Intubation of Patients With Odontogenic Abcesses

Odontogenic Abscess Clinical Trial

Official title:

Intubation of Patients With Odontogenic Abcesses Glidescope vs. Macintosh Technique

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00925665
• Other study ID #: OdoAbGldscp
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 19, 2009
• Last updated: June 27, 2011
• Start date: January 2009
• Est. completion date: June 2011

Study information

• Verified date: June 2009
• Source: Kliniken Essen-Mitte
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Germany: Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is a comparison of two techniques for endotracheal intubation (Glidescope versus Macintosh) in patients with odontogenic abscesses.

Description:

Patients with odontogenic abcesses have to be treated by surgical drainage of the abscess under general intubation with endotracheal intubation. Because of a limited mouth opening and swelling within the oral cavity, intubation can be difficult and sometimes impossible with conventional direct laryngoscopy. Therefore, alternative techniques are desirable. We want to compare the success rate of intubation in these patients using the Glidescope technique vs. conventional Macintosh technique.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: June 2011
• Est. primary completion date: March 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients have to have an abscess which has to be treated surgically.

• Mouth opening (Inter-incisor gap) has to be less than 3.5 cm and more than 1.4 cm.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age under 18 years.

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Abscess
• Odontogenic Abscess

Intervention

Device:
• Glidescope
Patients are to be intubated using the Glidescope technique
• Macintosh laryngoscope
Patients are to be intubated using direct laryngoscopy with a Macintosh laryngoscope

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Kliniken Essen-Mitte	Essen

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Kliniken Essen-Mitte

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

References & Publications (1)

Arné J, Descoins P, Fusciardi J, Ingrand P, Ferrier B, Boudigues D, Ariès J. Preoperative assessment for difficult intubation in general and ENT surgery: predictive value of a clinical multivariate risk index. Br J Anaesth. 1998 Feb;80(2):140-6. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Success rate of endotracheal intubation		18 months	No
Secondary	Time for intubation		18 months	No
Secondary	View of the laryngeal entrance (according to the classification of Cormack and Lehane)		18 months	No