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COMPARISON OF CERVICAL SPINE MOVEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH CERVICAL SPINE INJURY DURING AIRWAY MANAGEMENT

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: S129- Fracture of neck, unspecified
Registration Number
CTRI/2021/01/030308
Lead Sponsor
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1 American society anesthesiologists (ASA) grade I-II patients

2 Age between 18-65 years

3 Cervical spine injury which confirmed with radiological imaging scheduled for surgery of C spine

Exclusion Criteria

1 Refusal to participate in the study

2 Patients with obivious upper airway deformity or dirtortion of glottic structures (eg. Angioedema, epiglottitis, laryngeal mass or malignancy)

3 Anticipated difficult intubation

4 Body mass index >35

5 History of difficult intubation.

6 Pregnancy

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To evaluate the segmental cervical spine motion with techniques of cervical spine stabilization (MILS and cervical traction) alone or in combination during orotracheal intubation in patients with cervical spine injury.Timepoint: During intubation 5 stages will be recorded by fluoroscopy <br/ ><br>1 Baseline (in neutral position) <br/ ><br>2 At Insertion(First appearance) of video laryngoscope <br/ ><br>3 The moment when the laryngoscope will be advanced into the vallecula prior to passage of the endotracheal tube <br/ ><br>4 At tube insertion <br/ ><br>5 At removal of Video laryngoscope <br/ ><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ILTimepoint: NI
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