Fingers Hook Technique to Facilitate Nasotracheal Intubation

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Nasotracheal Intubation

Treatments: Procedure: Conventional Jaw thrust Group; Procedure: Fingers hook Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03086668

KMUHIRB-E(I)-20160019

Details and patient eligibility

About

to compare either using conventional jaw thrust technique or with a novel fingers-hook technique to facilitate video-stylet assisted nasotracheal intubation

Full description

It is necessary to adequately exposure of glottis during naso-tracheal intubation using video-stylet. However, inadequate upward epiglottis or over-elevation of arytenoids all inhibit the tube tip smoothly into trachea. Therefore, the study is to investigate either jaw thrust or fingers-hook technique is advantages of nasotracheal intubation.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

1. patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-III
2. aged 20-65 years
3. Requiring general anesthesia undergoing oxo-maxillofacial surgery
4. unlimited mouth open
5. unlimited neck motion

Exclusion Criteria:

1. mouth open < 3 cm
2. Ankylosing arthritis patients.
3. BMI≧35 kg/m2

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Conventional Jaw thrust Group

Experimental group

Description:

an assembly of video-stylet and double curve endotracheal tube with conventional jaw thrust technique to facilitate nasotracheal intubation

Treatment:

Procedure: Conventional Jaw thrust Group

Fingers hook Group

Experimental group

Description:

an assembly of video-stylet and double curve endotracheal tube with fingers-hook technique to facilitate nasotracheal intubation

Treatment:

Procedure: Fingers hook Group