DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199802000-00042

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PMID: 9459264

Issn Print: 0003-2999

Publication Date: 1998/02/01


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Failure of the Laryngeal Mask Airway: An Undiagnosed Laryngeal Carcinoma

Samir K. Patel; Charles W. Whitten; Roy Ivy; Amy Macaluso; John H. Pennant

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The laryngeal mask airway (LMA) is useful in the management of the difficult airway [1]. There are no previous reports of failure to correctly insert or ventilate through the LMA in a "cannot ventilate, cannot intubate" scenario [2]. We report the failure of the LMA to ventilate a patient with an unrecognized difficult airway presenting for emergency surgery.
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