BACKGROUND: Difficult intubation is one of the major causes of anesthetic emergencies or catastrophe. Through the years, new and sophisticated devices have been developed to aid in endotracheal intubation. These devices are expensive and much skill is needed to master its use. It is this light that we have designed the J-Tex Laryngeal Mirror, an inexpensive accessory tool for endotracheal intubation METHODS: This study was done on 200 patients divided into 2 groups who were scheduled for surgery under general anesthesia. We compared Group I that had the J-Tex attached to the laryngoscope to Group II which used the laryngoscope alone RESULTS: Total intubation time was shorter with the J-Tex group. Success rates were comparable between the 2 groups. However, there was a higher success rate with the J-Tex group in patients who had a difficult airway (Mallampati III) CONCLUSION: We can proudly say that the J-Tex Laryngeal Mirror is an effective accessory tool for endotraceal intubation.
Human ; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL ; ANESTHESIA ; OROPHARYNX ; LARYNGOSCOPES