Repositioning Method for Left-sided Double Lumen Tubes

Intubation Complication Clinical Trial

Official title:

Repositioning Method for Left-sided Double Lumen Tubes Introduced Into Right Mainstem Bronchus

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01371773
• Other study ID #: JHBAhk_headrot
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 31, 2011
• Last updated: December 7, 2011
• Start date: June 2011
• Est. completion date: December 2011

Study information

• Verified date: December 2011
• Source: Seoul National University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Korea: Food and Drug Administration
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to devise repositioning method of a left-sided double lumen tube into left mainstem bronchus in case of misplacement into right mainstem bronchus.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: December 2011
• Est. primary completion date: December 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients undergoing thoracic surgery that requires the placement of left-sided double lumen tubes

Exclusion Criteria:

• intraluminal lesion of left bronchus

• very distorted anatomy of tracheobronchial tree

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Airway Morbidity
• Intubation Complication

Intervention

Procedure:
• repositioning method for left-sided double lumen tubes
When a left-sided double lumen tube were placed in right mainstem bronchus, after withdrawing the tube into mid-trachea, it was re-advanced with patient's head turned right and counterclockwise rotation of the tube.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Korea, Republic of	Seoul National University Hospital	Seoul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Seoul National University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Korea, Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	repositioning success rate		up to 10 minutes	No
Secondary	anatomic parameters	tracheal diameter, position of carina, angle between trachea and left mainstem bronchus	up to 1 hours	No