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EFFECTIVENESS OF USAGE OF INTRAVENOUS STEROIDS TO REDUCE DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING FOLLOWING ANTERIOR CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY: RANDOMISED TRIAL.

THE EFFECT OF INTRAVENOUS CORTICOSTEROIDS ON POSTOPERATIVE DYSPHAGIA IN ANTERIOR CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2020/09/027546
Enrollment
64
Registered
2020-09-02
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: G30-G32- Other degenerative diseases of the nervous system

Interventions

Intervention1: dexamethasone: 3 doses of intravenous dexamethasone will be give one dose immediate pre operative and 2 doses at 8 and 16 hours post operative Control Intervention1: normal saline: norm

Sponsors

INK institute of neuroscience
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Elective anterior cervical surgery for degenerative cervical disorders.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients scheduled for revision procedures. 2.Those requiring combined anterior and posterior approaches. 3. Patients undergoing surgical procedures for traumatic, neoplastic, or infectious indications. 4. Any patients already receiving or with medical contraindications to systemic corticosteroids.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
POST OPERATIVE DYSPHAGIA COMPARED TO PRE OPERATIVE MEASURED USING EAT 10 SCORE.Timepoint: PER OPERATIVE POST OPERATIVE DAY1 DAY2 WEEK1 MONTH1 MONTH2 MONTH4

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
JAPANESE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORETimepoint: PRE OPERATIVE POSTOPERATIVE MONTH 1 MONTH 2 MONTH 4;NECK DISABILITY INDEX VISUAL ANALOGUE SCORETimepoint: PRE OPERATIVE POST OPERATIVE MONTH 1 MONTH2 MONTH4;POST OPERATIVE DYSPHAGIA COMPARED TO PRE OPERATIVE MEASURED USING BAZAZ SCORETimepoint: PER OPERATIVE POST OPERATIVE DAY1 DAY2 WEEK1 MONTH1 MONTH2 MONTH4;SWELLING INDEXTimepoint: POST OPERATIVE DAY 1 MONTH 1 MONTH 2

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSELVIN PRABHAKAR V

I NK institute of neuroscience

dranindya.basu@gmail.com9830503720

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026