Airway Management in Morbidly Obese Patients: A Comparison of Intubating Laryngeal Mask Fastrack and Air Q as a Conduit for Fiberoptic Intubation

Inclusion Criteria:All morbidly obese patient defined as BMI \>40 kg/m2 scheduled for an elective surgery requiring general anesthesia with tracheal intubation were enrolled on the day of their surgery. ASA physical status (I-II) Exclusion Criteria physical status of IV or V or had a history of impossible tracheal intubation or awake fibreoptic intubation or if preoperative evaluation showed limited mouth aperture \<3.5 cm or showed evidence that an awake fiberoptic intubation or rapid sequence induction would be required patients at increased risk for aspiration of gastric contents, coagulopathy or those with unstable cervical spines or requiring nasal route for tracheal intubation \-