Fingers Hook Technique to Facilitate Nasotracheal Intubation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Nasotracheal Intubation
• Interventions: Procedure: Conventional Jaw thrust Group; Procedure: Fingers hook Group

• Registration Number: NCT03086668
• Lead Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Brief Summary

to compare either using conventional jaw thrust technique or with a novel fingers-hook technique to facilitate video-stylet assisted nasotracheal intubation

Detailed Description

It is necessary to adequately exposure of glottis during naso-tracheal intubation using video-stylet. However, inadequate upward epiglottis or over-elevation of arytenoids all inhibit the tube tip smoothly into trachea. Therefore, the study is to investigate either jaw thrust or fingers-hook technique is advantages of nasotracheal intubation.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-02-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-03-15
• Study First Posted: 2017-03-22
• Study Start: 2017-03-27
• Status Verified: 2018-08
• Primary Completion: 2018-11-11
• Study Completion: 2019-11-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-06-19
• Last Update Posted: 2024-06-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

1. patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-III
2. aged 20-65 years
3. Requiring general anesthesia undergoing oxo-maxillofacial surgery
4. unlimited mouth open
5. unlimited neck motion

Exclusion Criteria

1. mouth open < 3 cm
2. Ankylosing arthritis patients.
3. BMI≧35 kg/m2

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Conventional Jaw thrust Group	Conventional Jaw thrust Group	an assembly of video-stylet and double curve endotracheal tube with conventional jaw thrust technique to facilitate nasotracheal intubation
Fingers hook Group	Fingers hook Group	an assembly of video-stylet and double curve endotracheal tube with fingers-hook technique to facilitate nasotracheal intubation

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
grade of glottic field exposure and nasotracheal difficulty intubation score	half an hour	to compare the two different techniques in glottic field exposure and score of nasotracheal difficulty intubations scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
the tube-videostylet assembly range of motion	half an hour	range motion of tip of tube-videostylet assembly advanced from nasal cavity to trachea

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University; 🇨🇳 Kaohsiung, Taiwan