Anesthesiology clinics of North America
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Anesthesiol Clin North America · Dec 2002
Using the laryngeal mask airway to manage the difficult airway.
Before 1990, the choice of an airway device essentially was limited to the facemask or the endotracheal tube. Since then, a number of novel supraglottic airway devices have been developed. ⋯ Perhaps more importantly, the LMA also has proved extremely useful in managing the difficult airway. This article reviews the use of the various LMA devices to manage the difficult upper airway.