Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than one intubation attempt was required in just 1.7% of 4,413 surgical procedures using video laryngoscopy ...

Use of hyperangulated video laryngoscopy reduced the number of attempts needed to achieve endotracheal intubation compared with direct laryngoscopy among adults undergoing elective or emergent ...

A team of investigators retrospectively analyzed 346,861 anesthesia cases that involved attempted tracheal intubation from 2004 to 2013 at seven academic centers. Of these, 1427 patients (0.41%) had a ...

Repeated attempts at endotracheal intubation are associated with increased adverse events in neonates. When clinicians view the airway directly with a laryngoscope, fewer than half of first attempts ...

In conclusion, thyroid surgery is still the most common surgical procedure causing VF paresis, and the risk of VF paresis in thyroid surgery is the highest among patients with recurrent goiter or ...

Determine associations between left vocal cord paralysis (LVCP) and poor respiratory, feeding and/or developmental outcomes in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants following surgical closure of a ...

The vocal folds, more commonly known as vocal cords, are small and flexible flaps of tissue located inside the larynx, better known as the "voice box." These delicate, multilayered structures assist ...

A direct laryngoscopy is a procedure that allows doctors to see the larynx, also known as the voice box. Viewing the larynx may help diagnose or treat a condition involving the throat or voice box.