NCT04127903

The Length of the Right Main Stem Bronchus as a Guide to Right-sided Double-lumen Tube Use

The First Hospital of Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: The First Hospital of Qinhuangdao · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The Length of the Right Main Stem Bronchus Measured by Computerised Tomography as a Guide to Right-sided Double-lumen Tube Use

Detailed description

The double lumen tube (DLT) is the most popular way to isolate the lungs for thoracic surgery. The variable anatomy of the length of the right main stem bronchus seems to be the main reason clinicians are unwilling to use the right-sided DLT (R-DLT). The factors that could compromise the adequate ventilation of the right lung are mostly the variable length of the Right Main Stem Bronchus and the misalignment of the lateral orifice of the right-sided DLT in regard to the right upper lobe bronchus (RULB). The objectives of this study were to validate an alternative method to estimate the length of the Right Main Stem Bronchus by Computerised Tomography as a Guide to Right-sided Double-lumen Tube Use

Conditions

• Therapeutic Procedural Complication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	the Length of Right Main Stem Bronchus	The distance between the carina and the proximal margin of the right upper lobe orifice on the coronal plane measured by computerised tomography

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-10-15
• Primary completion: 2020-02-20
• Completion: 2020-04-24
• First posted: 2019-10-16
• Last updated: 2023-02-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China