[Use of a new video-laryngoscope (McGRATH MAC) in patients with a difficult airway].
We describe the clinical use of a new video-laryngoscope (McGRATH MAC, McG) in patients with a difficult airway and morbid obesity. In a patient, case no. 2, with a difficult airway, showing a Cormack-Lehane grade III view with Macintosh direct laryngoscope, the glottis opening (Cormack-Lehane grade I) was visualized with McG. McG also provided a good view of glottis opening in a patient with morbid obesity. McG will have a profound impact on the management of the difficult airway.
Department of Anesthesiology, Dokkyo Medical University, Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya 343-8555.
Takero
T
Arai
Shunsuke
S
Saima
Asuka
A
Taguchi
Yoko
Y
Iwabuchi
Shoko
S
Sato
Sachiko
S
Kase
Yasuhisa
Y
Okuda
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery / Q000295:instrumentation