Tracheo-Bronchscopy, Esophagoscopy and Gastroscopy

Diagnostic value of esophagoscopy and gastroscopy : an analysis of 272 procedures

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...

Gastroscopy: A Survey

Gastroscopy is the latest endoscopic method to become established by achieving safety combined with useful vision, and yet it was one of the earliest attempted. In 1868, only five years after Desormeux had invented a method of illuminating an endoscope, Kussmaul1 published in Freiburg his attempt to examine the stomach of a professional sword swallower. His method was to pass a long straight me...

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...

Is esophagoscopy necessary during panendoscopy?

BACKGROUND Panendoscopy, or the evaluation of the upper aerodigestive tract with oral inspection, direct laryngoscopy, esophagoscopy, bronchoscopy, or some combination of these procedures, is a valuable tool in the evaluation of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Despite the many advances made in imaging technology in recent years, these modalities cannot replace the s...