IN THE EARLY years of thoracic surgery, control of infective secretions was essential to
prevent crosscontamination of the “good” lung from the “infected” lung. Initially, light levels of …

The advances in thoracic procedures require optimum lung separation to provide adequate
room for surgical access. This can be achieved using either a double-lumen tube (DLT) or a …

Background: Cervical spine immobilization results in a poor laryngeal view on direct
laryngoscopy leading to difficulty in intubation. This randomized prospective study was …

Objectives To test the hypothesis that laryngoscopy using the Airtraq (Prodol Limited,
Viscaya, Spain) or King Vision laryngoscope (KVL)(Ambu A/S, Ballerup, Denmark) would …

Since their advent, videolaryngoscopes have played an important role in various types of
airway management. Lung isolation techniques are often required for thoracic surgery to …

Background Videolaryngoscopes are widely used to secure normal and difficult airways. A
wide variety of devices has been marketed and videolaryngoscopes with and without a …

Background: Objective of this study was to compare King vision video laryngoscope versus
McCoy laryngoscope for endotracheal intubation in patients with simulated immobilized …

Background: One lung ventilation (OLV) is a ventilation method that functions to facilitate
surgery on one side of the lung to protect one of the lungs from exposure to fluids such as …

Videolaryngoscopes play important roles in patients with potential difficult airway who are
undergoing thoracic surgery in terms of placement of a double-lumen endobronchial tubes …

Background: The majority of intubations worldwide are still carried out using a conventional
approach. However, alternative intubation systems with video, optical, or fiber-optic imaging …