Background The number of obese patients requiring general anaesthesia is likely to
increase in coming years, and obese patients pose considerable challenges to the …

Extraglottic airway devices (EAD) have become an integral part of anesthetic care since their
introduction into clinical practice 25 years ago and have been used safely hundreds of …

We compared the efficacy of the inflatable cuff of the LMA Supreme™ against the non‐
inflatable i‐gel™ cuff in providing an adequate seal for laparoscopic surgery in the …

Methods The American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I–II patients (n= 167)
scheduled for orthopaedic surgery were included in this prospective study. General …

This study assessed two disposable devices; the newly developed supraglottic airway
device i‐gel™ and the LMA‐Unique™ in routine clinical practice. Eighty patients (ASA 1–3) …

Background The i-gel differs from other supraglottic airway devices, in that it has a softer,
non-inflatable cuff. This study was designed to compare the performance of the i-gel and the …

Background: We compared size 2 i‐gel®(Intersurgical Inc.), a relatively new supraglottic
airway device for use in spontaneously breathing anesthesized children with two different …

Background: The i‐gelTM is one of the latest commercially available, second‐generation
supraglottic airway devices (SADs). Specific features include a distal cuff made of a …

Background: Supraglottic airway devices (SADs), such as ProSealTM laryngeal mask airway
(PLMA), which produce high oropharyngeal seal pressure (OSP) and have the facility for …

Background The use of supraglottic airway devices (SADs) in surgeries with laparoscopic
pneumoperitoneum and Trendelenburg (LPT) positioning is controversial due to concerns …