title: [Newly developed BONFILS Retromolar Intubation Fiberscope for difficult airway].
abstract: Battery powered BONFILS Retromolar Intubation Fiberscope (BRIF) is a nonflexible fiberscope having the same curvature as the Macintosh laryngoscope for difficult airway. We used this device in two patients; A 65-year-old man with small chin and a 35-year-old man with neck spinal cord injury. Two trials of orotracheal intubation were accomplished easily in 20 seconds. We conclude that BRIF is useful for orotracheal intubation in patients in whom neck extension is contra-indicated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School, Kawagoe 350-8550.
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maeyama
authors.forename: Mitsuharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kodaka
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okuyama
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maruo
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D008297:Male; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000601:surgery