A Postoperative Sore Throat After Thyroidectomy

Yeungnam University College of Medicine74 enrolled

Overview

This study was performed to compare the effect on of a postoperative sore throat between dexmedetomidine and remifentanil in patients undergoing thyroidectomy.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Post Operative Sore Throat

Interventions

dexmedetomidine infusion groupDRUG

dexmedetomidine as anaesthetic adjuvant

remifentanil infusion groupDRUG

remifentanil as anaesthetic adjuvant

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who scheduled primary thyroidectomy were enrolled and their physical status was American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class 1 or 2 Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with respiratory tract disease, previous head, and neck surgery, preexisting steroid or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, and known or suspected difficult airway

Locations (1)

Eun kyung Choi

Daegu, Korea (the Republic Of), South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

incidence of postoperative sore throat at rest

0=none; 1=occur

Time frame: 6 hours after surgery

incidence of postoperative sore throat at swallowing

0=none; 1=occur

Time frame: 6 hours after surgery

severity of postoperative sore throat at rest

4-point scale (0=none; 1=mild; 2=moderate; 3=severe)

Time frame: 6 hours after surgery

severity of postoperative sore throat at swallowing

4-point scale (0=none; 1=mild; 2=moderate; 3=severe)

Time frame: 6 hours after surgery

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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