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Table 1 Airway examination

From: Use of a Macintosh blade in extrahepatic portal vein obstruction with difficult intubation: two case reports

 

Case 1

Case 2

Mouth opening

2 cm

2.5 cm

Mallampatti grading

IV

IV

Dentition

Normal

1 missing upper incisor

Thyromental distance

3 cm

3 cm

Hyomental distance

2.5 cm

2.5 cm

Sternomental distance

10 cm

9.5 cm

Right mandible

9 cm

6 cm

Left mandible

4.5 cm

8.5 cm