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Digital Video Laryngoscopy and Flexible Endoscopic Biopsies as an Alternative Diagnostic Workup in Laryngopharyngeal Cancer: A Prospective Clinical Study.
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Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology . Nov2018, Vol. 127 Issue 11, p770-776. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Objectives: An office-based workup strategy for patients with laryngopharyngeal lesions suspicious for carcinoma is analyzed. The feasibility of office-based transnasal flexible endoscopic biopsies under local anesthesia and the impact on the diagnostic workup are evaluated. Methods: This study is a prospective analysis of patients with laryngeal, oropharyngeal, and hypopharyngeal lesions suspicious for carcinoma. One hundred eighty-eight participants were divided into 2 groups. The first group underwent an office-based biopsy procedure under local anesthesia using a flexible digital video laryngoscope with instrument channel (n = 53), and the second group underwent a biopsy procedure under general anesthesia using rigid laryngopharyngoscopy (n = 135). Results: Office-based flexible endoscopic biopsies were tolerated well, and there were no complications. These biopsies were 92.5% successful in acquiring a definitive diagnosis. Costs were reduced. Diagnostic workup time and time until start of therapy were reduced to 2 days and 27 days, respectively. Conclusion: Office-based biopsy under local anesthesia using flexible digital video laryngoscopy is safe, cost-effective, and successful in providing a histopathological diagnosis. It reduces the diagnostic workup time significantly in patients with laryngeal, oropharyngeal, and hypopharyngeal cancer, while also reducing the necessity to subsequently perform a rigid laryngopharyngoscopy under general anesthesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00034894
- Volume :
- 127
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 132434904
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0003489418793987