Postoperative Discomfort After Dental General Anesthesia

Postoperative Discomfort and Emergence Delirium In Children Receiving Dental Treatment Under General Anesthesia: Comparison Of Nasal Tracheal Intubation and Laryngeal Mask Airway

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03197753

Enrollment

Registered

2017-06-23

Start date

2017-06-15

Completion date

2017-08-04

Last updated

2017-08-17

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Conditions

Postoperative Pain

Keywords

laryngeal mask airway, nasotracheal intubation, dental treatment

Brief summary

The aim of this prospective, randomised, controlled clinical trial was to compare immediate postoperative discomfort, emergence delirium and recovery time of the patients intubated using either laryngeal mask airway or nasotracheal intubation.

Detailed description

A total of 70 children aged 3 to 7 years received full mouth dental rehabilitation under general anesthesia. Children were randomly grouped into Laryngeal mask airway (LMA) group (n=35) and nasotracheal intubation (NTI) groups (n=35). In LMA group LMA was inserted after anesthesia induction using 8% sevoflurane. In NTI group rocuronium and remifentanil were given intravenously during %8 sevoflurane induction and the patients were intubated by a nasotracheal tube. After completion of the dental treatments patients were transferred to the post anesthesia care unit (PACU). Duration of dental operation ,duration of anesthesia, recovery time, postoperative discomfort, emergence delirium, pediatric dentist's access were recorded.

Interventions

DEVICELaryngeal mask airway

Laryngeal mask airway

DEVICENasotracheal intubation

Nasotracheal intubation

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

Outcomes assessor

Intervention model description

Parallel

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

3 Years to 7 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Aged 3-7 years, * ASA I and II * Lack of chairside cooperation for dental treatment in clinical setting.

Exclusion criteria

* A history of of anticipated difficult entubation , * Patient with pharyngeal pathology patients with known pulmonory or cardiovascular disease, * When the expected dental procedure was more than two hours * Mental retardation and those whose parents did not consent to their participation in the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Postoperative discomfort	Postoperative 1 hour	Sore throat

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026