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Background: Post operative sore throat(POST), cough and hoarseness of voice though minor sequelaeafter tracheal extubation can be distressing to the patients, and is not an uncommon complaint, it adverselyaffects the patient satisfaction and activities after discharge.Materials and Methods: A comparative study was conducted to see the incidence of post operative sorethroat after tracheal extubation after applying betamethasone gel(Group 1) and KY jelly(Group2) on thecuff of the tracheal tube in patients undergoing elective surgery under general anaesthesia. POST wasassessed at rest and with efforts like swallowing and talking at 1, 3, 6, 12, 24 hrs post operatively.Results: The incidence of POST was significantly lower in the betamethasone group when compared toKY jelly group.Conclusion: From our study we can conclude that application of betamethasone gel on the cuff of ETTdecreases the incidence of POST after tracheal extubation. Severity of sore throat is assessed using VASscore and found that POST was severe in ky jelly group when compared with betamethasone group.Keywords: Tracheal extubation, Bethamethasone, KY jelly, Post operative sore throat.

To compare the efficacy of application of bethamethasone gel with KY jelly for prophylaxis of post operative sore throat