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

26 September 2023 : Clinical Research

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

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Table 4 Comparison of adverse events after endotracheal intubation.

	Group UE (n=52)	Group MedAn (n=51)	P
Subglottic airway mucosal injury; median (range)	2.5 (1, 3)	1 (0, 2)^*	<0.01
Soft tissue lesion or bleeding; n (%)	5 (9.6)	2 (3.9)	0.25
Accidental intubation of the esophagus; n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.0
Hoarseness; n (%)	8 (15.4)	6 (11.8)	0.60
Sore throat; n (%)	13 (25.0)	10 (19.6)	0.51
Dysphagia; n (%)	5 (9.6)	1 (2.0)	0.10
Nausea and vomiting; n (%)	4 (7.7)	3 (5.9)	0.72
Group UE – left-sided double-lumen tube intubation with UE video laryngoscope; Group MedAn – left-sided double-lumen tube intubation with MedAn video laryngoscope with Nishikawa blade. Data are presented as number (%) or median (range). ^* Compared with group U,

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