Comparison of Clinical Performance of Supraglottic Airway Devices

Abstract Aim: To compare the clinical performance and pharyngolaryngeal complications of two second-generation, supraglottic airway devices (SGAD), the I-gel and Laryngeal Mask Airway-Supreme (LMA-Supreme), in geriatric patients undergoing elective surgery under general anesthesia. Materials and Methods: After hospital ethics committee approval (19-4.1T/40- 17.04.2019) and written informed consent, patients aged 65 years and older, with an American Society of Anesthesiologists score of I-III, and who were scheduled for elective urological surgery under general anesthesia, were included prospectively. The patients were randomly divided into two equal sized groups, I-gel and LMA-supreme. The two groups were evaluated and compared for ease of supraglottic airway device insertion, time of insertion, success rate at first insertion, number of attempts, ease of gastric tube insertion, oropharyngeal leak pressure, and intraoperative and postoperative complications.