Abstract
Background and Aims: Central venous cannulation is an integral part in management of patients posted for major surgeries. We conducted a prospective, randomised, controlled comparative study to compare conventional landmark technique and ultrasound guided technique for internal jugular vein cannulation. 124 patients were enrolled in the study and were randomized into two groups by computer generated chart into conventional landmark group and the ultrasound group. Outcome measures included the time taken for successful cannulation, number of attempts taken, success/failure rate and the complications.Results: The skin to vein time for IJV cannulation was 109.10 (±69.533) seconds in the conventional group while in the USG group it was 56.40 (±16.799) seconds (p- value
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