Fibreoptic and video technologies are widely used for airway management. Fibreoptics have been used in most airway intubation devices, including rigid laryngoscopes and in the tracheal tube wall itself. 22 Optical stylets, which incorporate ̄exible ®breoptic imaging elements in an intubation stylet, have now also become available. More than 10 new optical stylet devices have been introduced sinc...

BACKGROUND The "Rusch" intubation stylet is used to make endotracheal tube intubation easy. We designed this study to evaluate the usage of this equipment in the guidance of nasogastric tube (NGT) insertion. METHODS A total of 103 patients, aged 23 to 70 years, undergoing gastrointestinal or hepatic surgeries that required intraoperative NGT insertions were enrolled into our study. The patien...

I read the recent article by Garg,(1) in which the author described the use of a spinal needle stylet to replace a faulty intravenous cannula. The technique is useful; however, there are some concerns. We have tried the stylet of a 26-G spinal needle for the exchange of a 24-G cannula in ten paediatric patients and have the following observations to make. The exchange was successful in only one...

Meloidogyne microcephala n. sp. is described and illustrated from specimens obtained from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) in Thailand. The female perineal pattern usually has a low dorsal arch, coarse striae, and a series of small cuticular flaps around the tail terminus. The stylet of the female is 14.4 mum long, with large, square to rectangular stylet knobs, The distinctive male head region i...

In this paper, we describe two new species of Syndesmis living in Pseudechinus magellanicus in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. The new species have a long stylet in the male reproductive system, which is different from that of the known species of the genus. Specimens of Syndesmis selknami n. sp. have a ∼220-μm-long stylet (∼1/3 of the body length, 0.69 mm). This ratio is unique because only four...

Background: Perforation of intra-abdominal organs such as the bowel and urinary bladder is one of the most serious complications related to peritoneal dialysis catheter (PDC) insertion procedures. Such a risk increases in patients with a history of prior abdominal surgery or irradiation. The “alpha-replacer” is a unique wire that is usually soft, but becomes harder if coiled in the hand. Applic...

three species of paratylenchus were collected and identified from vineyards and apple orchards in kermanshah province, western iran. descriptions, morphometric data, line drawings and microscopic photographs are provided for these three species. paratylenchus audriellus and paratylenchus straeleni are the two very closely related species, with a stylet longer than 40 µm, four lateral lines and ...

OBJECTIVE GlideScope(®) videolaryngoscopy (GVL) has been shown to improve visualization of the glottis compared to direct laryngoscopy (DL). However, due to the angle of approach to the glottis, intubation can still be challenging. We hypothesized that novice GVL users would be able to intubate faster and easier using an airway introducer (frequently known as a bougie) than with a standard intu...