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Postoperative Complication After G.A

Postoperative Complications in Children Following Dental General Anesthesia and it's Correlation With The Type of Dental Treatment Done.

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05758974
Enrollment
110
Registered
2023-03-08
Start date
2023-09-20
Completion date
2024-11-12
Last updated
2023-03-08

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Conditions

Complication of Anesthesia

Brief summary

What are the possible postoperative complications that may occur for children following dental treatment under general anaesthesia and is there a correlation between those complications and type of dental treatment done?

Detailed description

Nowadays, early childhood caries (ECC) remains a significant challenge of public health in Egyptian children. In most cases, children with ECC could accept dental treatment under non-pharmacological behavior management or sedation. However, some very young children or those suffering severe anxiety, mental or physical disabilities, could only be treated under dental general anesthesia (DGA). Dental general anesthesia (DGA) is a safe and high-quality restorative and preventive treatment option for children with severe early childhood caries (S-ECC), who require extensive dental treatment and exhibit anxiety and emotional or cognitive immaturity or are medically compromised. However, several postoperative complications have been reported in children under DGA in many studies. For a day-stay, general anesthesia procedure to be an acceptable option, care during and after surgery must be of the highest quality, and postoperative complications must be minimized.

Interventions

Extraction, pulp therapy or both

Sponsors

Cairo University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
3 Years to 6 Years

Inclusion criteria

1. Children with age range from 3 to 6 years old . 2. Children affected by dental caries in more than 4 primary teeth. 3. Uncooperative child indicated for treatment under G.A 4. Classified by American Society of Anaesthesiologists Physical Status as Class 1 5. Parents accepted to participate and willing to sign an informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

* 1\) The children whose guardians or caregivers have a problem in communicating with the medical staff

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Postoperative painBaselinepain would be assessed through the faces pain scale- revised this scale is self-report measure of pain intensity for children. These six faces expression show how much something can hurt, face 1 take score 0 no pain as minimum limit, face 2 take score 2, face 3 take score 4, face 4 take score 6, face 5 take score 8, face 6 take score 10 that the maximum limit Very much pain.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
FeverBaselinepostoperative fever would be assessed through thermometer, the range of normal body temperature from (36,5 \_37,5) °C. from (37,5- 38) ° Cit considers low grade fever. Above 38° C it considers high grade fever. Fever may be accompanied by irritable or very uncomfortable. poor eye contact with the surrounding, vomits repeatedly, severe diarrhea, seizures, pain. , severe headache, muscle weakness, difficulty breathing.
Weariness and drowsinessBaselineThat would be assessed through questionnaire.by asking the patient binary yes or no questions.

Contacts

Primary Contactsawsan Ah Ebrahim, master
sawsan.ebrahim@dentistry.cu.edu.eg00201019792988
Backup Contactola mo omar, professor doctor
vice_postgrad@dentistry.cu.edu.eg00201006030036

Outcome results

None listed

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