Imaski ye-laryngeal yazalelwa ukuze inikeze ibhuloho phakathi kwemaski yobuso neshubhu le-endotracheal.Imaski ye-laryngeal yethulwa ukuze inikeze umoya, i-oxygenation kanye nokuphathwa kwamagesi okubulala izinzwa.Zisetshenziswa njengenye indlela ye-facemask ne-ET tube.Ukusetshenziswa kwemaski eLaryngeal bekulokhu kukhula ngokushesha, okuthandwa kakhulu ngezinqubo zokulaliswa ngaphandle, ukugwema ukungenelwa nguqhoqhoqho.