The Effect of Reinforced Endotracheal Tube on Post-operative Hoarseness Undergoing Thyroidectomy

Chonnam National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Voice Hoarseness; Sore Throat; Thyroidectomy

Treatments: Device: Oral/Nasal Endotracheal Tube, Reinforced (Covidien); Device: TaperGuard oral tracheal tube (Covidien)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03368911

CNUHH-2017-102

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is an evaluation of the effect of the reinforced endotracheal tube on post-operative hoarseness and sore throat undergoing thyroidectomy

Enrollment: 140 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• American Society of Anesthesiologist physical status 1-3
• Patients undergoing thyroidectomy under general anesthesia
• Tumor size < 2cm
• Patient who do not have any problem in the vocal cord

Exclusion criteria

• Patient who is expected difficult intubation (Mallampati class 3 or more)
• Patient who has respiratory disorder
• Previous hoarseness and sore throat history
• Obesity (BMI > 30 kg/m2)
• Recurrent laryngeal injury during operation
• Operation history of oral and laryngeal surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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140 participants in 2 patient groups

Reinforced tube group

Experimental group

Description:

use an reinforced endotracheal tube for endotracheal intubation during general anesthesia undergoing thyroidectomy

Treatment:

Device: Oral/Nasal Endotracheal Tube, Reinforced (Covidien)

Conventional tube group

Active Comparator group

Description:

use an conventional endotracheal tube for endotracheal intubation during general anesthesia undergoing thyroidectomy

Treatment:

Device: TaperGuard oral tracheal tube (Covidien)