Is Dexamethasone soaked ribbon gauze benefitial in patients undergoing tracheal intubation for head and neck cancer surgeries.
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C148- Malignant neoplasm of overlappingsites of lip, oral cavity and pharynx
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/03/041361
- Lead Sponsor
- Saurabh S Pillai
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with histologically proven OSCC requiring Surgical Intervention for management of OSCC with Tracheal Intubation And Pharyngeal Packing.
Patient fit for surgery (ASA I or II)
Patient with adequate mouth opening (Malampatti Grade I â?? II )
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with anticipated difficult airway (Malampatti Grade III â?? IV)
Patients undergoing Tracheostomy
Patients on steroidal therapy
Patients requiring more than 3 attempts of intubation
Patients diagnosed with Base of Tongue, Parapharyngeal tumours
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sore throat <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Hoarseness of voice <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Sore throat - 1 hour, 2 hours, 6 hours, 24 hours <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Hoarseness of voice - 1day, 3 days, 7 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Post operative nausea and VomittingTimepoint: Post operative nausea and Vomitting - 1 hour, 2 hours, 6 hours, 24 hours