title: Airway management during microlaryngoscopic surgery with a Frova airway intubation catheter.
abstract: We present a case of microlaryngoscopic surgery for excision of a large vocal cord polyp in which a Frova airway intubation catheter, also commonly called a Cook's single-use bougie, was used to optimize surgical access. We describe here the technique and its advantages.
authors.affiliation: Kettering General Hospital, Kettering NN16 8UZ, UK. ravid09@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Ravindra M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Dravid
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chekairi
authors.forename: Salim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Shaikh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011127:Polyps / Q000601:surgery*; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000601:surgery*