• Anaesth Intensive Care · Oct 2004

    Comparative Study

    An audit of the Single Use Portex Laryngeal Mask.

    • C E Orlikowski.
    • Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania.
    • Anaesth Intensive Care. 2004 Oct 1;32(5):693-6.

    AbstractWe performed an audit of the insertion of the Single Use Portex Laryngeal Mask in 400 patients. Insertion was successful at first attempt in 335 out of 400 patients (83.8%). However in 15 patients (3.8%), the Portex laryngeal mask could not be placed despite repeated attempts. In 12 of these 15 patients (80%), a standard Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) was successfully placed. After the completion of the audit, 22 out of 29 anaesthetists (75.9%), who had inserted > or = 5 Portex laryngeal masks, considered it inferior to the standard LMA. It would appear to us that the Portex laryngeal mask might need some design modifications to be a real alternative to the standard LMA.

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