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Tracheobronchial Angle in Children - Three-dimensional Computed Tomography Based Measurements

NCT02975830 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 270

Last updated 2017-01-04

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Summary

Accurate understanding of tracheobronchial anatomy is important for application of various airway maneuvers in anesthesiology in children. Majority of pediatric anesthesia textbooks state that the anatomic orientation of the right main bronchus is at less acute angle to the vertical tracheal axis, although these angles tend to be similar in children younger than three years of ageThe visualization of the air column in tracheobronchial tree in a three-dimensional (3D) CT-based image is clear with the air column simulating the actual internal shape of the airway.

We hypothesize that RBA and LBA are unequal as children like adults are prone to right mainstem intubation We have measured the right and left bronchial angle using the three dimensional CT based images of the air column in the tracheobronchial tree.

Conditions

  • Bronchus
  • Pediatric Airway

Interventions

RADIATION

Three dimensional CT based images

Right bronchial angle, left bronchial angle

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • King Fahad Medical City

    lead OTHER_GOV

Eligibility

Max Age
8 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-31
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2016-12-31

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