Miller Laryngoscope Blade: An Aid to Pediatric Laryngeal Surgery

AbstractPediatric upper airway disorders are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. They can be congenital or acquired and provide diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the paediatrician and otolaryngologists. Though fibreoptic laryngoscopy or bronchoscopy is the initial mode of assessing the pathology, detailed assessment and therapeutic intervention can only be done combining both direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy. Any kind of intervention routinely requires rigid direct laryngoscope with suspension. Identifying the potential use of Miller laryngoscope blade for pediatric airway surgery  is the aim of the study. We have included pediatric patients from new born to 12 years of age in our clinical study. We have been using Miller laryngoscope blade for approaching till the level ...

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