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

Complication, Postoperative Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03834597
• Other study ID #: FMASU R 08/2019
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Start date: February 6, 2019
• Est. completion date: June 2019

Study information

• Verified date: February 2019
• Source: Ain Shams University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: June 2019
• Est. primary completion date: May 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Complication, Postoperative
• Postoperative Complications

Intervention

Device:
• conventional Macintosh laryngoscope
After closure of surgical, anesthesiologist will perform the conventional Macintosh laryngoscope to assess post-thyroidectomy vocal cord mobility.
• GlideScope®
Patient will be left for a while until hemodynamic stabilization then examination with GlideScope® will be commenced to assess postthyroidectomy vocal cord mobility by another experienced anesthesiologist

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Ain Shams University hospitals	Cairo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ain Shams University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Vocal cord dysfunction	newly recorded reduction in the postoperative vocal cords mobility compared with the preoperative status.	Intraoperative
Secondary	Incidence of traumatic complications	traumatic complications as swelling in the mouth, tongue, or throat, teeth injury, bleeding or hoarseness of voice	First 24 hours postoperatively