title: Emergency airway management with a laryngeal mask airway in a patient placed in the prone position.
abstract: Accidental extubation of a patient while placed in the prone position is a life-threatening, anesthesia-related complication. We describe a case of accidental extubation of the trachea during spine surgery in a patient placed in the prone position. We successfully managed this emergent problem by inserting a Laryngeal Mask Airway while maintaining the patient in the same position.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassh University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Raphael
authors.forename: Tatyana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rosenthal-Ganon
authors.forename: Yaacov
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gozal
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D019300:Medical Errors; D016684:Prone Position; D013123:Spinal Fusion