Clinical Study

Intubation Success through I-Gel® and Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway® Using Flexible Silicone Tubes: A Randomised Noninferiority Trial

Table 2

Device insertion and intubation parameters.

VariableGroup G ()
Median (95% CI)
Group I ()
Median (95% CI)
value (sig < 0.05)

Number of SGA attempts1.00 (1.19; 2.01)1.00 (1.22; 1.98)0.171
Ease of SGA insertion 1.00 (1.05; 1.75)1.00 (1.01; 1.39)0.755
Time to SGA placement 9.28 (7.99; 13.25)8.50 (7.54; 10.86)0.860
Ease of intubation2.00 (1.41; 1.91)1.00 (1.17; 1.46)0.017
Intubation success58.3% ()90% ()0.000
Time to intubation16.10 (13.49; 18.84)7.90 (7.81; 13.87)0.007
Number of intubation attempts1.00 (0.94; 1.33)1.00 (0.95; 1.15)0.027
Attempts at intubation; number (percentage)
 One22 (36.67)41 (68.3)0.001
 Two8 (13.33)9 (15.0)
 Three5 (8.3)4 (6.67)
VAS 01.00 (0.36; 1.37)1.00 (1.04; 2.16)0.833
Dysphagia 01.00 (0.92; 1.21)1.00 (1.04; 1.46)0.853
VAS 240.00 ; 0.43)0.50 (0.28; 0.92)0.052
Dysphagia 240.00 (; 0.15)0.00 (; 0.06)0.299

SGA: supraglottic airway device; VAS: visual analogue scale; indicates .