Why USB-endoscope laryngoscopy is as effective as video laryngoscopy

Indirect laryngoscopy with rigid 70-degree laryngoscope as a predictor of difficult direct laryngoscopy.

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The commonly-used predictors for difficult airway management are not very accurate. We investigate the power of indirect laryngoscopy with the rigid 70-degree laryngoscope as a predictor of difficult visualisation of the larynx with direct laryngoscopy. METHODS We performed preoperative indirect laryngoscopy with the rigid laryngoscope on 300 patients. The vision o...

Transitioning From Direct to Video Laryngoscopy

Following the introduction of the straight (Miller, 1941) and curved (Macintosh, 1942) laryngoscope blades, laryngoscopy had remained largely unchanged for more than 50 years. With the development of rigid fiberoptic laryngoscopes—the first generation of video laryngoscopes—clinicians benefited from advances such as eyepieces that could be attached to optional video cameras, such as the Bullard...

Is video laryngoscopy easier to learn than fiberoptic intubation?

To the Editor: We read with great interest, but equal concern, the recent article by Rosenstock et al.1 and the accompanying editorial by Fiadjoe and Litman.2 Both publications confirm that flexible bronchoscopy “will still be required” and that anesthesiologists in “large number(s)... lack the commitment and desire to master fiberoptic intubation” and concluding that using a rigid videoscope r...

Video laryngoscopy and intubation safety: the view is becoming clear.

Advances in laryngoscopy: rigid indirect laryngoscopy

There is a growing body of evidence to support the use of rigid indirect laryngoscopy or 'video' laryngoscopy for tracheal intubation. We summarise some of the key issues, comparing rigid indirect laryngoscopy with direct conventional laryngoscopy.