ESOPHAGOSCOPY AND BRONCHOSCOPY.

Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear, Including Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy

Transnasal esophagoscopy.

Since the mid 1900s, esophagoscopy has been performed under sedation or general anesthesia. With transnasal esophagoscopy (TNE), there has been a return to awake, in-office esophagoscopy. Technologic advances have allowed the advent of a ultrathin, flexible esophagoscope that is introduced transnasally, allowing esophagoscopy to be performed in unsedated patients. TNE correlates with convention...

Association between hospital case volume and the use of bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy during head and neck cancer diagnostic evaluation.

BACKGROUND There are no clinical guidelines on best practices for the use of bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy in diagnosing head and neck cancer. This retrospective cohort study examined variation in the use of bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy across hospitals in Michigan. METHODS A total of 17,828 patients were identified with head and neck cancer in the 2006 to 2010 Michigan State Ambulatory Su...

Laser Bronchoscopy

چرا لیزر در بیماری دستگاه تنفسی مفید است؟ لیزر در حال حاضر به عنوان یک تکنیک جراحی، جای خود را در بسیاری از زمینه ها از قبیل چشم پزشکی، جراحی اعصاب و ژنیکولوژی باز کرده است. از آنجائیکه، لیزر به عنوان یک درمان مؤثر برای رفع انسدادهای تنفسی شناخته شده و فاقد بعضی از مضرات جراحی های تهاجمی می باشد، کاربرد آن در بیماریهای تنفسی رو به افزایش است. البته کاربرد لیزر، تنها محدود به محل هایی است که با...

Internal carotid artery dissection following rigid esophagoscopy.

A case of internal carotid artery dissection that developed after rigid esophagoscopy is described. The diagnosis was suggested by the clinical presentation and confirmed by the findings of radiological examinations. Internal carotid artery dissection is a rare condition of controversial etiology. Most frequently, the cause is unknown and the condition is termed idiopathic. A few cases have occ...