The Method to Reduce Displacement of Double-lumen Tube

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Double-lumen Tube Displacement

Treatments: Procedure: pillow; Procedure: neutral

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01413347

JHBahk_DLT_pillow

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to devise the method to reduce displacement of a left-sided double-lumen tube during patient positioning.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients undergoing thoracic surgery that require 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: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

pillow

Active Comparator group

Description:

confirmation of double-lumen tube position with a head on a pillow

Treatment:

Procedure: pillow

neutral

Experimental group

Description:

confirmation of double-lumen tube position in neutral position of a head

Treatment:

Procedure: neutral