GlideScope® Versus Macintosh Laryngoscope for Post-thyroidectomy Assessment of Vocal Cord Mobility

Ain Shams University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Complication, Postoperative

Treatments: Device: conventional Macintosh laryngoscope; Device: GlideScope®

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03834597

FMASU R 08/2019

Details and patient eligibility

About

Vocal cord dysfunction is a serious post-thyroidectomy complication. This can lead to various postoperative clinical consequences as hoarseness of voice, aspiration or stridor . It is also one of the common reasons for post-thyroidectomy malpractice claims.

This study will compare GlideScope® with Macintosh laryngoscope regarding accuracy of assessment of post-thyroidectomy vocal cord mobility.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I and II,
• Elective thyroid surgery with
• Normal thyroid profile

Exclusion criteria

• History of previous thyroid surgery,
• Preoperative vocal cord dysfunction
• Predicted difficult airway