NCT06119360

Comparison of Two Different Lightwand Intubation Techniques in Cervical Immobilized Patients

Comparison of the Intubation Success Rate Between Two Techniques Using Lightwand in Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery: Conventional vs. Face-to-face Technique

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 176 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study compares two different approaches of lightwand intubation techniques in cervical immobilized patients.

Detailed description

This study compares two approaches in lightwand intubation techniques in cervical immobilized patients. One is a conventional approach that involves scooping movement with mandible protraction. The other is a face-to-face approach that inserts lightwand with a front-facing position. This study is conducted as a randomized, prospective, single-blinded design.

Conditions

• Intubation; Difficult or Failed

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Face-to-face approach	A front-facing approach and insert the lightwand following the patient's tongue base curvature without scooping movement
PROCEDURE	Conventional approach	Patients were positioned supine and the intubator stood above the patient's head. Opening the mouth and slightly pulling the mandible with one hand, the intubator inserted the lightwand-tracheal tube assembly at midline into the patient's mouth under the ambient light being turned off. To identify the location of the lighted tip, the intubator could move the lightwand back and forth gently, Once the red light of the tip was located at the midline of the patient's neck, the pre-launched tube was inserted smoothly into the patient's airway unless there was no resistance

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-12
• Primary completion: 2019-02-13
• Completion: 2019-08-31
• First posted: 2023-11-07
• Last updated: 2023-11-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea