Airway management is often one of the greatest challenges for the anesthesiologist. There are various clinic procedures to revert this problem. The BURP maneuver was describe by Knill in 1993 and consist in the backward, upward and rightward pressure of larynx. It improves the visualization of the larynx structures and the intubation

The displacement of the larynx in the three specific directions (a) posteriorly against the cervical vertebrae, (b) superiorly as possible, and (c) slightly laterally to the right have been reported and named the "BURP" maneuver