A Prospective Comparative Study of Laryngeal Glottic View Using the Vie Scope ® versus Standard Macintosh Laryngoscope in Morbidly Obese Patients.

Tomasz M GaszyńskiPavel MichalekPawel Ratajczyk

Published in: Therapeutics and clinical risk management (2023)

laryngoscope, using the paraglossal technique of tracheal intubation, significantly improves visualization of the vocal cords in morbidly obese patients compared to the standard Macintosh laryngoscope.

Keyphrases

obese patients
bariatric surgery
gastric bypass
roux en y gastric bypass
weight loss
cardiac arrest