Emergency airway management with a laryngeal mask airway in a patient placed in the prone position.

Accidental extubation of a patient while placed in the prone position is a life-threatening, anesthesia-related complication. We describe a case of accidental extubation of the trachea during spine surgery in a patient placed in the prone position. We successfully managed this emergent problem by inserting a Laryngeal Mask Airway while maintaining the patient in the same position.