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Video-Assisted Versus Conventional Tracheal Intubation in Morbidly Obese Patients

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Background

We compared tracheal intubation characteristics and arterial oxygenation quality during airway management of morbidly obese patients whose trachea was intubated under video assistance with the LMA CTrach™ (SEBAC, Pantin, France) or the Airtraq™ laryngoscope (VYGON, Écouen, France) with that of the conventional Macintosh laryngoscope.

Methods

After standardized induction of anesthesia, 318 morbidly obese patients scheduled for elective morbid obesity surgery received tracheal intubation with the LMA CTrach™, the Airtraq™ laryngoscope, or the conventional Macintosh laryngoscope. Duration of apnea, time to tracheal intubation, and oxygenation quality during airway management were compared between the LMA CTrach™ and the laryngoscope groups.

Results

Patients’ characteristics were similar in the three groups. The success rate for tracheal intubation was 100% with the LMA CTrach™ and the Airtraq™ laryngoscope. One patient of the Macintosh laryngoscope group received LMA CTrach™ intubation because of early arterial oxygen desaturation associated with unstable facemask ventilation. The duration of apnea was shorter with the LMA CTrach™ than that of the Airtraq™ laryngoscope and the Macintosh laryngoscope. The duration tracheal intubation was shorter with the Airtraq™ laryngoscope than with the Macintosh laryngoscopes and the LMA CTrach™. During airway management, arterial oxygenation was of better quality with the LMA CTrach™ and the Airtraq™ laryngoscope than that of the Macintosh laryngoscope.

Conclusion

Because LMA CTrach™ promoted short apnea time and the Airtraq™ laryngoscope allowed early definitive airway, both video-assisted tracheal intubation devices prevented most serious arterial oxygenation desaturation evidenced during tracheal intubation of morbidly obese patients with the conventional Macintosh laryngoscope.

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Acknowledgement

We would like to thank our colleague Patricia Jabre from the Department of Biostatistics EA 3409, Paris 13 School of Medicine, 93000 Bobigny, France, for her assistance.

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  1. Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Department, Jean Verdier Public University Hospital of Paris (APHP), 93143, Bondy, France

    Gilles Dhonneur, Widad Abdi, Serge K. Ndoko, Roland Amathieu, Lodfi El Housseini, Xavier Combes & Loïc Tual

  2. Morbid Obesity and Visceral Surgery Department, Jean Verdier Public University Hospital of Paris (APHP), 93143, Bondy, France

    Nabil Risk, Claude Polliand & Gerard Champault

  3. Paris 13 School of Medicine, EA 3409, 93000, Bobigny, France

    Gilles Dhonneur, Widad Abdi, Serge K. Ndoko, Roland Amathieu, Nabil Risk, Lodfi El Housseini, Claude Polliand, Gerard Champault, Xavier Combes & Loïc Tual

  4. Département d’Anesthésie et Réanimation, CHU (APHP) Jean Verdier, Av du 14 Juillet, 93143, Bondy, France

    Gilles Dhonneur

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Support was provided solely from department sources. LMA and PRODOL Companies promoted material support for the airways.

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Dhonneur, G., Abdi, W., Ndoko, S.K. et al. Video-Assisted Versus Conventional Tracheal Intubation in Morbidly Obese Patients. OBES SURG 19, 1096–1101 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-008-9719-0

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