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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients from both sex and aged between 18 and 45 years. * All participants were scheduled for elective laparoscopic appendectomy or cholecystectomy under general anesthesia. * Classified as ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) I or II. * Intubation duration is less than 90 minutes. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients classified as ASA III or higher. * Patients exhibiting symptoms of sore throat prior to entering the operating room, or presenting with any respiratory illness or signs of respiratory infection. * Patients who smoke. * Patients with a history of allergy to drugs used in this study. * Patients who are addicted to steroid drugs (inhaled or oral). * Patients with predicted difficult airway and intubation, indicated by a Mallampati score of II or higher. * Obese patients with a BMI exceeding 35. * Patients with neurological diseases.