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Difficult airway management remains central to anesthesia practice. Video laryngoscopes have been an adjunct to airway management since the early 2000s. They have been shown to improve visualization of the glottic opening and have become a useful aid in managing difficult airways. To date, the preferred method for difficult airway management remains awake fiberoptic intubation. The purpose of t...

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...

The ductal cyst of the hypopharynx is a very rare tumor. We report a case of hypopharyngeal ductal cyst in a 63-year-old man presenting with globus sensation. It was removed by a laryngomicrosurgical technique, using a microdissection electrode. Masses of the hypopharynx may not always be easily visible on routine examination of the hypopharynx with flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopes. Particular...

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY This study was undertaken to highlight the method, usefulness and postoperative morbidity of using a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) to ventilate patients with difficult airways undergoing laryngeal procedures. PROCEDURES Retrospective chart review where we identified patients deemed to have a difficult airway who underwent laryngeal and upper tracheal procedures, and were el...

Securing a patent airway in patients undergoing general anesthesia is routinely done using gold standard methods of direct laryngoscopy with Macintosh or Miller laryngoscope blade children. However, this technique has several limitations. Video laryngoscopes provide the user better view larynx. We undertook prospective, randomized, controlled trial to determine intubation time Airtraq compared ...

Choosing the right intubation method to increase success rate and performing it quickly is very important in a difficult airway situation. We aimed compare endotracheal rates completion time when using direct laryngoscopes (DL) GlideScope video (GVL) an activated charcoal ingestion manikin simulation. This study was designed as randomized cross over simulated model. Physicians who had >30 su...