Postoperative sore throat
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients who met the surgical indications of radical thyroid cancer and planned to undergo thyroidectomy, unilateral thyroidectomy, total thyroidectomy, or the above surgical methods combined with central lymph node dissection; 2. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I- II; 3. Aged from 18 to 65.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patient refused to participate in the study; 2. Difficult airway or suspected difficult airway (Mallampati grade III-IV); 3 .Preoperative sore throat, chronic pharyngitis and reflux esophagitis; 4. Preoperative hoarseness; 5. Patients who required continuous use of anticoagulants or antiplatelet drugs or inhaled corticosteroids or antihypertensive drugs before surgery; 6. High risk of reflux or aspiration; 7. Patients with dysphagia; 8. Smokers, alcoholics, and illicit drug users; 9. Infection at the puncture site; 10. Patients with allergy to local anesthetics; 11. Patients with previous oral or throat surgery history; 12. Upper respiratory tract infection within 2 weeks before surgery; 13. The expected operation time was more than 4 hours; 14. BMI > 30 kg/ m2; 15. Patients with severe cognitive impairment or other disorders that may cause dysphonia; 16. Patients participating in other clinical research projects.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sore throat score ; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Incidence of sore throat, choking cough, dysphonia and hoarseness ;Incidence of choking cough,vocal disorder and hoarseness ;Incidence of sore throat, choking cough,vocal disorder and hoarseness ;Incidence of choking cough,vocal disorder and hoarseness ;Mucosal injury grading; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
The Second Affiliated Hospital of PLA Army Medical University