The use of the laryngeal mask in surgical tracheostomy.
The laryngeal mask may be used as an airway during surgical tracheostomy. This techniques has several advantages over conventional oral endotracheal intubation.
Gibbons
A J
AJ
Maxillofacial Unit, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV10 0QP, UK. andrew.gibbons@hotmail.com
Evans
M J
MJ
Fenner
S G
SG
Grew
N R
NR
D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*