A new prototype of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA), the intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA), was used to facilitate tracheal intubation in 100 fasted patients presenting for elective surgery. Alignment of the ILMA with the larynx was assessed fibreoptically before intubation without the investigator performing the intubation being aware of the view score. Ease of intubation correlated with ...

Since its introduction in 1988 by Dr. Archie Brain, the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) is being used with increasing frequency. Its ease of use has made it a very popular device in airway management and compared to endotracheal intubation it is less invasive. The use of LMA was on the rise, so has been the incidence of its related complications. We report severe unilateral vocal cord paralysis fol...

Search strategy (including electronic databases searched). Pub Med[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/], “Laryngeal Masks or Laryngeal Mask, or Laryngeal Mask Airway or LMA” AND “Infant or Newborn or Neonate” as MESH (headings) AND “cardiopulmonary resuscitation or neonatal resuscitation or resuscitation” text word in abstract. Intubation, intra$. Mp or exp Intubation, Intratracheal as MeSH Hea...

UNLABELLED We studied the effectiveness of the intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA) in morbidly obese patients scheduled for bariatric surgery. We included 118 consecutive morbidly obese patients (body mass index, 45 +/- 5 kg/m(2)). After the induction of general anesthesia, the laryngeal view was classified by the first observer according to the method of Cormack and Lehane. The ILMA was th...

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY This study was undertaken to highlight the method, usefulness and postoperative morbidity of using a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) to ventilate patients with difficult airways undergoing laryngeal procedures. PROCEDURES Retrospective chart review where we identified patients deemed to have a difficult airway who underwent laryngeal and upper tracheal procedures, and were el...