Intubation of trachea using a tracheal tube requires high skill levels, continuous training and frequent practice¹.The laryngeal mask airway(LMA)  may be used to provide a routine airway for use during general anaesthesia or less frequently as a conduit for tracheal intubation².In case of the anticipated and unanticipated difficult airway the supraglottic airway have a special place in the difficult airway algorithm³. Since the introduction of the Laryngeal Mask Airway Classic(LMA-C), several other supraglotticdevices with improved designs  have been introduced in order to improve efficacy and safety.

These designs offer a cuff that allows a higher seal pressure than the LMA-C and a drain tube that allows venting of the stomach contents and blind insertion of standard gastric tubes⁴. Therefore, these new generation LMAs provides certain protection against regurgitation and prevent gastric insuffulation when correctly placed. These devices are a reasonable choice when performing anesthesia for procedures accompanied by high peak airway pressure, such as laparoscopic cholecystectomy⁵.

I-gel is a second generation supraglottic airway, made of a medical grade thermoplastic elastomer, designed to create a non-inflatable anatomical seal of the pharyngeal, laryngeal and peri-laryngeal structures.I-gel  is easy and reliable to insert and is ideal for use as a routine airway in anaesthesia as it provides high seal pressures and reduced trauma. An integrated gastric channel provides an early warning of regurgitation, facilitates venting of gas from the stomach and allows for the passing of a suction tube to empty the stomach contents to provide additional protection against aspiration and has the versatility to be applicable for use during difficult airway management, as a rescue device and a conduit for intubation (with fibreoptic guidance). 

        The Baska mask is a  supraglottic airway with high volume suction clearance. The Baska mask is a new supraglottic airway device, featuring non-inflatable cuff that may facilitate a better airway seal, seal increases with IPPV without gastric inflation and novel pharyngeal drainage system that may reduce the risk of lung aspiration, and integrated bite block.

Till date, no randomized study has been undertaken to judge its sealing pressure as compared to i-gel. We hypothesized that with its cuffless membranous bowl; the baska mask would withstand higher inflation pressures, have a faster placement time, and have no problem with diffusion of nitrous oxide despite longer duration of use that would lead to less postoperative laryngopharyngeal morbidity as compared to i-gel in patients undergoing elective surgical procedures of 2 hours or less duration.