WuScope Improves View in C-Spine Immobilized Intubations
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Intubation during c-spine immobilization is inherently more difficult because of decreased glottic visualization. The WuScope is a rigid, fiberoptic laryngoscope designed to facilitate visualization and tracheal intubation without neck extension. In a randomized study, these authors compared the WuScope and conventional laryngoscopy with a Macintosh blade in 87 c-spine immobilized patients undergoing elective anesthesia.
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To the Editor:—We greatly appreciate and commend the recent study by Smith et al. comparing intubation difficulties in cervical spine immobilization with the use of the conventional laryngoscope and the WuScope (Achi Corp., Fremont, CA, and Asahi Optical Co.-Pentax, Tokyo, Japan). As the inventors of this relatively new device, we feel obligated to respond to issues raised by Smith et al. and t...
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تاریخ انتشار 2009