title: [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.
authors.forename: Takero
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Azusa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Yasuhisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okuda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014741:Video Recording