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Lingual Nerve Injury in Patients With Difficult Intubation

Turkey (Türkiye)100 participantsStarted 2019-12-01

Plain-language summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the incidence of lingual nerve injury and related factors in difficult intubation cases. Demographic data of difficult intubation cases and body mass indices, thyromental and sternomental distances, mallampati classification, neck circumference, maximum mouth opening be recorded.Numbness of the tongue and metallic taste will be questioned

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Exclusion criteria

✕. Patients who are not intubated under general anesthesia
✕. Patients undergoing regional anesthesia or peripheral nerve block
✕. Patients with laryngeal mask placed will not be included in the study.

What they're measuring

The incidence of lingual nerve injury

Timeframe: 1 year

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04195152

SponsorIstanbul Medeniyet University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2020-06-30

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