ArticleAnnals of medicine2026
Laryngeal mask airway use during liver transplantation: perioperative outcomes in a propensity score-matched cohort.
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backgroundWhether a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) can be safely used during liver transplantation remains unclear. However, in clinical practice, the choice of an airway device may also reflect a broader recovery-oriented perioperative strategy rather than an isolated technical substitution.
methodsWe retrospectively reviewed adult patients who underwent primary elective liver transplantation at our center between January 2024 and November 2025. The patients were grouped according to their primary intraoperative airway device (LMA or endotracheal tube [ETT]). Propensity score matching was used to reduce baseline imbalance. Intraoperative variables, postoperative airway-related events, postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs), intensive care unit (ICU) stays, and postoperative hospital stays were compared.
resultsAfter matching, 25 and 44 patients in the LMA and ETT groups, respectively, were analyzed. The LMA group showed a higher rate of immediate airway device removal, lower rocuronium use during anesthetic maintenance, less postoperative noninvasive ventilation, less postoperative sore throat, and a shorter postoperative hospital stay. PPCs were numerically less frequent in the LMA group, but the between-group difference was not statistically significant after matching. No increase in major airway-related adverse events was observed in the LMA group.
conclusionsIn carefully selected liver transplant recipients, use of LMA within a recovery-oriented perioperative context appeared feasible and was associated with several favorable early postoperative outcomes.
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