Elective Tracheal Intubation With the VieScope-A Prospective Randomized Non-inferiority Pilot Study (VieScOP-Trial).

Background: Tracheal intubation is commonly performed after direct laryngoscopy using Macintosh laryngoscopes (MacL), but visualization of the larynx may be inadequate. The VieScope (VSC) as a new type of laryngoscope consisting of a straight, shielded, illuminated tube used to perform intubation a bougie was investigated in this prospective randomized trial in patients without expected difficult airways.

Methods: With ethics approval, 2 × 29 patients for elective surgery were randomized 1:1 to intubation with VSC or MacL.

Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy with single use bronchoscopes versus reusable bronchoscopes - a prospective randomized trial (TraSUB).

Background: Apart from conventional reusable bronchoscopes, single-use bronchoscopes (SUB) were recently introduced. Data suggest that SUB might prevent from the risk of cross contamination (i.e.