%A D  Mendis
%A J Oates
%J Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
%T The Application of Airtraq (fibreoptic intubation device) to Otolaryngology
%X 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.
%N 2
%K Difficult intubation; Laryngoscopy
%E Dr Srinivas Kakkilaya
%V 10
%D 2011
%I BS Kakkilaya
%L cogprints7973

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