[Tonsillectomies and the reinforced laryngeal mask].
One hundred children were randomly allocated to receive general anaesthesia for tonsillectomy either through a performed tracheal tube or a reinforced laryngeal mask. The insertion of both devices was easy but occasionally, with the laryngeal mask, the airway became obstructed during the Boyle-Davis gag insertion. There was more coughing after intubation (ET 26%, RLM 0%, P< 0,001) and extubation (ET 34%, RLM 0%, P< 0,001), than after insertion and withdrawal of the RLM. Oxygen desaturation (ET 14%, RLM 2%, P< 0,002) and internal contamination with blood seepage (ET 30%, RLM 4%, P< 0,001) occurred less frequently than with the RLM.
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Service d'Anesthesie-Réanimation Chirurgicale, CHU Hôpital Central, Nancy, France.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D014068:Tonsillectomy
Amygdalectomies et masque laryngé renforcé.