Use of the i-gel for Tracheostomy in a Patient with Neck Deformity and Tracheal Stenosis 1. March 2015 sam Difficult Airways (0) Yokota T, Asai T, Okuda Y. Masui. 2015 Mar;64(3):307-9 Successful report of i-gel maintaining a clear airway during tracheostomy. Link to abstract