NCT00925665

Intubation of Patients With Odontogenic Abcesses

Intubation of Patients With Odontogenic Abcesses Glidescope vs. Macintosh Technique

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kliniken Essen-Mitte · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is a comparison of two techniques for endotracheal intubation (Glidescope versus Macintosh) in patients with odontogenic abscesses.

Detailed description

Patients with odontogenic abcesses have to be treated by surgical drainage of the abscess under general intubation with endotracheal intubation. Because of a limited mouth opening and swelling within the oral cavity, intubation can be difficult and sometimes impossible with conventional direct laryngoscopy. Therefore, alternative techniques are desirable. We want to compare the success rate of intubation in these patients using the Glidescope technique vs. conventional Macintosh technique.

Conditions

• Odontogenic Abscess

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Glidescope	Patients are to be intubated using the Glidescope technique
DEVICE	Macintosh laryngoscope	Patients are to be intubated using direct laryngoscopy with a Macintosh laryngoscope

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-01-01
• Primary completion: 2011-03-01
• Completion: 2011-06-01
• First posted: 2009-06-22
• Last updated: 2011-06-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany