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Airway Ultrasound as a Predictor for Postextubation Stridor in Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery

Egypt30 participantsStarted 2018-12-01

Plain-language summary

literature on use of the ultrasound (US) in extubation decisions in cervical spine surgery is scarce.The aim of this study will be to evaluate the utility of US as an aid for decision making for extubation in elective cervical spine surgery (anterior approach) operations and as a predictor for postextubation stridor in these operations

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 60 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * surgeries associated with either exposure of more than three vertebral bodies, * exposures involving the C2-C4 levels, * blood loss exceeding 300 mL * surgical time of more than five hours, Exclusion Criteria: * laryngotracheobronchial pathology, * severe cardiorespiratory disease, * admitted for redo-surgery * intubated prior to operation * Patient with anesthetic risk factors include Mallampati 3 or 4 and multiple intubation attempts

What they're measuring

the correlation between the post procedural laryngeal air-column width difference [LACWD] as obtained by laryngeal US with occurrence of postextubation stridor

Timeframe: First 6 hours postoperatively

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03764904

SponsorAin Shams University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2019-02

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