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Trial reportBMC anesthesiology2014

The use of VivaSight™ single lumen endotracheal tube in morbidly obese patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

Michal Barak, Ahmad Assalia, Ahmad Mahajna, Bishara Bishara, Alexander Braginski, Yoram Kluger

Open access · goldAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC anesthesiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Michal BarakDepartment of Anesthesiology, Rambam Health Care Campus, and The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Ahmad AssaliaDepartment of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, and The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 8 Ha'Aliyah Street, Haifa 35254, Israel.
Ahmad MahajnaDepartment of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, and The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 8 Ha'Aliyah Street, Haifa 35254, Israel.
Bishara BisharaDepartment of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, and The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 8 Ha'Aliyah Street, Haifa 35254, Israel.
Alexander BraginskiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya, Tiberias, Israel.
Yoram KlugerDepartment of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, and The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 8 Ha'Aliyah Street, Haifa 35254, Israel.
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology · ILRambam Health Care Campus · ILPoriya Medical Center · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe population of obese patients is progressively growing and bariatric operations are becoming increasingly common. Morbidly obese patients require special anesthetic care and are often considered to be difficult to ventilate and intubate. The VivaSight™ Single Lumen tube is an endotracheal tube with a camera embedded in its tip. The view from the tip appears continuously on a monitor in the anesthesiologist's vicinity. The aim of this study was to assess the VivaSight™ in comparison with conventional endotracheal tube as an aid in the intubation and surveillance of tube position during surgery of obese patients.

methodsThis is a prospective study of 72 adult obese patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. The patients were randomly assigned to be intubated by either the VivaSight™ (40 patients, test group) or a conventional endotracheal tube (32 patients, control group). Data on the patients, the pre-operative airway evaluation, the endotracheal intubation and the post-operative outcome were collected and compared.

resultsThe Mallampati scores were significantly higher in the test group than in the control group. Endotracheal intubation took 29 ± 10 and 24 ± 8 seconds using the VivaSight™ and a conventional tube respectively (p = 0.02). Three of the patients in the control group, while none of those in the test group, had soft tissue injury (p < 0.05).

conclusionWe found the VivaSight™ SL to be helpful in the endotracheal intubation and continuous surveillance of tube position in morbidly obese patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

Indexed as

AdultAnesthesiaFemaleGastrectomyHumansIntubation, IntratrachealLaparoscopyMaleMiddle AgedObesity, MorbidProspective StudiesAirwayAnesthetic techniquesBariatric complicationsEquipmentFiber-opticMechanicalMorbid obesitySurgeryVentilation

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PMID24817827
PMCPMC4016667
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