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

Table 5

Ease of insertion (1: very easy, 2: easy, 3: neither easy nor difficult, 4: difficult, and 5: very difficult).

Device	Ease of insertion
	1	2	3	4	5
PLMA	34.3%	44.4%	15.2%	5.1%	1%
SLMA	61.4%	30.7%	7.9%	0%	0%
i-gel	37.4%	48.5%	6.1%	6.1%	2%
SLIPA	7.1%	38.8%	24.5%	17.3%	12.2%
LTS-D	16.3%	43.9%	23.5%	13.3%	3.1%

SLMA versus PLMA, SLMA versus SLIPA, and SLMA versus LTS-D: , and SLMA versus i-gel: .
PLMA versus SLIPA: , PLMA versus LTS-D: .
i-gel versus SLIPA, i-gel versus LTS-D: , and SLIPA versus LTS-D: .