Anaesthesia
Conditions
Sponsors
Habib Bourguiba University Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients aged between 20 and 65 scheduled for a maxillofacial surgery needing nasotracheal intubation, were included in this study if they had an ASA score (American society of anesthesiology) of I or II. Patients with a predicted difficult airway, hemostasis disorder, recurrent epistaxis, nasal deformation, recent nasopharyngeal surgery, obstructive sleep apnea, and BMI = 35 kg/m2 were not included in this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who had narrow nostrils not allowing the passage of a tube adapted to the patient, patients with major epistaxis interfering with the visibility of the glottis, or patients with unexpected difficult intubation were excluded from this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The Passage of the intubation tube was done through 3 steps: First from the nose to the oropharynx, second from the oropharynx to the glottic entrance, and finally from the glottic entrance to the trachea. The primary outcome was the total intubation duration time | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The Cormack and Lehane score | — |
Countries
Tunisia
Contacts
Public ContactImen Zouche
Department of anesthesiology
Outcome results
None listed