A laryngoscopy allows doctors to investigate the larynx, or “voice box.” It can help determine the cause of certain symptoms, such as changes to the voice, difficulties breathing or swallowing, or a ...

Endoscopy is a broad term for a camera being inserted to look at a part of the body. Laryngoscopy is a subtype of endoscopy and can help treat issues in the larynx (or voice box). A laryngoscopy and ...

Doctors sometimes use a small device to look into your throat and larynx (voice box). They do it in a procedure called laryngoscopy. They may do this to figure out why you have a cough or sore throat, ...

A laryngoscopy is an exam that gives your doctor a close-up view of your larynx and throat. The larynx is your voice box. It’s located at the top of your windpipe, or trachea. It’s important to keep ...

Use of hyperangulated video laryngoscopy reduced the number of attempts needed to achieve endotracheal intubation compared with direct laryngoscopy among adults undergoing elective or emergent ...

A new study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, Fetal and Neonatal Edition showed that video laryngoscopy (VL) is the standard of treatment for newborn intubations in the ...

Whether video laryngoscopy as compared with direct laryngoscopy increases the likelihood of successful tracheal intubation on the first attempt among critically ill adults is uncertain. The trial was ...

A team of investigators retrospectively analyzed 346,861 anesthesia cases that involved attempted tracheal intubation from 2004 to 2013 at seven academic centers. Of these, 1427 patients (0.41%) had a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than one intubation attempt was required in just 1.7% of 4,413 surgical procedures using video laryngoscopy ...