Effect of ropivacaine combined with dexamethasone sprayed intratracheally in patients with resistant tubes and postoperative sore throat

Objective To investigate the effect of ropivacaine combined with dexanmethasone sprayed intratracheally in patients with resistant tubes and postoperative sore throat.Methods Eighty patients ASA Ⅰ-Ⅱ grade undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were randomly divided into four groups by random digits tabel method,20 patients in each.2 ml of 0.75％ ropivacaine combined with 1 ml dexamethasone (group A) ; 2 ml of 0.75％ ropivacaine combined with 1 ml 0.9％ sodium (group B) ; 3 ml of 1％ tetracaine (group C); 3 ml of 0.9％ sodium (group D) were immediately intratracheal sprayed before intubation.The resistant tubes and degree of postoperative 24 h sore throat [by visual analog scale (VAS) scores],comfort [by Bruggrmann comfort scale (BCS) scores] and the incidence of sore throat were recorded.Results The resistant tubes appraised rate in group A,B and C was higher than that in group D [65.0％ (13/20),60.0％ (12/20),70.0％ (14/20) vs.5.0％ (1/20)] (P ＜ 0.05),but there was no significant difference among group A,B and C (P＞ 0.05).The incidence of sore throat at 24 h after surgery in group A,B and C was lower than that in group D [20.0％(4/20),25.0％ (5/20),25.0％ (5/20) vs.90.0％ (18/20)] (P ＜ 0.05),but there was no significant difference among group A,B and C (P＞ 0.05).The VAS and BCS scores in group A were better than those in group B,C and D [(0.52 ± 1.14) scores vs.(1.68 ± 1.42),(1.59 ± 1.33),(4.22 ± 1.95) scores,(2.80 ± 1.54) scores vs.(1.60 ± 1.19),(1.80 ± 1.20) and (0.45 ± 0.81) scores] (P ＜ 0.05),but there were no significant differences between group B and group C (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Ropivacaine combined with dexamethasone sprayedintratracheally can significantly increase the degree of postoperative resistant tubes,decrease the rate of sore throat after general anesthesia,and increase patient' s comfort. Key words: Dexamethasone;  Pharyngitis;  Ropivacaine;  Intratracheal