Open AccessProSeal laryngeal mask airway placement: A comparison of blind versus direct laryngoscopic insertion techniques
Author(s) -
Pooja Chandrakanth Patil,
Manjunath Abloodu Chikkapillappa,
Vinayak Seenappa Pujara,
Tejesh Channasandra Anandswamy,
Leena Harshad Parate,
Yatish Bevinaguddaiah
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.206274
Subject(s) - laryngoscopy , medicine , laryngeal mask airway , insertion time , airway , mascara , anesthesia , intubation , significant difference , surgery
The laryngeal mask airway (LMA) ProSeal is most commonly used supraglottic airway device; it is routinely inserted by blind technique. Although blind insertion technique is most widely used, there are many techniques which are available such as priming the drain tube with a guiding instrument such as a suction catheter, a gum elastic bougie, a Flexi-Slip Stylet, direct laryngoscopy, and even a fiber-optic bronchoscope (FOB). The present study was undertaken to compare and assess the placement of LMA ProSeal using blind versus direct laryngoscopy techniques using FOB.