Investigation of Parental Acceptance of General Anesthesia With Mask Induction in Children Undergoing Frenulectomy.

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: To investigate parental acceptance of the use of general anesthesia with mask inhalation (GAMI) in the treatment of ankyloglossia. DESIGN: Parents of children with ankyloglossia received questionnaires to analyze the related factors of their acceptance of GAMI. METHODS: From July 2017 to November 2020, 131 parents of children with ankyloglossia in our hospital were enrolled and received investigation questionnaires. A total of 129 valid questionnaires were returned. The level of acceptance was evaluated using the visual analogue scale (VAS). We described the parental acceptance in a statistical method and performed univariant and multivariate analyses to identify related factors using SPSS 20.0. FINDINGS: A total of 129 (98.5%) parents completed the questionnaires. Only one patient (0.8%) experienced short-term (4 hours) abdominal bloating after surgery with GAMI. The average VAS regarding parental acceptance of the use of GAMI in the treatment was 43.80 mm (± 29.49), with only 17.8% of parents exhibiting a high level of acceptance of the anesthesia technique, while they had a relatively high level of satisfaction after surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Parents had a low level of acceptance of using GAMI in the treatment of ankyloglossia before surgery due to various factors.