117LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY INSERTION AND RECOVERY PROFILE FOLLOWING PROPOFOL VERSUS SEVOFLURANE ANAESTHESIA FOR PAEDIATRIC OPHTHALMIC SURGERIES: A COMPARATIVE STUDYAdvances in anaesthetic induction agents have contributed to the success of ophthalmic day care surgeries in paediatrics. Propofol and Sevoflurane are widely used anaesthetic agents for LMA insertion without much effect on intraocular pressure and upper airway. Thus, this observational study was designed to compare efficacy of Sevoflurane and Propofol in terms of LMA insertion and recovery characteristics for paediatric ophthalmic surgeries. 100 patients of 2-14 years age belonging to ASA grade I & II, scheduled for elective ophthalmic surgeries were randomly divided in to two groups (n= 50 each). Group P received intravenous Propofol 2-3mg/kg for induction followed by 50-250μg/min infusion and Group S received 6-8% Sevoflurane inhalation for induction followed by 2-3% Sevoflurane along with O2 (40%): N2O (60%) for maintenance of anaesthesia. Induction time, LMA insertion time, number of attempt, jaw opening, ease of insertion and patient response to airway manipulations were noted and LMA insertion score was graded as excellent, satisfactory or poor. Recovery was evaluated by emergence time, modified Aldrete score and airway hyperreactivity score. The mean time for induction with Propofol was significantly faster (53.74±9.4 secs vs. 66.54 ±11.8 secs; p=0.01). The mean time required for insertion of LMA was significantly shorter with Propofol (35.86±4.2 secs vs. 47.28±7.26 secs; p=0.02). An LMA insertion characteristic was excellent in 94% patients with Propofol and 84% patients with Sevoflurane. The emergence time was significantly faster with Sevoflurane compared to Propofol (5.01±2.3 mins vs. 7.05±2.1 mins; p=0.01). Besides Propofol, Sevoflurane could be a valuable drug for paediatric ophthalmic surgeries with benefit of excellent LMA insertion conditions with minimal effect on airway, stable hemodynamic, early recovery and emergencedrsmriti19@gmail.comResearch542015Sevoflurane,Propofol,Laryngeal Mask Airway,Paediatric ophthalmic surgeriesPratibha Jain Shah,Smriti Bandhu,Jaya Lalwani,Kamal Kishor Sahare,Geeta Kamal,Neha ChandrakarAssociate Professor, Chacha Nehru bal chikitsalaya, New Delhi, India.,Senior Resident, Chacha Nehru bal chikitsalaya, New Delhi, India.,Associate Professor, Chacha Nehru bal chikitsalaya, New Delhi, India.,Professor, Pt. J.N.M. Medical College, Raipur (C.G.), Chacha Nehru bal chikitsalaya, New Delhi, India.,Pt. J.N.M. Medical College, Raipur (C.G.),,Senior Resident, Chacha Nehru bal chikitsalaya, New Delhi, India.