Video-guided placement of breathing tube for chest surgery
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This trial compares two ways of placing a breathing tube for lung surgery. It tests whether using a video to guide the tube placement works better than the standard method. If you are having keyhole chest surgery that needs one lung collapsed, this study may help improve your care.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You must be 18 years or older.
- You must be in generally good health (with or without well-controlled medical conditions).
- You must be scheduled for a thoracoscopic surgery (a type of keyhole surgery on your chest) that requires one lung to be deflated during the procedure.
- You must not have any known problem in your right main airway that would prevent using a special breathing tube on that side.
- You must not have a difficult airway or need an emergency surgery.
- You must be able to give written consent to participate.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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