Repositioning Method for Left-sided Double Lumen Tubes

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intubation Complication; Airway Morbidity

Treatments: Procedure: repositioning method for left-sided double lumen tubes

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01371773

JHBAhk_headrot

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to devise repositioning method of a left-sided double lumen tube into left mainstem bronchus in case of misplacement into right mainstem bronchus.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients undergoing thoracic surgery that requires the placement of left-sided double lumen tubes

Exclusion criteria

• intraluminal lesion of left bronchus
• very distorted anatomy of tracheobronchial tree

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

Left-sided double lumen tube

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: repositioning method for left-sided double lumen tubes