Introduction:

Postoperative nausea and vomiting remain in force as one of the challenges not yet resolved by experts in perioperative medicine.

Objective:

To determine the occurrence of postoperative nausea and vomiting according to the use of laryngeal mask or endotracheal tube in patients operated by augmentation mastoplasty.

Material and methods:

Descriptive, prospective study in patients operated by augmentation mastoplasty, in the Service of Reconstructive Surgery of the «Hermanos Ameijeiras» Hospital in which the influence of the laryngeal mask (ML) or endotracheal tube (ET) on the incidence of nausea was compared and postoperative vomiting.

Results:

96 patients divided into two groups of 48 each were evaluated. The average age was 25.50 for the ML group and 25.86 in the TE group. Postoperative nausea and vomiting were found in 16.7% of the ML group and 12.5% of the TE group in the intraoperative, on arrival the Recovery room of 8.3% for the ML and 6, 3% for the TE, while at the recovery room in both groups it was 4.2%. During the period of hospitalization in the ML group the incidence was 4.2% while for the TE group it was 2.1%. In the rescue were presented in both the ML group and the TE, 2.1%.

Conclusions:

No significant differences were identified with the use of laryngeal mask or endotracheal tube in the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting in the operating room, upon arrival at PACU, upon discharge from the same, during hospitalization and rescue in PACU.