Table 4 Characteristics of enrolled studies for systematic review
Author, Year | Country | Sample size | Gender | Age | Physical status | Types of surgery | Predictive criteria of difficult airways | CSES result | Tolerance | Complications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Choi 2013 | Korea | 1 | Male | 33-day | C-section Pierre Robin syndrome | Glossopexy surgery | Difficulty in maintaining patent upper airway | Success | / | N |
Baraka 1999 | Baraka | 1 | Male | 45-year-old | Overweight | Laparoscopic cholecystectomy | Several failed intubation attempt | Success | / | Potential pneumothorax risk |
Gruenbaum 2012 | US | 1 | Female | 32-year-old | 180Â cm height | Emergency cesarean section | Several failed intubation attempts | Success | / | N |
Hartmannsgruber 1997 | US | 1 | Male | 77-year-old | Trauma, fracture, and rotary subluxation | Occipital-cervical fusion | Several failed intubation attempts | Success | / | / |
Moyers 2002 | US | 1 | Male | 43-year-old | Morbidly obese | Enlarged thyroid gland | Significant tracheal deviation secondary to an enlarged thyroid gland | Success | / | / |
Nomoto 2003 | Japan | 1 | Male | 68-year-old | Cancer | Intractable and progressive dyspnea | Lower tracheal stenosis due to neoplastic invasion | Success | / | N |
Kim 2012 | Korea | 1 | Male | 31-year-old | Laryngeal papilloma | Removal of the papilloma | / | Success | / | N |