Randomised trial to study the role of assessment of airway using fibreoptic bronchoscope (device to see the windpipe from inside) before passing the breathing tube through the windpipe in achieving one lung isolation using double lumen tubes and bronchial blockers.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Surgery - All patients scheduled for thoracic surgery requiring lung isolation will be included in the study
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2013/06/003773
- Lead Sponsor
- Tata Memorial Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
All pts. >18yrs of age requiring lung isolation irrespective of the method used for isolation. The devices currently used for lung isolation are left or right Portex Blue Line endobronchial tube and Coopdech endobronchial
Exclusion Criteria
1.Refusal of consent
2.Failure to insert the lung isolation device.
3.Patients with lesions involving trachea/ airway
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method