Table 3.
Complications of placement. Values are expressed in mean (SD) or numbers of patients (n) and percentages (%).
| AMBU Aura-i (n = 50) |
LMA Supreme (n = 50) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complications of placement, n (%) | |||
| Yes : None | 13 (26.0%) : 37 (74.0%) | 10 (20.0%) : 40 (80.0%) | 0.635 |
| Complications of placement | |||
| Desaturation (SpO2 < 95%) | 0 | 0 | |
| Gross regurgitation/aspiration | 0 | 0 | |
| Bronchospasm | 0 | 0 | |
| Difficulty in ventilation | 0 | 0 | |
| Lip injury | 0 | 0 | |
| Tongue trauma | 0 | 0 | |
| Mucosal injury | 5 | 6 | 1.000 |
| Post-op sore throat | 7 | 5 | 0.760 |
| Dysphonia/hoarse voice | 0 | 0 | |
| Dysphagia | 2 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Dental injury | 0 | 0 |