Running title Early stage detection of malignant vocal fold lesions Author manuscripts have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication but have not yet been edited. Author manuscripts have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication but have not yet been edited. Abstract About two thirds of laryngeal cancers originate at the vocal cords. Early stage detection of malignant vocal fold al...

A. Haidary J.S. Leider R. Silbergleit SUMMARY: We report a case of a swallowed partial denture in a 51-year-old man who presented with progressive dysphagia, odynophagia, and fevers. Imaging studies were initially interpreted as supraglottitis with laryngeal inflammation, which was confirmed by direct visualization with flexible endoscopy. Despite appropriate therapy, the patient’s symptoms per...

About two thirds of laryngeal cancers originate at the vocal cords. Early-stage detection of malignant vocal fold alterations, including a discrimination of premalignant lesions, represents a major challenge in laryngology as precancerous vocal fold lesions and small carcinomas are difficult to distinguish by means of regular endoscopy only. We report a procedure to discriminate between maligna...

Background and Aims: Complications arising from difficult or failed tracheal intubation still remains a leading cause of anaesthetic morbidity mortality.This has lead to development multiple novel laryngoscopes. This study was designed compare performance Airtraq optical laryngoscope with Huge Med Video for laryngeal visualisation endotracheal intubation. Material Methods: In this prospective r...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Restriction of head and neck movements prevents the alignment of the oral, pharyngeal, and laryngeal axes and increases the incidence of difficult tracheal intubation in patients with cervical spine fractures. Video laryngoscopes have gained an important role in the management of difficult intubation, especially in situations with limited head and neck movements. This study ...

A new video laryngoscope and its early clinical application are presented. The device is a portable, battery operated video laryngoscope that resembles a standard Macintosh blade. The intubation technique is identical to conventional Macintosh laryngoscopy with the additional aid of a magnified video view.

BACKGROUND To potentially optimize intubation skill teaching in an American Heart Association® Airway Management Course® for novices, we investigated the transfer of skills from video laryngoscopy to direct laryngoscopy and vice versa using King Vision® and Macintosh blade laryngoscopes respectively. METHODS Ninety volunteers (medical students, residents and staff physicians) without prior in...