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15-Degree Tilt, Head Up, Feet Down Body Position for Sinus Surgery Patients

NCT01442740 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2013-08-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) is normally performed in our centre in a 0-degree supine position, with the patient laying flat. This study will be investigating whether changing patients to a 15-degree head up, feet down position will improve field of view and reduce blood loss during surgery. The 15-degree head up, feet down position has been used in other circumstances, such as brain surgery and for severely obese patients where airways can be blocked due to lying flat. Every 15 minutes, blood pressure, heart rate and field of view according to the Boezaart nasal scope scaling system will be recorded.

Conditions

  • Sinusitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Reverse Trendelenburg Position

Patients will be placed on the operating table in a head up, feet down, tilt position (15 degree tilt to the horizontal). This is in contrast to the standard of care, 0-degree supine position.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • St. Paul's Hospital, Canada

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amin R Javer, MD, FRCSC, FARS · St. Paul's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-03-31
Completion
2012-05-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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