CompletedNot Applicable

Tracheal Tube Cuff Shape and Pressure

Taiwan80 participantsStarted 2020-11-05

Plain-language summary

This is a randomized controlled trial focusing on the effect of different tracheal tube cuff shape; the tapered-shaped tracheal tube cuff versus the cylindrical-shaped tracheal cuff in anterior cervical spine surgery.

Who can participate

Age range20 Years – 90 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Receiving elective anterior cervical spine surgery * Right side approach Exclusion Criteria: * Unstable cervical spine (acute trauma history, or dislocation/ subluxation in image studies) * Anticipated difficult airway * Facial anomaly that may hinder facemask ventilation * Preoperative hoarseness or vocal cord palsy regardless of etiology * Re-operation of cervical spine surgery or left side approach * BMI \>35 * Operation field involved cervical spine C1 or C2 * Unwilling to sign the informed consent * Unwilling to finish the study

What they're measuring

Just seal tracheal tube cuff pressure

Timeframe: 1 minute after anesthesia and tracheal intubation

Tracheal tube cuff pressure on retractor splay

Timeframe: Intraoperative monitoring

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04591769

SponsorTaipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Sponsor typeOTHER_GOV

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-03-31

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