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Unsedated transnasal esophagoscopy: a sensitive and safe outpatient screening tool Cover

Unsedated transnasal esophagoscopy: a sensitive and safe outpatient screening tool

Asian Biomedicine
Volume 9 (2015): Issue 4 (August 2015)
By: Premsuda Sombuntham and  Worawat Rawangban  
Open Access
|Jan 2017

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Figure 1

Abnormal findings in the esophagus during transnasal esophagoscopy. (A) Early mucosal cancer in the midesophagus, (B) tumor at the esophagogastric junction, (C) tissue biopsy performed during transnasal esophagoscopy.
Abnormal findings in the esophagus during transnasal esophagoscopy. (A) Early mucosal cancer in the midesophagus, (B) tumor at the esophagogastric junction, (C) tissue biopsy performed during transnasal esophagoscopy.

Indication for transnasal esophagoscopy

n (%)
Surveillance for second primary tumor34 (47)
Dysphagia27 (38)
Clinical staging for head and neck SCCA 8 (11)
Voice problem 3 (4)
Total72

Patient characteristics

n%
Sex
  Male4374%
  Female1526%
Age, median (range) years
  Total57.4 (18–84)
Head and neck cancer3560%
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0904.418 | Journal eISSN: 1875-855X | Journal ISSN: 1905-7415
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Language: English
Page range: 491 - 494
Published on: Jan 31, 2017
Published by: Chulalongkorn University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 6 issues per year
Keywords:
Dysphagia,
esophageal cancer,
head and neck cancer,
second primary cancer,
swallowing,
transnasal esophagoscopy
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Assistive professions, nursing,
Basic medical science,
Basic medical science, other,
Clinical medicine,
Clinical medicine, other

© 2017 Premsuda Sombuntham, Worawat Rawangban, published by Chulalongkorn University
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