The Effectiveness of Foley Airway Stylet Tool on Proseal LMA Insertion

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anesthesia Insertion Complication; Airway Morbidity

Treatments: Device: Foley Airway Stylet Tool; Device: introducer-tool

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02048657

KMHK-IRB-96023

Details and patient eligibility

About

Due to its soft cuff easily folded to impede ProSeal LMA insertion, many tools are developed. The aim of the study is to investigate the efficiency of ProSeal LMA insertion guided by a soft, direct optical Foley airway stylet tool (FAST) and compared with the standard introducer-tool (I-Tool).

Enrollment: 140 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-II
2. aged 20-65 years
3. requiring LMA Intubation under general anesthesia
4. unlimited mouth open
5. unlimited neck motion

Exclusion criteria

1. mouth open < 3 cm
2. limited neck motion
3. BMI≧35 kg/m2

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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140 participants in 2 patient groups

Foley group

Experimental group

Description:

The Foley Airway Stylet Tool was used to guide ProSeal LMA insertion

Treatment:

Device: Foley Airway Stylet Tool

I-Tool group

Experimental group

Description:

the ProSeal LMA was inserted with a standard introducer-tool

Treatment:

Device: introducer-tool