Video Laryngoscope Improves Nasotracheal Intubation in Maxillofacial Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Anaesthesia
- Registration Number
- PACTR202303563303199
- Lead Sponsor
- Habib Bourguiba University Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 64
Inclusion Criteria
Patients aged between 20 and 65 scheduled for a maxillofacial surgery needing nasotracheal intubation, were included in this study if they had an ASA score (American society of anesthesiology) of I or II. Patients with a predicted difficult airway, hemostasis disorder, recurrent epistaxis, nasal deformation, recent nasopharyngeal surgery, obstructive sleep apnea, and BMI = 35 kg/m2 were not included in this study.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who had narrow nostrils not allowing the passage of a tube adapted to the patient, patients with major epistaxis interfering with the visibility of the glottis, or patients with unexpected difficult intubation were excluded from this study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The Passage of the intubation tube was done through 3 steps: First from the nose to the oropharynx, second from the oropharynx to the glottic entrance, and finally from the glottic entrance to the trachea. The primary outcome was the total intubation duration time
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The Cormack and Lehane score