The Effect of Menthol Ice and Frozen Saline Applications After Lumbar Disc Surgery

Summary

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of postoperative menthol ice and frozen saline applications on thirst and sore throat in patients undergoing lumbar disc surgery.

Conditions

• Thirst
• Sore Throat

Interventions

OTHER

Menthol ice

When patients are brought from the operating theatre to the surgical clinic, patients will be waited until they are able to communicate. In the first stage, after filling in the Patient Identification Form before the intervention, thirst status with Perioperative Thirst Discomfort Scale (PTDS) and sore throat status with the Numerical Pain Scale (NPS) will be evaluated. In the second stage, evaluation will be made according to the Safety Protocol for the Management of Immediate Postoperative Thirst and menthol ice will be applied if the patients meet the criteria in the protocol. Thirst will be re-evaluated with PTDS and sore throat will be re-evaluated with NPS at 30th and 60th minutes after the first application. Immediately after this evaluation, menthol ice will be applied for the second time. After the second application, thirst will be re-evaluated with PTDS at 30th and 60th minutes and sore throat will be re-evaluated with NPS.

OTHER

Frozen saline

When patients are brought from the operating theatre to the surgical clinic, patients will be waited until they are able to communicate. In the first stage, after filling in the Patient Identification Form before the intervention, thirst status with Perioperative Thirst Discomfort Scale (PTDS) and sore throat status with the Numerical Pain Scale (NPS) will be evaluated. In the second stage, evaluation will be made according to the Safety Protocol for the Management of Immediate Postoperative Thirst and frozen saline will be applied if the patients meet the criteria in the protocol. Thirst will be re-evaluated with PTDS and sore throat will be re-evaluated with NPS at 30th and 60th minutes after the first application. Immediately after this evaluation, frozen saline will be applied for the second time. After the second application, thirst will be re-evaluated with PTDS at 30th and 60th minutes and sore throat will be re-evaluated with NPS.

OTHER

No Interventions

When patients are brought from the operating theatre to the surgical clinic, patients will be waited until they are able to communicate. In the first stage, after filling in the Patient Introduction Form before the intervention, thirst status with Perioperative Thirst Discomfort Scale (PTDS) and sore throat status with Numerical Pain Scale(NPS) will be evaluated. Patients in the control group will be waited for approximately 10 minutes, taking into account the application times in the intervention groups. No intervention will be applied during the waiting period. After 10 minutes of waiting time, thirst will be re-evaluated with PTDS and sore throat will be re-evaluated with NPS at 30th and 60th minutes. Considering the 2nd application time in the intervention groups, it will be waited again for approximately 10 minutes without any intervention. After the waiting period, thirst will be re-evaluated with PTDS at 30th and 60th minutes and sore throat will be re-evaluated with NPS.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Kübra TUNCEL, PhD-candidate · Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Institute of Graduate Studies

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-04-15

Primary Completion

2025-10-15

Completion

2025-11-30

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations