Anesthesia & Analgesia · 1998 · 49 citations · 11 references
Routine placement of laryngeal mask airways does not require laryngoscopy. In our study, fiberoptic verification of mask position revealed suboptimal placement in 40% of cases. Such malpositioning considerably increased the risk of gastric air insufflation.
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A. I. J. Brain, T. D. McGHEE, E. McAteer et al. · Anaesthesia · 1985 · 399 citations
The Laryngeal Mask Airway and Positive-pressure Ventilation
J. Hugh Devitt, Richard Wenstone, Alva G. Noel et al. · Anesthesiology · 1994 · 232 citations · Full text
Three cases of difficult intubation overcome by the laryngeal mask airway
A. I. J. Brain · Anaesthesia · 1985 · 179 citations · Full text