The use of flexible laryngeal mask airway for Adenoidectomies: An experience of 814Paediatric patients.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To assess flexible laryngeal mask airway (F-LMA) use during pediatric adenoidectomies in terms of patient safety, comfort, complication rates and surgeon satisfaction levels. METHODS:Patients who had undergone an elective adenoidectomy after receiving general anesthesia using F-LMA from June 2012 to November 2015 were included. Patients' demographics and the incidence of perioperative complications were investigated. The surgeon's satisfaction level was also evaluated by questionnaire. RESULTS:Eight hundred fourteen patient were included in the study. Conversion from F-LMA to an endotracheal tube was carried out in two patients (0.2%). Airway complications were identified in two patients. The mean duration of stay in the postoperative anesthesia care unit was 17 minutes. All pati

SUBMITTER: Ozmete O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5648946 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature