Abstract: | We received correspondence from Nick Lavies of Worthing in connectionwith the article by Radha Ravi and Tanya Howell on Anaesthesiafor paediatric ear nose and throat surgery (CEACCP 2007;7(2): 33–37). Dr Lavies commented on the issues of airwaymanagement, management of the bleeding tonsil, and anaesthesiafor oesophagoscopy. He questioned the statement that only16% of anaesthetists used the reinforced laryngeal mask airwayroutinely. However, no mention is made of the CJD problem whichforced me and I suspect a good |