EZ-blocker Versus Left Sided Double Lumen Tube in Adult Patients for Thoracic Surgery

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Thoracic Injuries

In brief

The objective of this study is to evaluate the positional stability and quality of lung isolation provided by the EZ-blocker compared to a DLT for both right and left sided thoracic surgery. An additional objective will be to assess time to placement of both devices and other significant clinical differences between these two approaches to placement of the bronchial blocker (BB) including airway injury and post-operatives sore throat, post-operative hoarseness, Additionally we would like to examine the preoperative high resolution CT imaging data to determine if there are anatomic landmarks that may potentially inform the appropriateness or inappropriateness of choosing an EZ-blocker or left sided DLT.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03403192

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

163

Starts

2018-01-26

Expected to finish

2019-10-29

Last updated by the study team

2021-10-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients greater than 18 and 80 years of age scheduled for thoracoscopic surgery or thoracotomy requiring lung isolation
• Patient presenting as an outpatient for elective thoracic surgery
• In patients scheduled for thoracic surgery.

You may not qualify if…

• History of difficult airway/intubation
• Patients suspected to have a difficult airway.
• Morbid obesity BMI >39
• Pregnancy
• Emergency status of surgery
• Thoracic surgery requiring a right sided double lumen tube

Where it is running

• Wake Forest Baptist Hospital — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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