Open AccessAssessment of cervical spine movement during laryngoscopy with Macintosh and Truview laryngoscopes
Author(s) -
Neerja Bhardwaj,
Kajal Jain,
Madhusudan Rao,
Arup Kumar Mandal
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.117053
Subject(s) - laryngoscopes , glottis , medicine , laryngoscopy , cervical spine , intubation , anesthesia , surgery , larynx
Truview laryngoscope provides an indirect view of the glottis and will cause less cervical spine movement since a ventral lifting force will not be required to visualize the glottis compared to Macintosh laryngoscope.