| If there is any concern over the maintenance of ventilation, an endotracheal tube is placed by the surgeon via the laryngoscope.
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| The most accurate means of detecting MAS is by examining the vocal cords with a laryngoscope. |
| This may involve direct visual examination of the inside of the larynx with an instrument called a laryngoscope or indirect examination of the airway with a mirror. |
| Before using the measuring devices to determine the implant size, the surgeon inserts the fiber-optic laryngoscope. |
| By mid-century, the stethoscope had been joined by the ophthalmoscope and laryngoscope, the thermometer and spirometer. |
| The laryngoscope is used again to confirm vocal cord medialization while the patient phonates. |
