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. 2025 Jul 23;17(7):e88566. doi: 10.7759/cureus.88566

Table 2. Descriptive data of the enrolled patients in the Vie Scope and Macintosh laryngoscope groups.

Features Values
Number of cases  
Macintosh 132
Vie Scope 132
Gender  
Male 134 (50.76%)
Female 130 (49.24%)
Mallampati score (%)  
1 137 (51.89%)
2 82 (31.06%)
Infeasible evaluation 45 (17.04%)
Cormack-Lehane classification (%)  
1 202 (76.52%)
2a 41 (15.53%)
2b 21 (7.95%)
Intubation conditions (number of cases (%))  
Urgent 106 (40.15%)
Elective 158 (59.85%)
Number of successful intubations (%) 264/264 (100%)
Intubation attempts (number of cases (%))  
One 251 cases (95.08%)
Two 13 cases (4.92%) from the Vie Scope group, five of them intubated via the Vie Scope, and eight of them via the Macintosh
Encountered intubation difficulties (number of cases (%))  
Yes 35 (13.26%)
No 229 (86.74%)