• BMC anesthesiology · Sep 2017

    Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study

    Incidence and severity of postoperative sore throat: a randomized comparison of Glidescope with Macintosh laryngoscope.

    • Mansoor Aqil, Mueen Ullah Khan, Saara Mansoor, Saad Mansoor, Rashid Saeed Khokhar, and Abdul Sattar Narejo.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, King Saud University Medical City, P.O Box 7805, Riyadh, 11472, Saudi Arabia. mansooraqil@yahoo.com.
    • BMC Anesthesiol. 2017 Sep 12; 17 (1): 127.

    BackgroundPostoperative sore throat (POST) is a common problem following endotracheal (ET) intubation during general anesthesia. The objective was to compare the incidence and severity of POST during routine intubation with Glidescope (GL) and Macintosh laryngoscope (MCL).MethodsOne hundred forty adult patients ASA I and II with normal airway, scheduled to undergo elective surgery under GA requiring ET intubation were enrolled in this prospective randomized study and were randomly divided in two groups, GL and MCL. Incidence and severity of POST was evaluated at 0, 6, 12 and 24 h after surgery.ResultsAt 0 h, the incidence of POST was more in MCL than GL (n = 41 v.s n = 22, P = 0.001), and also at 6 h after surgery (n = 37 v.s n = 23, P = 0.017). Severity of POST was more at 0, 6 and 12 h after surgery in MCL (P < 0.001, P = 0.001, P = 0.004 respectively).ConclusionsRoutine use of GL for ET tube placement results in reduction in the incidence and severity of POST compared to MCL.Trial RegisrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02848365 . Retrospectively Registered (Date of registration: July, 2016).

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