Exparel, a new, long-lasting numbing medication and a shorter-acting nerve block to a traditional single-shot nerve block in patients having hand, wrist or finger surgery.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Under ultrasound guidance, 3-5 milliliters (mL) Exparel will be injected around the 3 nerves of the forearm prior to surgery. 20-30 mL Mepivacaine will be used for the supraclavicular block following the forearm block. arm 2: Under ultrasound guidance, 20-30 mL 0.5% Bupivacaine will be used for the supraclavicular block.

Interventions: intervention 1: Exparel Forearm block intervention 2: Bupivacaine supraclavicular block
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 20-30 mL Mepivacaine will be used for the supraclavicular block following the forearm block. intervention 2: 20-30mL 0.5% bupivacaine

Protocol document: