Use of McGrath Videolaryngoscope to Assist Transesophageal Echocardiography Probe Insertion in Intubated Patients

Antalya Training and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Other Complications of Surgical and Medical Procedures

Treatments: Device: conventional technique; Device: videolaryngoscope technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02634047

AntalyaTRH 009

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary aim of this study is to investigate the difference in the first attempt and overall success rate of different techniques for insertion of transesophageal echocardiography. Secondary aim is to investigate the difference of the duration of insertion using the selected technique, complications during insertion such as oropharyngeal mucosal injury and hematoma.

Full description

Eighty adult patients, who received general anaesthesia for elective open heart surgeries that required transesophageal echocardiography insertion, will be randomized by means of a computer-generated randomization order into two groups: Conventional group (Group C), and videolaryngoscope group (group VL).

Success rate of the selected technique (first attempt and overall), duration of insertion for selected technique, complications such as oropharyngeal mucosal injury and hematoma will be noted.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who received general anaesthesia for open heart surgeries that required transesophageal echocardiography probe insertion

Exclusion criteria

• patients younger than 18 years and older than 70 years
• oropharengeal infection
• esophageal injury and anatomic abnormalities
• known or predicted difficult airway

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

conventional technique

Active Comparator group

Description:

transesophageal echocardiography probe was inserted using a traditional blind insertion technique.

Treatment:

Device: conventional technique

videolaryngoscope technique

Experimental group

Description:

transesophageal echocardiography probe was advanced into esophagus under direct vision using videolaryngoscope

Treatment:

Device: videolaryngoscope technique