Effect of Paratracheal and Cricoid Pressure on the Placement of the I-gel.

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Paratracheal Pressure

Treatments: Other: Placement of the i-gel

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05377346

202205

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to compare the effect of paratracheal and cricoid pressure on placement of the i-gel in terms of the success rate of i-gel insertion, time to placement, the rate of optimal position of the device, and difficulty of i-gel placement.

Enrollment: 76 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients scheduled for elective surgery under general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of an upper airway anatomic variation or pathology
• Increased risk of pulmonary aspiration
• Known or predicted difficult airway
• Surgery requiring lateral or prone position, head and neck surgery
• Requirements for postoperative ventilator care.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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76 participants in 2 patient groups

Paratracheal pressure group

Experimental group

Description:

After the induction of anesthesia, the i-gel is placed under the application of paratracheal pressure.

Treatment:

Other: Placement of the i-gel

Cricoid pressure group

Active Comparator group

Description:

After the induction of anesthesia, the i-gel is placed under the application of cricoid pressure.

Treatment:

Other: Placement of the i-gel