title: Use of the CTrach Laryngeal Mask Airway in adult patients: a retrospective review of 126 cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effectiveness of the CTrach Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) when used electively.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective analysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Operating room of an academic hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from 126 patients who were electively intubated with the CTrach LMA over a 16-month period were reviewed. Each patient's weight, height, ASA physical status classification, Mallampati score, thyromental distance, and cervical spine range of motion were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Successful ventilation was achieved in 100% of patients, while successful intubation was achieved in 89.7% of patients. The most common reason for failure to intubate was poor airway visualization and the inability to appropriately position the device anterior to the vocal cords.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The major advantage of the CTrach LMA is that it is the only device that allows airway visualization during patient ventilation; however, it does not have 100% success with intubation.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. maurtum@ccf.org
authors.forename: Marco A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Maurtua
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernando
authors.forename: Patrick S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Finnegan
authors.forename: Behram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Foss
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perilla
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zura
authors.forename: D John
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Doyle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult