Is it Safe to Use Ultrasound-Guided Superior Laryngeal Nerve Block for the Prevention of Postoperative Sore Throat After Double Lumen Endotracheal Intubation?

Anesth Analg. 2024 Jan 1;138(1):e1-e2. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006732. Epub 2023 Dec 15.

Authors

Stephanie M Malta¹, Federico Bilotta², Ala Nozari³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, malta@bu.edu.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 38100809
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006732

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal* / adverse effects
Laryngeal Nerves
Pharyngitis* / etiology
Pharyngitis* / prevention & control
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control
Ultrasonography, Interventional