Airway Ultrasound as a Predictor for Postextubation Stridor in Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery

Ain Shams University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Postextubation Stridor

Treatments: Radiation: Airway Ultrasound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03764904

FMASU R 68 /2018

Details and patient eligibility

About

literature on use of the ultrasound (US) in extubation decisions in cervical spine surgery is scarce.The aim of this study will be to evaluate the utility of US as an aid for decision making for extubation in elective cervical spine surgery (anterior approach) operations and as a predictor for postextubation stridor in these operations

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• surgeries associated with either exposure of more than three vertebral bodies,
• exposures involving the C2-C4 levels,
• blood loss exceeding 300 mL
• surgical time of more than five hours,

Exclusion criteria

• laryngotracheobronchial pathology,
• severe cardiorespiratory disease,
• admitted for redo-surgery
• intubated prior to operation
• Patient with anesthetic risk factors include Mallampati 3 or 4 and multiple intubation attempts