oral and maxillofacial disease
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ASA physical status I or II patients, older than 20 yr, who undergo elective oral and maxillofacial surgery in which nasotracheal intubation is required for surgical access.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: severe obesity, expected difficult intubation, history of taking anticoagulant drugs, frequent nasal obstruction, bleeding diathesis, and evident deviated nasal septum or deformity of nasal concha on computed tomography (CT) images
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| inner diameter of tracheal tube in the nasal cavity | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kindai University Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology