CJA
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a scholarly reply
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Maltby, J. R.
Right arrow Articles by Archer, D. P.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Maltby, J. R.
Right arrow Articles by Archer, D. P.

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 42, 1140-1142, Copyright © 1995 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

ARTICLES

Laryngeal mask airway with mouth opening less than 20 mm

JR Maltby, RG Loken, MT Beriault and DP Archer
Department of Anaesthesia, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

We describe the use of a laryngeal mask airway in three adult patients whose mouth opening varied from 12 mm to 18 mm. The first patient's incisal opening was 12 mm. His airway was otherwise normal and the standard laryngeal mask was used as the definitive airway for the 90 min revision of facial scars and bone graft to mandible. The second patient, who had an incisal opening of 18 mm, was scheduled for posterior fossa craniotomy. She adamantly refused awake fibreoptic tracheal intubation. Following induction of general anaesthesia, a standard laryngeal mask was inserted and, through this, fibreoptic intubation was performed. The third patient, in addition to a mouth opening of only 18 mm, had limited neck movement from previous flap reconstruction following mandibulectomy, hemiglossectomy and radical neck dissection. For three more reconstructive head and neck procedures that ranged from 90 min to nine hours, the flexible reinforced laryngeal mask was inserted under topical anaesthesia and its correct position confirmed by fibreoptic laryngoscopy before induction of general anaesthesia. Maintenance of anaesthesia in all cases was uneventful and there were no postoperative complications.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Canadian J. AnesthesiaHome page
P.-P. Lu, J. Brimacombe, A. C. Y. Ho, M.-H. Shyr, and H.-P. Liu
The intubating laryngeal mask airway in severe ankylosing spondylitis : [L'utilisation du masque larynge d'intubation en cas de spondylarthrite ankylosante severe]
Can J Anesth, November 1, 2001; 48(10): 1015 - 1019.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Canadian J. AnesthesiaHome page
C. Preis and I. Preis
Removal of the connector on the laryngeal mask airway provides a useful alternative to the intubating laryngeal mask : [Le retrait du connecteur du masque larynge permet une utilisation equivalente au masque larynge d'intubation]
Can J Anesth, June 1, 2001; 48(6): 600 - 603.
[Abstract] [Full Text]

Home page
 Canadian J. AnesthesiaHome page
C. Preis, C. Czerny, I. Preis, and M. Zimpfer
Variations in ILMA external diameters: another cause of device failure
Can J Anesth, September 1, 2000; 47(9): 886 - 889.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Anesth. Analg.Home page
J. Brimacombe, S. Newell, A. Bergin, J. McCarthy, and J. Barry
The Laryngeal Mask for Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
Anesth. Analg., September 1, 2000; 91(3): 635 - 636.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1995 by the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society.