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The Rigid Tube as an Alternative in Controlling the Problematic Airway
Published on: June 6, 2020
[Use of a New Video-laryngoscope (McGRATH® X-blade™) in Patients with Difficult Airways]
Abstract:
We describe the use of a new video-laryngoscope (McGRATH® X-blade™, X-blade) in patients with difficult airways. We report four cases of difficult and failed tracheal intubation using a conventional Machintosh laryngoscope and McGRATH® MAC in which tracheal intubation was accomplished swiftly and easily using a newly designed videolaryngoscope, the X-blade. The whole glottis was easily visible (Cormack-Lehane grade 1) with the X-blade. X-blade also provided a good view of glottic opening in a patient with obesity. We believe that X-blade is useful in patients with difficult airways.
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