# Does Ultrasound Scanning of the Lumbar Spine Improve Patient Satisfaction and the Ease of Insertion Epidurals?

> **NCT00996905** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital** · enrollment: 128 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Labor Pain

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Portable ultrasound machine
- **DEVICE:** Portable ultrasound machine

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00996905
- **Lead sponsor:** Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2009-10
- **Primary completion:** 2010-10
- **Final completion:** 2010-10
- **Target enrollment:** 128 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2011-02-23


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00996905

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00996905, "Does Ultrasound Scanning of the Lumbar Spine Improve Patient Satisfaction and the Ease of Insertion Epidurals?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00996905. Licensed CC0.

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