Most teams use a left double-lumen tube. The double-lumen tube is available with or without a carinal hook. The hook is supposed to facilitate the positioning of the tube and avoid the mobilization of the tube during surgery. The use of double-lumen tubes with a hook is large in Europe and quite unknown in US. The literature is poor, containing only few case reports. The purpose of this research is to compare the two types of left double-lumen tube.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
184
Tracheal intubation using a Double lumen tube without a hook
Tracheal intubation with a Double lumen tube with a hook
Service d'Anesthésie, Hôpital Foch
Suresnes, France
time required to initially position the assigned tube
Time frame: end of anesthesia
degree of lung collapse
Time frame: end of anesthesia
number of intraoperatively FOB examinations
Time frame: end of anesthesia
Glottic or tracheo-bronchial lesion
Time frame: end of hospitalisation
Sore throat or hoarse voice
Time frame: end of hospitalisation
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