NCT01371773

Repositioning Method for Left-sided Double Lumen Tubes

Repositioning Method for Left-sided Double Lumen Tubes Introduced Into Right Mainstem Bronchus

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to devise repositioning method of a left-sided double lumen tube into left mainstem bronchus in case of misplacement into right mainstem bronchus.

Conditions

• Airway Morbidity
• Intubation Complication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	repositioning method for left-sided double lumen tubes	When a left-sided double lumen tube were placed in right mainstem bronchus, after withdrawing the tube into mid-trachea, it was re-advanced with patient's head turned right and counterclockwise rotation of the tube.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-06-01
• Primary completion: 2011-12-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2011-06-13
• Last updated: 2011-12-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea