Laryngoscopy Retrograde

Retrograde laryngoscopy (reverse laryngoscopy) is a procedure in which the larynx is examined with an optical endoscope by inserting its tube behind the vocal cords.

The term was first coined by French otorhinolaryngologist Jacques Lieberman in 1951. However, he describes the opposite technique, based on the fact that the vocal folds are located posterior to the posterior surface of the epiglottis, and not anterior, as Liebauer believed. In fact, we are talking about a procedure