EFFECTIVENESS OF USAGE OF INTRAVENOUS STEROIDS TO REDUCE DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING FOLLOWING ANTERIOR CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY: RANDOMISED TRIAL.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G30-G32- Other degenerative diseases of the nervous system
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/09/027546
- Lead Sponsor
- INK institute of neuroscience
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Elective anterior cervical surgery for degenerative cervical disorders.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients scheduled for revision procedures.
2.Those requiring combined anterior and posterior approaches.
3. Patients undergoing surgical procedures for traumatic, neoplastic, or infectious indications.
4. Any patients already receiving or with medical contraindications to systemic corticosteroids.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method POST OPERATIVE DYSPHAGIA COMPARED TO PRE OPERATIVE MEASURED USING EAT 10 SCORE.Timepoint: PER OPERATIVE <br/ ><br>POST OPERATIVE DAY1 DAY2 WEEK1 MONTH1 MONTH2 MONTH4
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method JAPANESE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORETimepoint: PRE OPERATIVE POSTOPERATIVE MONTH 1 MONTH 2 MONTH 4;NECK DISABILITY INDEX <br/ ><br>VISUAL ANALOGUE SCORETimepoint: PRE OPERATIVE POST OPERATIVE MONTH 1 MONTH2 MONTH4;POST OPERATIVE DYSPHAGIA COMPARED TO PRE OPERATIVE MEASURED USING BAZAZ SCORETimepoint: PER OPERATIVE <br/ ><br>POST OPERATIVE DAY1 DAY2 WEEK1 MONTH1 MONTH2 MONTH4;SWELLING INDEXTimepoint: POST OPERATIVE DAY 1 MONTH 1 MONTH 2