Airway Protection with the ProSeal Laryngeal Mask Airway
Open Access
- 1 June 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Vol. 29 (3) , 288-291
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0310057x0102900313
Abstract
The ProSeal laryngeal mask airway is a new laryngeal mask device that has a modified cuff and a drainage tube. We describe a case where the ProSeal laryngeal mask successfully channelled regurgitated fluid away from the respiratory tract.Keywords
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