Clinical evaluation of the i-gel Plus supraglottic airway in Japanese patients: A prospective observational study

Toshiyuki Nakanishi; Ayaka Tani; Kei Matsumoto; Atsushi Ishikawa; Yuki Takami; Yuji Kamimura; Rina Kato; MinHye So; Kazuya Sobue

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0349108

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Clinical evaluation of the i-gel Plus supraglottic airway in Japanese patients: A prospective observational study

Toshiyuki Nakanishi ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: nakanishi.anest@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0328-0629

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Ayaka Tani,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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Kei Matsumoto,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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Atsushi Ishikawa,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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Yuki Takami,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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Yuji Kamimura,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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Rina Kato,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8484-0063

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MinHye So,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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Kazuya Sobue

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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Clinical evaluation of the i-gel Plus supraglottic airway in Japanese patients: A prospective observational study

Toshiyuki Nakanishi,
Ayaka Tani,
Kei Matsumoto,
Atsushi Ishikawa,
Yuki Takami,
Yuji Kamimura,
Rina Kato,
MinHye So,
Kazuya Sobue

Published: May 7, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349108

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