in certain cases, general anesthesia is indicated, as in uncooperative, demented, anxious or deaf patients. Sometimes, general anesthesia is used per patient request. Since 2003 is the laryngeal tube one of the most common used extraglottic devices for the airway management during eye operations. Recently we have got the perilaryngeal airway CobraPLA as an addition to the airway armamentarium that has been used also in eye surgery. This prospective randomized study aimed to determine whether the disposable PLA was as good in the airway management as the reusable LT. We hypothesized that there would be no difference between groups with regard to the primary study end-points: insertion time, oropharyngeal leak pressure. Secondary study end-points were ease of insertion, hemodynamic responses, peripheral oxygen saturation, end-tidal carbon dioxide and intra-operative and early postoperative adverse events.
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