?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Application+of+Airtraq+(fibreoptic+intubation+device)+to+Otolaryngology&rft.creator=Mendis%2C+D+&rft.creator=Oates%2C+J&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=The+anaesthetic+laryngoscope+Airtraq+is+designed+for+the+difficult+airway.+This+disposable+laryngoscope+requires+minimal+cervical+manipulation+and+unlike+other+common+anaesthetic+larynmgoscopes+contains+a+channel+for+the+guidance+of+an+endotracheal+tube.++This+could+also+be+used+for+diagnosis+and+biopsy+under+a+general+anaesthetic+or+potentially+under+a+local+anaesthetic+in+an+outpatient+setting+for+biopsies+or+the+removal+of+hypopharyngeal+foreign+bodies+via+flexible+biopsy+forceps+obviating+the+need+for+a+general+anaesthetic.+Thus+Airtraq+could+be+included+in+the+armoury+of+pre-existing+direct+laryngoscopes+because+of+its+virtue+of+minimal+airway+manipulation.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-07-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7973%2F1%2F2011-2-16.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mendis%2C+D++and+Oates%2C+J++(2011)+The+Application+of+Airtraq+(fibreoptic+intubation+device)+to+Otolaryngology.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7973%2F