IP Indian Journal of Anatomy and Surgery of Head, Neck and Brain
Official Publication of Khyati Education And Research Foundation
Official Publication of Khyati Education And Research Foundation
Print ISSN: 2581-5210
Online ISSN: 2581-5229
CODEN : IIJAAL
IP Indian Journal of Anatomy and Surgery of Head, Neck and Brain (IJASHNB) open access, peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing since 2015 and is published under the Khyati Education and Research Foundation (KERF), is registered as a non-profit society (under the society registration act, 1860), Government of India with the vision of various accredited vocational courses in healthcare, education, paramedical, yoga, publication, teaching and research activity, with the aim of faster and better dissemination of knowledge, we will be publishing more...Original Article
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Volume : 5, Issue : 1, Year : 2019
Article Page : 26-28
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijashnb.2019.005
Abstract
Transnasal oesophagoscopy is a convenient method for doing oesophagoscopy. It is done by a thin 5.9 mm diameter flexible endoscope through nasal passage.1 Patient tolerates this procedure very well. No sedation is required for this procedure. Only nose is anaesthetized locally by xylocaine 2%, and decongested by xylometazoline. No xylocaine sray is needed for throat, as some patients do not tolerate is throat numbness and feel dyspnic.2 TNE procedure takes shorter time and alleviates the diagnostic delay. This procedure can be done for diagnosing various pathologies of oesophagus, can be used for screening of barrate, s oesophagus. Biopsy can be done easily by 2mm channel.
Keywords: TNE, Unsedated endoscopy, Transoral endoscopy.
How to cite : Gupta M K, Upadhya M, Bihari A, Transnasal oesophagoscopy - A study of its advantages and limitations. IP Indian J Anat Surg Head Neck Brain 2019;5(1):26-28
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