Maintaining the Head Extension by an Assistant Decreases Dental Contact

Seoul National University Hospital68 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the head extension by an assistant decreases dental contact between laryngoscope blade and maxillary incisors during direct laryngoscopy

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Dental Contact During Direct Laryngoscopy

Interventions

with assistantPROCEDURE

head extension by an assistant during direct laryngoscopy

without assistantPROCEDURE

without head extension by an assistant during direct laryngoscopy

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * patients undergoing surgery that requires general anesthesia Exclusion Criteria: * disease or injury of cervical spine * dentoalveolar injury * history of difficult intubation * anatomical anomaly of face or airway

Locations (1)

Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

dental contact

dental contact between laryngoscope blade and maxillary incisors

Time frame: up to 10 minutes

Secondary Outcomes

teeth distance

teeth distance between laryngoscope blade and maxillary incisors

Time frame: up to 10 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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