Author/Authors :
Ueda Wasa نويسنده Department of Anesthesiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan , Arai Young-Chang P. نويسنده Multidisciplinary Pain Centre, School of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan , Hatakeyama Shigeto نويسنده Departments of Anesthesiology, Hosogi hospital, Kochi, Japan
Abstract :
Although several studies have reported that the ramped position (torso and head elevated) significantly improves laryngoscopic view, in our experience, the ramped position fails to provide good laryngeal visualization in some cases. When the ramped position failed to provide good laryngeal visualization, we added a head rotation in order to improve laryngeal visualization in 62 patients. The method significantly improved laryngeal visualization and did not cause laryngeal disturbances postoperatively.
