Comparison of Five 2nd-Generation Supraglottic Airway Devices for Airway Management Performed by Novice Military Operators

Table 2

Insertion success rates on the first attempt.

(a)

Device	First-attempt success rate
	Successful	Unsuccessful	Total	(%)
PLMA	85	16	101	84.2
SLMA	97	5	102	95.1
i-gel	87	13	100	87.0
SLIPA	66	34	100	66.0
LTS-D	79	23	102	77.5

(b)

	PLMA versus SLMA	PLMA versus i-gel	PLMA versus SLIPA	PLMA versus LTS-D	SLMA versus i-gel	SLMA versus SLIPA	SLMA versus LTS-D	i-gel versus SLIPA	i-gel versus LTS-D	SLIPA versus LTS-D
	0.012	0.689	0.003	0.285	0.081	0.0001	0.0004	0.0007	0.098	0.086

Differences marked with () are statistically significant.