I-gel Laryngeal Mask Airway Combined with Tracheal Intubation Attenuate Systemic Stress Response in Patients Undergoing Posterior Fossa Surgery

Table 2

Spontaneous breathing recovery time, eye opening time, extubation or I-gel removal time, and MOAA/ score.

Characteristic	Treatment groups
	Group TT ()	Group TI ()	value
Spontaneous breathing recovery time (min)	9.0 (1.3)	8.0 (1.5)	0.084
Eye opening time (min)	11.0 (1.5)	10.0 (2.1)	0.426
Extubation or I-gel removal time (min)	19 (1.0)	22 (3.0)	<0.001
MOAA/ score: 5 (alert)/4/3/2/1/0 (asleep)	0/6/20/4/0/0	4/14/12/0/0/0	0.032

Values are given as Mean ± SD.
Group TT: tracheal tube intubation group; Group TI: I-gel facilitated endotracheal tube intubation group.