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NCT Number: NCT03693235

Adequate Bending Angle of a Lightwand

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Tracheal Intubation

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center

Seoul, 07061, South Korea

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • patients who require use of a lightwand for tracheal tubes (i.e. small mouth opening, weak teeth, cervical spine instability)

Exclusion criteria

  • patients who refuse to participate the study

Treatment and study plan

bending angle of a lightwand

Procedure

For tracheal intubation, investigators will bend the tracheal tube combined a lightwand by assigned angles (70, 80, or 90 degrees) for each patient. Next a practitioner will perform tracheal intubation with the bent tube.

Primary outcomes

  1. sore throat

    Time frame: After surgery

    After surgery, investigators evaluate VAS score for sore throat of the patients.

  2. Intubation time

    Time frame: Intraoperative

    from initiation of tracheal intubation with a lightwand after bending it to completion of tracheal intubation

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Seoul National University Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center

Registry information

Official study title

Adequate Bending Angle of a Lightwand for Tracheal Intubation

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Oct 2, 2018
Registry last updated
Oct 5, 2020

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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