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Use of Video Laryngoscopy in a Patient with Huge Thyroid Mass: A Case Report

open access: yesArchives of Anesthesia and Critical Care, 2019
Video laryngoscopy has opened its way into airway management and continues to play a larger role in managing patients with difficult airway. Anesthesiologists use video laryngoscopy more often every day and therefore accept the risks of more challenging ...
Arash Heroabadi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The causes of difficult tracheal intubation and preoperative assessments in different age groups [PDF]

open access: yesKorean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2013
BackgroundWe studied the differences in airway assessment factors among old, middle, and young age groups, and evaluated the frequency and causes of difficult intubation among these groups.MethodsPatients were divided into young (< 40 yr, n = 75 ...
Hyoung-Yong Moon   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The use of intubating lightwand in difficult airway patients with limited management options

open access: yesNigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2017
The intubating lightwand is a recommended airway management tool in patients with failed direct laryngoscopy or intubation; but the device is under-utilised.
Olumuyiwa A Bamgbade
doaj   +1 more source

Pre‐operative three‐dimensional face scans for predicting difficult facemask ventilation: a prospective development study

open access: yesAnaesthesia, EarlyView.
Summary Introduction Facemask ventilation is a key airway management skill but predicting difficulty can be challenging. Pre‐operative three‐dimensional face scanning may have diagnostic value. We aimed to identify interpretable facial shape features and to quantify their value for predicting difficult facemask ventilation.
Viktor A. Wünsch   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intraoperative Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Enables Primary Tumor Localization and Treatment De‐Escalation in SCCUP: A Case Report

open access: yesHead &Neck, Volume 48, Issue 9, Page E94-E99, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Unknown primary cancer in the head and neck presents a difficult surgical treatment dilemma. Patients with squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary (SCCUP) typically present with an enlarging neck mass found on biopsy but with no indication of primary site on diagnostic exams such as flexible laryngoscopy, CT, MRI, and/or PET/CT ...
Nikhil Bellamkonda   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Value of Anthropometric Measurements in Predicting Difficult Laryngoscopy in Children: A Prospective, Observational Study

open access: yesJournal of Behçet Uz Children's Hospital, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Ensuring airway security carries the utmost importance in anesthesia. Specific predictive tests or findings for difficult airway are not defined for children under 3 years old.
Gaye Aydın   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnostic value of the percentage of glottic opening score for classifying videolaryngoscopy in children: a prospective validation study

open access: yesAnaesthesia, Volume 81, Issue 9, Page 1228-1235, September 2026.
Summary Introduction The percentage of glottic opening (POGO) score quantifies the laryngeal view obtained during laryngoscopy. This secondary analysis of the prospective observational PeDiAC study aimed to compare the POGO score with subjective glottic view ratings on a visual analogue scale (VAS) for classifying difficult videolaryngoscopic tracheal ...
Phillip B. Sasu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anesthetic management of vallecular cyst excision in an infant: An airway challenge

open access: yesSaudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2016
Vallecular cyst is uncommon but well-recognized cause of upper airway obstruction in newborn and infants. We hereby present anesthetic management of a case of vallecular cyst in an infant posted for excision and marsupialization.
Viraj N Namshikar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nanofat for Injection Laryngoplasty: Office and Operative Results

open access: yesLaryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, Volume 11, Issue 4, August 2026.
Nanofat serves as an alternative or adjunct to microfat in patients undergoing injection laryngoplasty. The advantages of nanofat include its favorable safety profile and high procedural and tissue tolerance. There is an absorption rate within one year of 29% which may reduce its effectiveness.
Peak Woo, Anahita Nourmahnad
wiley   +1 more source

Pediatric Trainees Managing a Difficult Airway: Comparison of Laryngeal Mask Airway, Direct, and Video-Assisted Laryngoscopy

open access: yesOTO Open, 2017
Objective Difficult airway management is a key skill required by all pediatric physicians, yet training on multiple modalities is lacking. The objective of this study was to compare the rate of, and time to, successful advanced infant airway placement ...
Art Ambrosio MD   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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