CompletedNot Applicable

Effects on the Awakening With Laryngeal Mask vs Endotracheal Tube in Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Base Surgery

Spain45 participantsStarted 2017-01-20

Plain-language summary

The endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery (EETS) is widely used. Although the incidence of complications is low, hypertensive episodes during surgery and awakening and cerebro spinal fluid (CSF) leakage have been described. The occurrence of coughing or vomiting during the early postoperative period must be avoid to protect the patient from CSF leakage and arterial hypertension. The emergency of anesthesia with laryngeal mask has a better haemodynamic profile and less incidence of cough in some surgical procedures and it could help minimizing the risks after EETS

Who can participate

Age range

18 Years

Sex

ALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who undergo EETS in Hospital Clínic de Barcelona Exclusion Criteria: * Re-interventions * Predicted difficult airway (severe acromegalia, mouth opening reduction) or Cormack-Lehane grade IV detected during laryngoscopy * Risk of bronchial aspiration (e.g., gastroesophageal reflux disease or lower cranial nerve palsy) * Uncontrolled arterial hypertension detected during preoperative assessment * Contraindication for early emergence based on anaesthetic or surgical criteria or as a result of complications developing during surgery

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What they're measuring

systolic blood pressure

Timeframe: changes from baseline systolic blood pressure in the first 60 minutes after extubation

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02988804

SponsorFundacion Clinic per a la Recerca Biomédica

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2019-11-05

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