• Zehra İpek Arslan, Canan Balcı, Duygu Akalın Oysu, Mehmet Yılmaz, Necla Gürbüz, and Zekeriya Ilce.
• Clinic of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Kocaeli Derince Education and Research Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey.
• Balkan Med J. 2013 Mar 1;30(1):90-3.

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to compare size 2 Laryngeal Mask Airway ProSeal and size 2 Laryngeal Mask Airway Supreme in spontaneously breathing children undergoing lower abdominal elective surgery of <1 hour duration.Study DesignRandomized clinical trial.Material And MethodsSixty children aged 1-7 years, weighing 10-20 kg, ASA I physical status were randomly allocated to the Laryngeal Mask Airway ProSeal and Laryngeal Mask Airway Supreme.ResultsThere were no differences in demographic variables, ease of gastric tube placement, ease of insertion and ventilation, number of insertion attempts, hemodynamic changes on insertion, postoperative complications and bloodstaining between the groups. Gastric insufflation was detected and gastric tube was placed in all patients except one in LMA Supreme. Postoperative cuff volumes were comparable with the preoperative values in group itself. Oropharyngeal leak pressures were higher in Laryngeal Mask Airway ProSeal (24.6±5.5 vs 21.3±4.2, respectively; p<0.01).ConclusionAs a result Laryngeal Mask Airway ProSeal and Laryngeal Mask Airway Supreme can safely be used in spontaneously breathing pediatric population undergoing lower abdominal elective surgery.

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