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Airway management practices in head and neck cancer surgery in a tertiary centre

An audit of Airway management in adult patients undergoing head and neck cancer surgery - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/05/087780
Enrollment
500
Registered
2025-05-28
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-06-24

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

Conditions

Health Condition 1: C00-C14- Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx Health Condition 2: C73-C75- Malignant neoplasms of thyroid and other endocrine glands Health Condition 3: C76-C80- Malignant neoplasms of ill-defined, other secondary and unspecified sites

Interventions

Intervention1: Nil: Nil Intervention2: Nil: Nil

Sponsors

Dr Anjana Wajekar
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: undergoing head and neck surgery for oral, oropharyngeal, laryngeal hypo pharyngeal, thyroid and parotid carcinomas

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: patients presenting for only tracheostomy, emergency carotid artery blowout, direct laryngoscopy with or without biopsy, only airway examination under anesthesia and microlaryngeal surgeries

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Incidence of patients requiring intubations under topical anaesthesia (awake intubations) and intubations under general anaesthesiaTimepoint: immediately after induction of anaesthesia

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Incidence of difficult airwayTimepoint: During induction of anaesthesia;Various strategies used to manage difficult airwayTimepoint: During induction of anaesthesia;Incidence of complications during airway managementTimepoint: During induction of anaesthesia, during the surgery and in the postoperative period

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Nagalakshmi S

ACTREC - Tata Memorial Centre and Homi Bhabha National Institute

anjanawajekar@gmail.com022687350006622

Outcome results

None listed

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