Adequate Bending Angle of a Lightwand
- Conditions
- Tracheal Intubation
- Registration Number
- NCT03693235
- Lead Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
- Brief Summary
For tracheal intubation with a lightwand, adequate bending angle was not exactly investigated. The purpose of the study is compare three bending angles of lightwands for safe and efficient tracheal intubation.
- Detailed Description
Lightwands are very useful device for difficult airway management due to small moth opening, weak teeth, and cervical spine instability. Experienced clinicians use a lightwand while bending it adequately. However, there has been not previous studies to investigate the adequate angle to bend it.
This randomized controlled trial is to compare three angles (70, 80, and 90 degrees) as bending angle of lightwands for safe and efficient tracheal intubation in cases which require the use of lightwands.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 66
- patients who require use of a lightwand for tracheal tubes (i.e. small mouth opening, weak teeth, cervical spine instability)
- patients who refuse to participate the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method sore throat After surgery After surgery, investigators evaluate VAS score for sore throat of the patients.
Intubation time Intraoperative from initiation of tracheal intubation with a lightwand after bending it to completion of tracheal intubation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center
🇰🇷Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center🇰🇷Seoul, Korea, Republic of