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IMPROVED POSITION FOR BRONCHOSCOPY AND ESOPHAGOSCOPY
Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1953In the usual technique for bronchoscopy or esophagoscopy the patient is placed in a recumbent position with the shoulders just beyond the edge of the table. The head is supported by a trained assistant. The muscles of the head and shoulders are relaxed. The head is elevated above the Fig.
Joseph M. Miller, Milton Ginsberg
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Bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy in children
The Journal of Pediatrics, 1993This review summarizes some of the most recent developments and areas of investigation in pediatric bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy. Applications of newer technology have allowed for improved diagnosis and therapy for many pediatric diseases. These applications include the use of bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary diseases, assessment and ...
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BRONCHOSCOPY AND ESOPHAGOSCOPY: GLEANINGS FROM EXPERIENCE
, 1909One hundred and five deaths, recorded in North America in five years, from foreign bodies in the air and food passages, or from ill-advised efforts at removal, show the necessity of acquainting the general profession with the advances already made and ...
C. Jackson
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Safety of Esophagoscopy in the Irradiated Esophagus
Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 1997Carcinoma of the esophagus is a disease with a poor prognosis. Surgery is considered the treatment of choice. Patients who are surgically unresectable may receive radiotherapy, plus or minus chemotherapy. While this offers reasonable palliation, a significant number of patients develop benign or malignant strictures.
Mark K. Wax +3 more
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Esophageal Scintigraphy: A Comparison with Esophagoscopy
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1987Fifty consecutive patients with different esophageal symptoms were investigated with esophageal endoscopy, transit scintigraphy, and gastroesophageal (GE) scintigraphy with extra-abdominal compression. Scintigraphic findings were abnormal in 27 of those 31 patients (87%) who were classified as abnormal at endoscopy.
G. Kjellén, S. Sandström, P. Anderson
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Transgastric Esophagoscopy with Antegrade Dilation
Endoscopy, 1994An 80-year-old man in whom successful dilation of an obstructed esophagus via retrograde esophagoscopy was carried out is reported here. His nutrition had been previously sustained by a feeding gastrostomy tube inserted under radiologic guidance.
R Gray +4 more
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Flexible esophagoscopy as a diagnostic tool for traumatic esophageal injuries.
Journal of Trauma, 2009BACKGROUND The management and clinical outcome of patients suffering esophageal trauma depends on a prompt diagnosis. The detection of esophageal injuries by clinical examination, esophagography, or computed tomography is limited.
V. Arantes +6 more
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Transnasal Esophagoscopy: State of the Art
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 2006The purpose of this article is to trace the evolution of esophagoscopy from its inception over 100 years ago to its current state of the art. In so doing, the positive consequences that will likely result because of the transition from rigid, per oral, sedated esophagoscopy to flexible, transnasal, unsedated esophagoscopy will be described.
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FIBEROPTIC ESOPHAGOSCOPY IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS*
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1971Abstract:Sixty‐four patients aged 65 or older were examined with the Olympus fiber esophagoscope. Fifteen had inflammatory changes, 10 had carcinoma or lymphoma, 5 had stomal ulcers after partial gastrectomy and 3 had esophageal varices. The procedure was tolerated well by all patients.
Bernard M. Schuman +2 more
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