Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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TruViewEVO2 videolaryngoscope (Truphatek, Israel) is a modified version of the Truphatek 1. We used this device in four patients with difficult airways. A 77-year-old obese woman, scheduled for nasal surgery, had short neck and small jaw. ⋯ A full view of the glottis was obtained when the TruView was used, and the trachea was easily intubated. In another two patients, in whom laryngoscopy with a Macintosh blade had failed, and in one patient with limited mouth opening, the TruView allowed us to see the glottis and to intubate the trachea without difficulty. Therefore, we believe that the TrueViewEVO2 videolaryngoscope is useful in patients with difficult airways.
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Epidural anesthesia and spinal anesthesia are very popular anesthetic techniques used for surgery in elderly patients. Aging i s associated withanatomical changes and a loss of functional reserve in all organ systems. ⋯ However, previous studies have demonstrated only a slight effect of age on the anesthetic levels as well as the reduction in functions with these blocks. In elderly patients, both anesthetic techniques have been shown to decrease intraoperative blood loss, perioperative cardiac ischemic events, post-operative hypoxic episodes and arterial and venous thrombosis, and so forth.