Post-operative Sore Throat and Gum Chewing

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Surgery; Anesthesia

Treatments: Other: Gum; Other: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04859101

ANES-2021-29683

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if chewing gum immediately prior to transport to the operating room reduces the severity of post-operative sore throat in patients who have an LMA (laryngeal mask airway) placed for procedures with duration greater than 1 hour.

Full description

Patients will be randomized into two groups. Group 1 will receive a piece of gum immediately prior to transport to the operating room. They will be asked to chew the gum for 2 minutes and then spit the gum in the garbage. Group 2 will not receive any gum. They will be asked to swallow twice and have no other intervention.

Enrollment: 86 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Outpatient ambulatory surgery
• General anesthesia utilizing a laryngeal mask airway
• Greater than 1 hour duration

Exclusion criteria

• Chronic laryngitis
• Chronic bronchitis
• Asthma
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease
• Smoking within the last week
• Non-English speaking

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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86 participants in 2 patient groups

Gum

Experimental group

Description:

Group 1 will receive gum immediately prior to transport to the operating room. They will be asked to chew the gum for 2 minutes and then spit the gum in the garbage.

Treatment:

Other: Gum

Control

Other group

Description:

Group 2 will not receive any gum. They will be asked to swallow twice and have no other intervention.

Treatment:

Other: Control