Clinical Trial: Comparative Analysis of a Preoperative Airway Ultrasound Protocol and Direct Laryngoscopy in Oncologic Surgery Patients

U.S., Sept. 11 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07813104) titled 'Comparative Analysis of a Preoperative Airway Ultrasound Protocol and Direct Laryngoscopy in Oncologic Surgery Patients' on May 22, 2025.

Brief Summary: This prospective observational study evaluated the predictive performance of the Difficult Airway Evaluation with Sonography (DARES) protocol for identifying difficult laryngoscopy and other airway management difficulties in adult patients undergoing elective oncologic surgery.

Preoperative airway ultrasonography was performed together with conventional clinical airway assessment. Ultrasound parameters included the distance from skin to epiglottis (DSE), hyomental distance (HMD) m...