Clinical Study

Postoperative Pharyngolaryngeal Adverse Events with Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA Supreme) in Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures with Cuff Pressure Limiting 25 : Prospective, Blind, and Randomised Study

Table 2

Laryngeal mask airway (LMA) parameters compared between low and high LMA cuff pressures.

LMA insertion After CO2 LMA removal
L groupH groupL groupH groupL groupH group

LMA cuff
 Vol (ml) <0.001 <0.001
 Pr (cmH2O) <0.001 <0.001
OLP (cmH2O) 0.025 0.208
Airway pr (cmH2O)
 Peak 0.106 0.106
 Mean 0.109 0.154

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
After CO2: after carbon dioxide insufflation; L group: laryngeal mask airway (LMA) cuff pressure limiting 25 cmH2O group; H group: LMA cuff pressure at 60 cmH2O group; Vol: volume of air for LMA cuff inflation; Pr: pressure of air for LMA cuff inflation; OLP: oropharyngeal leak pressure; Airway pr: airway pressure.