Validation of the unassisted, gum-elastic bougie-guided, laryngeal mask airway-ProSeal™ placement technique in anaesthetized patients

Aims: The laryngeal mask airway-ProSeal™ can be inserted digitally, by introducer tool, or by railroading it over a bougie placed first in the patient′s oesophagus, which is highly successful, but as originally described, requires an assistant. An unassisted bougie-guided placement technique has als...

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Main Authors: Aaron M Joffe, Kristopher M Schroeder, John A Shepler, Richard E Galgon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:
LMA
Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2012;volume=56;issue=3;spage=255;epage=258;aulast=Joffe