Two-staged Approach in Positioning Endobronchial Blockers Without Fiberoptic Guidance

Seoul National University Hospital94 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to find a novel method for placing endobronchial blockers without fiberoptic guidance to provide one-lung isolation during anesthesia for thoracic surgery.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

One-lung Ventilation

Interventions

two-staged endobronchial blocker insertionDEVICE

positioning endobronchial blockers in two-staged method

single-staged endobronchial blocker insertionDEVICE

positioning endobronchial blockers in traditional single-staged method

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * patients scheduled for lung resection Exclusion Criteria: * refuse to enroll * patients with lesions involving mainstem bronchi * patients with anomalies in tracheobronchial tree

Locations (1)

Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

location of endobronchial blocker

Time frame: immediately after the insertion of blocker by fiberoptic bronchoscope

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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