Jaw masses are often associated with difficult airway and very often anesthesiologists have to use ingenious but safe techniques to secure the airway. This report is upon awake insertion of the laryngeal mask airway in a patient with a huge jaw tumor.

We have studied 40 patients to see if cricoid pressure affects the success rate of ventilation through, and the position of, the laryngeal mask and subsequent fiberscope-aided tracheal intubation. Adequate ventilation of the lungs was produced through the laryngeal mask in 19 of 20 patients in the control group, but in only 10 of 20 patients in the cricoid pressure group (P < 0.002). The laryng...

Objective: The Baska and the Protector Laryngeal masks are single-use second-generation supraglottic airway devices with a dual gastric channel. Material Methods: 64 American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status 1-2 patients between ages 18-70 undergoing retrograde ureteroscopic surgery enrolled in this prospective randomized study. Results: Demographic variables characteristics were si...

OBJECTIVE To study the feasibility of using laryngeal mask anesthesia (LMA) with bronchoscopic evaluation of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) integrity when stimulated. DESIGN Single-institution prospective case series. SETTING A single, mid-Atlantic region academic medical center. PATIENTS Twenty-seven adult volunteers. INTERVENTIONS Laryngeal mask anesthesia for thyroid surgery, monito...

BACKGROUND Out-of-hospital airway management is a critical skill, demanding expert knowledge and experience. The intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA) is a ventilatory and intubating device which may be of value in this arena. We evaluated the ILMA for out-of-hospital management of the difficult airway. METHODS Twenty-one anaesthesia-trained emergency physicians (EPs) completed a training p...

Background. There is a growing controversy about the use of oronasal masks (ONM) or total facemask (TFM) in noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV), so we designed a trial to compare the uses of these two masks in terms of effectiveness and comfort. Methods. Between February and November 2014, a total of 48 patients with respiratory failure were studied. Patients were randomized to rec...

introduction:  the aim of this study was to compare the preventive effects of corticosteroids and curcumin on subglottic stenosis in an animal model.  materials and methods: twenty-one male german shepherd dogs were used for this study. after standardized trauma to the subglottic area, the dogs were divided into three groups. group a received curcumin (450 mg/ day) for 15 days; group b received...

Two important characteristics of the AAA should be apparent from the most casual appraisal: First, each branch-point-question calls on the clinician to apply his or her own experience and judgment, and second, the true role of the AAA is to help guide entrance into the American Society of Anesthesiologist’s Difficult Airway Algorithm (ASA-DAA). This calls attention to the misnomer of the ASA-DA...

Since 1983, when Brain published his first preliminary report on the use of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA), supraglottic airway devices have become increasingly popular. They have been evaluated for both surgery and emergency airway management. In some institutions, they have replaced the use of endotracheal intubation for a large variety of procedures. This was a revolution because it was a n...