title: Comparison of fluid leakage across endotracheal tube cuffs using a three-dimensional printed model of the human trachea.
abstract: The objective of this study was to compare fluid leakage across endotracheal tube cuffs using a three-dimensional (3D)-printed human tracheal model that anatomically simulates the human trachea. We made two models based on computed tomography data of the neck and chest. Using a Mallinckrodt Hi-Lo™ (HL), ThinCuff(®) (TC), and Mallinckrodt TaperGuard™ (TG), we sequentially measured the amount of fluid leakage across each endotracheal tube cuff after applying saline or viscous liquid above the cuff. The TG allowed significantly less leakage than the HL and TC with both saline and the viscous liquid. Our study, using a 3D-printed tracheal model, indicated that a conical-shaped endotracheal tube cuff significantly reduces fluid leakage across the cuff compared with conventional cylindrical-shaped cuffs made of polyurethane or polyvinylchloride, contrary to the results of a previous study using a solid cylindrical structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S 1, W 16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8543, Japan. kimizima@hotmail.co.jp.
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimijima
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S 1, W 16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8543, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsutaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Edanaga
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S 1, W 16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8543, Japan.
authors.forename: Michiaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamakage
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D011140:Polyurethanes; D014132:Trachea / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
chemical_list: D011140:Polyurethanes
keywords: Conical-shaped endotracheal tube cuff; Fluid leakage; Three-dimensional tracheal model
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