Validation of the Ipsilateral Nipple as the Directional Guide for Internal Jugular Vein (IJV) Catheterization

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ipsilateral Nipple; Internal Jugular Vein; Catheterization

Treatments: Procedure: SCM triangle - ipsilateral nipple

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01347463

IJV-cath-nipple

Details and patient eligibility

About

Traditional teaching that suggests the ipsilateral nipple as the directional guide for needle advancement during Internal Jugular Vein (IJV) catheterization has weak grounds.

The investigators attempt to validate this long-standing statement.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adult patients over the age of 18 undergoing general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• history of neck or breast surgery
• anatomical anomaly of the neck or breast
• neck mass
• breast mass

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

Traditional

Treatment:

Procedure: SCM triangle - ipsilateral nipple