A comparison of laryngeal mask airway-supreme and endotracheal tube use with respect to airway protection in patients undergoing septoplasty: a randomized, single-blind, controlled clinical trial

Abstract Background There are doubts among anesthesiologists on the use of the Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) in nasal surgeries because of concerns about the occurrence of blood leakages to the airway. We hypothesized that the use of LMA-Supreme (LMA-S) in nasal surgery is comparable with endotracheal...

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Main Authors: Erol Karaaslan, Sedat Akbas, Ahmet Selim Ozkan, Cemil Colak, Zekine Begec
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-020-01222-4