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High Flow Nasal Oxygenation vs Endotracheal Intubation on Recovery Profiles in Laryngeal Microsurgery

Comparison of High Flow Nasal Oxygenation Versus Endotracheal Intubation on Recovery Profiles in Laryngeal Microsurgery

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05559502
Enrollment
52
Registered
2022-09-29
Start date
2022-11-15
Completion date
2026-06-17
Last updated
2026-09-04

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Conditions

Cough

Keywords

High flow nasal oxygenation, Laryngeal microsurgery, emergence cough

Brief summary

Transnasal humidified rapid-insufflation ventilatory exchange(THRIVE), or also termed high flow nasal oxygenation (HFNO) is a method of supplying heated, humidified high concentrations of oxygen via nasal cavity. This study hypothesizes that in general anesthesia for laryngeal microsurgery, high-flow nasal oxygen without endotracheal intubation reduces cough during the emergence period compared to endotracheal intubation.

Detailed description

Laryngeal microsurgery is mainly performed by a conventional method of general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation (ET), which may have difficulty accessing the lesion behind the larynx, and may be limited in securing space for surgical manipulation. To compensate for these shortcomings, a method of maintaining general anesthesia without using an endotracheal tube has been introduced, and high-flow nasal oxygen(HFNO) and transnasal humidified rapid insufflation ventilatory exchange(THRIVE) enable tubeless anesthesia due to apnea oxygenation and apnea ventilation effect during laryngeal microsurgery. Coughing and straining can be accompanied by emergence after general anesthesia. Forceful vocal cord adduction especially after upper respiratory surgery such as laryngeal microsurgery can cause damage and bleeding of surgical tissue, delaying wound healing. If a small amount of remifentanil is continuously injected during emergence after total intravenous anesthesia(TIVA), airway complications such as coughing can be reduced during emergence without delay in recovery time, and hemodynamic stability can be promoted. In this study, the effect of endotracheal intubation and high-flow nasal oxygen on the emergence cough and postoperative sore throat is compared when total intravenous anesthesia(TIVA) using propofol and remifentanil is performed in patients undergoing laryngeal microsurgery. This study hypothesizes that in general anesthesia for laryngeal microsurgery, high-flow nasal oxygen without endotracheal intubation reduces cough during the emergence period compared to endotracheal intubation.

Interventions

HFNO therapy make possible to perform tubeless anesthesia, providing perfect exposure of structure of the vocal cords.

DEVICEET group

Endotracheal tube is a plain tube, which is most commonly used in general anesthesia.

Sponsors

Ajou University School of Medicine
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
19 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists classification 1 or 2 who receive general anesthesia for laryngeal microsurgery

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with major cardiovascular, pulmonary, and cerebrovascular disease * Laser laryngeal surgery * Morbid obesity (BMI\>35 kg/m2)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Grade of Emergence cough during periextubation periodFrom end of surgery to extubationGrade Score (grade 0=no cough, grade 1=light or single cough, grade 2=moderate cough or more than one episode of nonsustained coughing, grade 3=sustained and repetitive cough movements with head lift, 0 is the minimum value which is a better outcome and 3 is the maximum value which is a worse outcome.)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants with postoperative airway complicationsfrom 1 hour after surgery to 24 hours after surgerypost operative sore throat

Countries

South Korea

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORJongYeop Kim, M.D.,Ph.D.

Ajou University School of Medicine

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Sep 5, 2026