Airway Management Using the Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway for the Morbidly Obese Patient

Abstract

The intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA) provides an additional technique for airway management of morbidly obese patients. The best choice of the primary technique (laryngoscopy or ILMA) for tracheal intubation of an adult obese patient remains to be determined.