TY - GEN ID - cogprints7973 UR - http://cogprints.org/7973/ A1 - Mendis, D A1 - Oates, J Y1 - 2011/07/30/ N2 - The anaesthetic laryngoscope Airtraq is designed for the difficult airway. This disposable laryngoscope requires minimal cervical manipulation and unlike other common anaesthetic larynmgoscopes contains a channel for the guidance of an endotracheal tube. This could also be used for diagnosis and biopsy under a general anaesthetic or potentially under a local anaesthetic in an outpatient setting for biopsies or the removal of hypopharyngeal foreign bodies via flexible biopsy forceps obviating the need for a general anaesthetic. Thus Airtraq could be included in the armoury of pre-existing direct laryngoscopes because of its virtue of minimal airway manipulation. PB - BS Kakkilaya KW - Difficult intubation; Laryngoscopy TI - The Application of Airtraq (fibreoptic intubation device) to Otolaryngology AV - public ER -