Positive Pressure Ventilation Through a Laryngeal Mask Airway in Pediatrics

Can Positive Pressure Ventilation be Provided Through a Laryngeal Mask Airway in Pediatrics During Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair?

The investigators aimed to investigate effects of intubation and laryngeal mask airway usage in pediatrics during laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.

Considering blood gas analysis, end tidal carbon dioxide measurements and airway changes, the investigators aimed to investigate effects of intubation and laryngeal mask airway usage in pediatrics during laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in this study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I, being scheduled to undergo laparoscopic inguinal hernia.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients, who did not want to participate, patients with severe airway deformities, patients having increased gastroesophageal regurgitation risk, reactive airway hiatal hernia, peripheric vascular disease, mental retardation, neuropsychiatric illness or an lung infection during the last 6 weeks.