The 2-stage Approach for Reducing Posterior Wall Puncture During the Internal Jugular Vein Catheterization

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hematoma

Treatments: Procedure: Central venous catheterization

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01026649

JHBahk_CVC two stage

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the effect of a 2-stage approach to the internal jugular vein when performing a central venous catheterization compared to the traditional one stage approach on the incidence of hematoma formation and success rate.

Enrollment: 334 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who require a central venous catheter for their thoracic surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Refuse to enroll
• Infection at insertion site
• Carotid artery disease
• Anomaly of central vasculature
• Hypertrophied thyroid
• History of recent neck surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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334 participants in 2 patient groups

2 stage

Experimental group

Description:

Approach the internal jugular vein in a 2 stage fashion during central venous catheterization

Treatment:

Procedure: Central venous catheterization

Procedure: Central venous catheterization

1 stage

Active Comparator group

Description:

Approach the internal jugular vein in a traditional one stage fashion during central venous catheterization

Treatment:

Procedure: Central venous catheterization

Procedure: Central venous catheterization