A Prospective,Randomised, Open Label Study for Comparison of the Incidence and Severity of Postoperative Sore Throat (POST) Using C-MAC Video Laryngoscope and Traditional Macintosh Laryngoscope for Intubation

Launched by SETH GORDHANDAS SUNDERDAS MEDICAL COLLEGE · Sep 2, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Postoperative sore throat is a well known complication after endotracheal intubation. One of the major contributing factors is trauma associated with laryngoscopy. With decreased force applied to visualise cords, video laryngoscopes should decrease the incidence of postoperative sore throat. In this study we compared the incidence and severity of postoperative sore throat when laryngoscopy was done using c-mac video laryngoscope D-blade( group V) versus Macintosh laryngoscope (Group M). Method: Fifty four American society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) 1\&2 patients between age 18-60 years , u...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Age more than 18 years
• • American society of Anaesthesiologists(ASA)1 and 2
• • Mallampati (MPC) grading 1 and 2
• • laparoscopic cholecystectomy and appendectomy
• • Surgeries of short duration(\<2hour)
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients refusing to give consent
• • Pregnant and lactating patients
• • Patients with severe co-morbidities requiring postoperative ventilatory support