NCT03834597

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

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ain Shams University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Complication, Postoperative

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	conventional Macintosh laryngoscope	After closure of surgical, anesthesiologist will perform the conventional Macintosh laryngoscope to assess post-thyroidectomy vocal cord mobility.
DEVICE	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

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-02-06
• Primary completion: 2019-05-01
• Completion: 2019-06-01
• First posted: 2019-02-08
• Last updated: 2019-02-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt