title: [Mechanical ventilation with laryngeal mask in anesthesia. Personal experience].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to evaluate the following: the difficulty of inserting a laryngeal mask without the use of muscle relaxants and laryngoscopy; the incidence of possible intraoperative cardiocirculatory and respiratory alterations during the association of laryngeal mask and mechanical ventilation; local intra and postoperative complications due to their combined use.
  
  
  METHODS
  Open, non-random study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Provincial hospital. PATIENTS EXAMINED: 118 patients of both sexes, of various ages, and from a number of surgical fields.
  
  
  METHODS
  General anaesthesia performed using mechanical ventilation and laryngeal mask.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no difficulty in positioning the laryngeal mask without muscle relaxants and laryngoscopy; no alterations were observed in the hemodynamic and respiratory parameters monitored; intra and postoperative local complications were frequently present in a high percentage of cases, consisting respectively in increased mucopharyngeal secretion and pharyngeal irritation and dysarthria. Whereas the former did not represent a serious clinical problem, the latter proved more troublesome for patients following surgery.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Anestesia, Rianimazione e Terapia Antalgica, Ospedale Teresa Masselli-Mascia, San Severo, Foggia.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: D'Apote
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: La ventilazione meccanica mediante la maschera laringea in anestesia. Nostra esperienza.