A study on complications following passage of a tube through the nose into the windpipe to provide general anaesthesia to patients undergoing surgery for head and neck cancer.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Post operative patients who had nasal intubation for anaesthesia
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2014/01/004287
- Lead Sponsor
- A
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 300
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with ASA grade I,II & III
Patients in age group 18-80 yrs
Who will require nasotracheal intubation for head and neck surgery?
Exclusion Criteria
Refusal of consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method incidence of complications (mucosal injuries, bleeding, injury to the turbinateâ??s, posterior pharyngeal tears, injury to the structures in the nasopharynx and oropharynx.)Timepoint: During nasal intubation, Intraoperaive period and 24hrs postoperatively after extubation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method intra-operative tube manipulations for tube kinking ,cuff tear , accidental extubation etc.Timepoint: Intraoperatively