Comparing performance of Bonfils fiberscope and GlideScope videolaryngoscope for awake intubation

The recent article by Nassar et al [1] comparing performance of Bonfils fiberscope and GlideScope videolaryngoscope for awake intubation in the morbidly obese patients with expected difficult airways was of great interest to us. They showed that Bonfils fiberscope was more tolerated by patients with statistical difference, whereas GlideScope videolaryngoscope provided shorter intubation time and less intubation attempts but without statistical significance. Given that the airway management of morbidly obese patients often presents a unique challenge to the anesthesiologists, their findings have potential implications.

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