hospital medicine

Neonatal cleft lip surgery poses unique airway challenges. A customized protective palatal obturator designed for intubation reportedly reduced palatal contact and facilitated laryngoscopy compared with standard practice in a randomized comparison, with sig...

Cleft surgery in newborns complicates airway access. A customized protective palatal obturator was evaluated against standard practice during oral intubation in a randomized controlled trial, quantifying first-pass success, time to intubation, and mucosal i...