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Table 2 Associations between difficult laryngoscopy and the Sassouni 5 and non-Sassouni 5 groups based on the Cormack–Lehane grading scale

From: Influence of maxillofacial skeletal morphology on difficult laryngoscopy

 

Total

Sassouni 5

Non-Sassouni 5

p-value

N = 187

n = 44

n = 143

CL grade, n (%)

    

 < 3

172 (92.0%)

35 (79.5%)

137 (95.8%)

 

 ≥3

15 (8.0%)

9 (20.5%)

6 (4.2%)

< 0.001

  1. N, total number of patients; n, number of patients in the groups; CL grade, Cormack–Lehane grading scale. Difficult laryngoscopy was defined as CL grade ≥ 3. Data were tested by Fisher exact test
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BMC Anesthesiology

ISSN: 1471-2253

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