The Role of Transnasal Esophagoscopy in ENT Office: A Prospective, Multicenter Study in Korea
- Authors
- Chung, Eun-Jae; Rho, Young-Soo; Jung, Kwang-Yoon; Kim, Jae-Wook; Lee, Seung-Won
- Issue Date
- 6월-2014
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC OTORHINOLARYNGOL
- Keywords
- Transnasal esophagoscopy; Esophagus; Safety
- Citation
- CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, v.7, no.2, pp.123 - 125
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
- Volume
- 7
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 123
- End Page
- 125
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/98310
- DOI
- 10.3342/ceo.2014.7.2.123
- ISSN
- 1976-8710
- Abstract
- Objectives. The purpose of study was to report the current role of transnasal esophagoscopy (TNE) in Korea. Methods. One hundred thirty-seven patients who underwent TNE at Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital (n=69) and Korea University Anam Hospital (n=68) from July 2007 to February 2009 were prospectively analyzed. Laryngopharyngeal reflux disease (LPRD) patients without any response to proton-pump inhibitor (n=102), and patients with complaints that require esophagoscopy as part of their evaluation (n=35) were included in this study; investigation of metachronous lesions or routine follow-up screening of head and neck cancer patients, n=17; dysphagia, n=9; blood tinged saliva, n=4; to determine the cause of vocal fold paralysis as screening tool, n=4; suspicious esophageal foreign body, n=1. Results. Fifty-three patients (38.7%) had positive findings on TNE. Positive finding ratio was highest in group of dysphagia (7 among 9 patients, 78%). Forty-two patients (41.1%) were found to have pathology (esophagitis, n=41; esophageal diverticulum, n=1) during the screening examination for LPRD. There were no significant complications in any of the patients. Conclusion. TNE is a high-yield diagnostic and therapeutic modality available to otolaryngologists for use on awake patients in the office setting.
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