Postoperative sore throat and subglottic injury after McGrath® MAC videolaryngoscopic intubation with versus without a stylet in patients with a high Mallampati score: a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background A tracheal tube stylet can be used to assist successful tracheal intubation, especially during videolaryngoscopic intubation because videolaryngoscopes with a Macintosh-type blade such as McGrath® MAC videolaryngoscope have more acute angle than conventional Macintosh laryngoscop...

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Main Authors: Hyun-Kyu Yoon, Hyung-Chul Lee, Hyongmin Oh, Kwanghoon Jun, Hee-Pyoung Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12871-019-0811-x