Anesthetic Gas Leakage in Children During Tonsillectomy: a Comparison of Cuffed and Uncuffed Tracheal Tubes
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-06-01
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Summary
Fires and operating room pollution may occur when anesthesia gases leak into the oropharynx
during airway surgery. Investigators sought to measure the concentrations of anesthetic gases
that leak into the mouth of children undergoing adenotonsillectomy using cuffed and uncuffed
tracheal tubes during spontaneous and controlled ventilation.