INTRODUCTION Vocal fold injection medialization is a safe and effective method to treat glottic insufficiency. Two methods of injection are most widely used: transorally via suspension laryngoscopy under general anesthesia, and percutaneously or transorally via flexible laryngoscopy in the office under local anesthesia. Although an office procedure can be advantageous due to procedure cost, the...

Macintosh direct laryngoscope has been the most widely used device for tracheal intubation. GlideScope video laryngoscope (GVL) has been recently introduced as an alternative device for performing intubation; however, its validity in emergency settings has not been thoroughly evaluated. The aim of this study was to compare Macintosh direct laryngoscope versus GVL for emergency endotracheal intu...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Society of Anaesthesiologist [1]. Video laryngoscopes have high percentages of Cormack-Lehane grades 1 and 2 in patients with predicted difficult airways and high successful intubation rate [2]. It is indicated for intubation in awake patient when there are suspected difficult conventional laryngoscopy and intubation or difficult bag and mask ventil...

BACKGROUND Intubation is one of the most important anaesthetic skills. We developed a robotic intubation system (Kepler intubation system, KIS) for oral tracheal intubation. METHODS In this pilot study, 12 patients were enrolled after approval of the local Ethics board and written informed consent. The KIS consists of four main components: a ThrustMaster T.Flight Hotas X joystick (Guillemot I...

Background Foreign bodies lodged in the upper esophagus children may result life-threatening complications, especially with button batteries. Rapid removal is essential to prevent complications. Experts report that extraction a suitable laryngoscope and forceps feasible under general anesthesia, but no further data had been available so far. Aims To study foreign body visualization from using n...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS C-MAC® video laryngoscope (VL) with Macintosh blade has been found to improve Cormack-Lehane (C-L) laryngoscopic view as well as intubating conditions for orotracheal intubation. However, studies done on the performance of C-MAC® VL for nasotracheal intubation (NTI) are very few in number. Hence, we compared laryngoscopy and intubating conditions between Macintosh direct lar...