Moffett’s Solution Causes Significantly Greater Postoperative Throat Pain Compared to Cophenylcaine in Sinonasal Surgery
Joint Authors
Wong, Eugene
Ku, Dominic
Vasan, Kartik
Tseros, Evan
Singh, Narinder Pal
Source
International Journal of Otolaryngology
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-07-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Aim.
Preoperative decongestion with Moffett’s solution is routine practice in sinonasal procedures providing an ideal operative field.
Anecdotally, it is related to postoperative throat pain, yet a quantitative relationship has not been established.
We compare the incidence and severity of postoperative throat pain after application of Moffett’s solution against Cophenylcaine decongestion.
Methodology.
A total of thirty patients from two consultants were recruited.
The intervention arm (twenty) was decongested with Moffett’s solution and the control arm (ten) with Cophenylcaine.
The primary outcome was self-reported postoperative throat pain as measured by visual analogue scale (VAS) at 2 hours, 4 hours, 6 hours, and next morning.
Results.
There was a significantly higher VAS for throat pain in patients decongested with Moffett’s solution in the early postoperative period (2 hours p=0.03, 4 hours p=0.04).
Conclusion.
Moffett’s solution is associated with a greater severity of transient postoperative throat pain compared to topical Cophenylcaine.
We recommend further studies to identify means to minimise this side effect.
Clinical Trial Registration.
This paper has been registered with the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry under the registration number: ACTRN12619000772145.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ku, Dominic& Vasan, Kartik& Wong, Eugene& Tseros, Evan& Singh, Narinder Pal. 2019. Moffett’s Solution Causes Significantly Greater Postoperative Throat Pain Compared to Cophenylcaine in Sinonasal Surgery. International Journal of Otolaryngology،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ku, Dominic…[et al.]. Moffett’s Solution Causes Significantly Greater Postoperative Throat Pain Compared to Cophenylcaine in Sinonasal Surgery. International Journal of Otolaryngology No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ku, Dominic& Vasan, Kartik& Wong, Eugene& Tseros, Evan& Singh, Narinder Pal. Moffett’s Solution Causes Significantly Greater Postoperative Throat Pain Compared to Cophenylcaine in Sinonasal Surgery. International Journal of Otolaryngology. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-5.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1166690