Design evaluation of commonly used rigid and levering laryngoscope blades.
Yardeni I Z, Gefen A, Smolyarenko V, +2 more·Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
BACKGROUND: The shape of a laryngoscope blade affects the exposition of the larynx. This study evaluates and compares some rigid and levering blade designs based on previous investigative X-ray laryngoscopic studies. METHODS: Five rigid laryngoscope blades (Miller #3, Standard Macintosh #3, Classical Macintosh #4 and…