Reply to letter: Removal of a laryngeal foreign body under videolaryngoscopy.

We would like to thank Dr. Xue for the helpful comments on ur study. We completely agree that increasing the lifting force n the GlideScope® (VerathonInc, Bothell, WA) would create more pace and would prevent the GlideScope® blade and forceps from nterfering with one another, which would make laryngeal forign bodies easier to remove. We also agree with Dr. Xue and olleagues that specially designed forceps, such as Boedeker intuation forceps (Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, Germany), ould provide the operator with a better view of the working end f the forceps. We suggest another kind of forceps for foreign body removal ith the GlideScope®. We recently removed a foreign body suc® essfully using a GlideScope and kidney stone forceps (Starmed ngineering Pvt Ltd., Sialkot, Pakistan) (Fig. 1). The kidney stone orceps have a long straight shank with curved distal bend. The ockey-stick shape enhances the indirect manipulation of the