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Methods: In total, 104 patients were randomly assigned to be intubated with a McCoy (McCoy group) or C-MAC D-blade video laryngoscope (C-MAC group). The primary outcome was intubation time. The secondary outcomes were vocal cord exposure time, vocal cord passage time, proportion of successful intubation, mask ventilation scale, intubation difficulty scale (IDS), percentage of glottis opening (POGO) score, and hemodynamic variables. Results: Although the intubation time did not significantly differ, the C-MAC group showed shorter vocal cord exposure times and a higher rate of successful vocal cord exposure within 5 s. The IDS value was significantly lower in the C-MAC group than in the McCoy group. The proportion of patients who required an increase in lifting force during laryngoscopy was higher in the McCoy group than in the C-MAC group, which may explain the difference in MAP between the groups. Conclusions: Both the McCoy laryngoscope and the C-MAC D-blade video laryngoscope were useful during the intubation of obese patients. 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