title: A Novel Way to Secure the Laryngeal Mask Airway During Oral Surgery Procedures.
abstract: The laryngeal mask airway (LMA) has been used successfully for an ever-increasing number of applications. Utilization in oral maxillofacial surgery has been hampered by surgical difficulties working around the device. In this case series, a novel device, the LMA-PROP, was used to determine whether it was possible to alleviate device-positioning concerns with third molar extraction cases. LMA-PROP was used with both anesthesia and surgical satisfaction in this small pilot study. LMA-PROP appears to be a helpful new tool allowing the surgeon to maintain current surgical techniques for third molar extraction while securing LMA adequately for anesthesia maintenance.
authors: *Department of Anesthesia, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York; and †School Dental Medicine, SUNY, University Pediatric Dentistry, Buffalo, New York.
authors: Ramiro
authors: R
authors: Mireles
authors: Ravinder
authors: R
authors: Devgun
authors: Blake
authors: B
authors: Tucker
authors: Timothy
authors: T
authors: Votta
authors: Prabhdeep
authors: P
authors: Chahal
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Ramsdell
authors: Christopher
authors: C
authors: Heard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004209:Disposable Equipment; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000601:surgery*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult