CompletedNot Applicable

Postoperative Sore Throat: Interest of the Videolaryngoscope

Tunisia135 participantsStarted 2021-01-08

Plain-language summary

Postoperative sore throat is a complication of orotracheal intubation. The aim of our study was to assess the impact of videolaryngoscopy on postoperative sore throat during the first 24 hours following surgery. This was a prospective, randomized study, over a period of 9 months. The investigators included 136 patients with non-difficult airway, classified ASA I to III and over 18 years old. The patients were randomized into 2 groups: the VL group including 70 patients intubated with direct laryngoscopy and the LD group including 66 patients intubated with videolaryngoscopy.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged over 18 years old; * Patients with ASA status 1, 2 or 3; * Patients who underwent surgery with general anaesthesia and intubation; * written consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under corticosteroids; * Pregnant women; * Patient with at least two difficult intubation criteria or a limited mouth opening (under 2cm), difficult airway management history, upper airway tumour or cervical rachis trauma; * Patients who had an otorhinolaryngologic infection in the last month, an intubation or endoscopy of upper airway in the last 48 hours, vomiting in the last 24 hours, a gastric tube in the last 24 hours or throat symptoms prior to surgery; * Patients scheduled for a surgery implying a manipulation of upper airways; * Patient scheduled for a surgery \> 2 hours.

What they're measuring

Postoperative sore throat

Timeframe: 6 hours after surgery

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05614414

SponsorMongi Slim Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-09-30

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