Validation of the Ipsilateral Nipple as the Directional Guide for Internal Jugular Vein (IJV) Catheterization

• Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT01347463
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 100
• Location: 1
• Duration (Months): 6
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 16.6

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Traditional teaching that suggests the ipsilateral nipple as the directional guide for needle advancement during Internal Jugular Vein (IJV) catheterization has weak grounds.

The investigators attempt to validate this long-standing statement.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Ipsilateral Nipple; Internal Jugular Vein; Catheterization	Procedure: SCM triangle - ipsilateral nipple

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Actual Enrollment: 100 participants
• Observational Model: Cohort
• Time Perspective: Prospective
• Study Start Date: Jun 1, 2011
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Dec 1, 2011
• Actual Study Completion Date: Dec 1, 2011

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Traditional	Procedure: SCM triangle - ipsilateral nipple; draws the tract of the IJV using the SCM triangle head and the ipsilateral nipple

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. difference in angle [1 day]

   difference in angle between traditional (triangular head of the SCM - ipsilateral nipple) and ultrasound guided tract

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 80 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• adult patients over the age of 18 undergoing general anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• history of neck or breast surgery

• anatomical anomaly of the neck or breast

• neck mass

• breast mass

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Boramae Medical Center	Seoul		Korea, Republic of	156-707

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Seoul National University Hospital

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Ho Geol Ryu, Assistant professor, Seoul National University Hospital
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01347463
• Other Study ID Numbers: IJV-cath-nipple
• First Posted: May 4, 2011
• Last Update Posted: Aug 5, 2020
• Last Verified: Aug 1, 2020

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Aug 5, 2020