Comparison of i-gel™ and Laryngeal Mask Airway Supreme™ in different head and neck positions in spontaneously breathing pediatric population | Zendy

Swati Gupta | Zendy; Neelam Dogra | Zendy; Kanchan Chauhan | Zendy

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Comparison of i-gel™ and Laryngeal Mask Airway Supreme™ in different head and neck positions in spontaneously breathing pediatric population

Author(s) -

Swati Gupta,

Neelam Dogra,

Kanchan Chauhan

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

anesthesia essays and researches

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 0259-1162

DOI - 10.4103/aer.aer_238_16

Subject(s) - medicine , laryngeal mask airway , anesthesia , airway , tonsillectomy , laryngeal masks , ventilation (architecture) , breathing , head and neck surgery , larynx , surgery , otorhinolaryngology , mechanical engineering , engineering

Although the advantages of ventilation with i-gel™ and laryngeal mask airway Supreme (LMA-Supreme™) has been well documented, they are still under debate for surgeries requiring flexion and extension of neck such as thyroid surgery, tonsillectomy, and neck exploration. Hence, we conducted a study to demonstrate the effect of neck flexion and extension in spontaneously breathing anesthetized pediatric patients utilizing i-gel™ and LMA-Supreme™.

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