Intubation of Patients With Odontogenic Abcesses

Kliniken Essen-Mitte

Status: Completed

Conditions: Odontogenic Abscess

Treatments: Device: Macintosh laryngoscope; Device: Glidescope

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00925665

OdoAbGldscp

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a comparison of two techniques for endotracheal intubation (Glidescope versus Macintosh) in patients with odontogenic abscesses.

Full description

Patients with odontogenic abcesses have to be treated by surgical drainage of the abscess under general intubation with endotracheal intubation. Because of a limited mouth opening and swelling within the oral cavity, intubation can be difficult and sometimes impossible with conventional direct laryngoscopy. Therefore, alternative techniques are desirable. We want to compare the success rate of intubation in these patients using the Glidescope technique vs. conventional Macintosh technique.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients have to have an abscess which has to be treated surgically.
• Mouth opening (Inter-incisor gap) has to be less than 3.5 cm and more than 1.4 cm.

Exclusion criteria

• Age under 18 years.

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Glidescope

Description:

Patients intubated with the Glidescope technique

Treatment:

Device: Glidescope

Macintosh

Description:

Patients intubated via the conventional direct laryngoscopy with a Macintosh laryngoscope

Treatment:

Device: Macintosh laryngoscope