26 September 2023>: Clinical Research
Comparing the Effectiveness and Safety of MedAn with the Nishikawa Blade and UE Videolaryngoscopes for Left-Sided Double-Lumen Endobronchial Tube Intubation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Yong Zhang 1ACE* , Wenwen Zhang 1ACE* , Shuai Wang 1ACE* , Hailing Yin 1BC , Yajie Xu 1BCD , Zhaojing Fang 1BCD , Hongguang Bao 1FG , Chen Zhang 1FG , Xiaoliang Wang 1ADEF* , Wentao Liu 2AFG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.940916
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e940916
Table 3 Laryngeal view and subjective evaluations of anesthesiologists.
Group UE (n=52) | Group MedAn (n=52) | P value | |
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C/L grade (I/II/III/IV, n) | 29/18/5/1 | 41/11/0/1 | 0.03 |
Ease of laryngoscope insertion (excellent/good/fair/poor, n) | 33/13/6/0 | 46/3/3/0 | 0.009 |
Subjective view (excellent/good/fair/poor, n) | 28/15/8/1 | 41/9/2/0 | 0.036 |
Ease of LDLT placement (excellent/good/fair/poor, n) | 25/16/10/1 | 36/14/2/0 | 0.038 |
C/L – Cormack-Lehane; LDLT – left-sided double-lumen tube; Group UE – LDLT intubation with the UE videolaryngoscope; Group MedAn – LDLT intubation with the MedAn videolaryngoscope with the Nishikawa blade. Data are presented as numbers. |