Received: June 13, 2016 Revised: None Accepted: June 13, 2016 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. *Correspondence: Gwang Ha Kim...

BACKGROUND Little information is available regarding the prevalence of laryngeal pathology in adults. PURPOSE To estimate the prevalence of occult laryngeal pathology in a community-based cohort of adults over 40 years of age. METHODS One hundred consecutive volunteers over age 40 with no history of voice disorders were enrolled. All completed a self-administered laryngeal symptom questionn...

Aim: To review recent literature on the diagnosis and management options for globus pharyngeus. Recent Findings: Strong evidence for the cause of globus pharyngeus is lacking however there is some research to suggest a possible link between laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) and globus pharyngeus. Radiological investigations used to find the cause of globus pharyngeus are often normal with little e...

Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) and gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) are different disorders. The term LPR is used to describe the acid in the stomach that comes up into the throat at the level of the laryngopharnyx. LPR causes irritation and changes in the larynx. GERD is cause by the backflow of gastric contents into the esophagus, which leads to tissue damage or esophagitis and heartburn.

The objective of this study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the effectiveness of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) for reflux disease in adult patients with laryngopharyngeal symptoms. A comprehensive search of Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Ovid EBM Reviews, and PubMed was performed for English-language literature about laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR), in September 2014. Th...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify the effects of objective laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) on the acoustic parameters of patients by comparing their voice samples with that of control subjects. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study in two tertiary reference hospitals. METHODS 48 consecutive patients with symptoms related to LPR and 64 control subjects were included in the study. Suspe...

BACKGROUND Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is common in patients with end-stage lung disease (ESLD). GERD may cause obliterative bronchiolitis after lung transplantation (LTx), represented by a decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)). OBJECTIVES To identify the patterns of reflux in patients with ESLD and to determine whether antireflux surgery (ARS) positively impacts...