Management of the challenging airway with the Bullard laryngoscope

M S Gorback

doi:10.1016/0952-8180(91)90096-6

Management of the challenging airway with the Bullard laryngoscope

J Clin Anesth. 1991 Nov-Dec;3(6):473-7. doi: 10.1016/0952-8180(91)90096-6.

Author

M S Gorback¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.

PMID: 1760171
DOI: 10.1016/0952-8180(91)90096-6

Abstract

The Bullard laryngoscope is a rigid fiber-optic device that offers a new approach to oral laryngoscopy. In this report, I present five cases illustrative of the use of the Bullard laryngoscope in patients with demonstrated or suspected difficult laryngoscopy and intubation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
Equipment Design
Female
Fiber Optic Technology
Humans
Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / physiopathology
Hypopharynx
Intubation, Intratracheal / methods*
Laryngoscopes*
Lingual Frenum / abnormalities
Male
Middle Aged
Optical Fibers
Spondylitis, Ankylosing / physiopathology
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / physiopathology
Tongue Neoplasms / surgery