Feasibility and Safety of Office-Based Transnasal Balloon Dilation for Neopharyngeal and Proximal Esophageal Strictures in Patients with a History of Head and Neck Carcinoma.

The aim of this study was to assess feasibility and safety of office-based transnasal balloon dilation of neopharyngeal and proximal esophageal strictures in patients with a history of head and neck carcinoma. The secondary objective was to explore its effectiveness. This prospective case series included patients previously treated for head and neck carcinoma with neopharyngeal or proximal esophageal strictures who underwent transnasal balloon dilation under topical anesthesia.

Flexible Endoscopic Biopsy: Identifying Factors to Increase Accuracy in Diagnosing Benign and Malignant Laryngopharyngeal Pathology.

Objectives: To assess the influence that several factors, such as the amount of obtained biopsies, difficult procedures, biopsy site and the experience of the attending physician, have on accuracy of flexible endoscopic biopsy (FEB).

Materials And Methods: 203 FEB procedures for benign or malignant laryngopharyngeal lesions were prospectively included. During the procedure, three representative biopsies (macroscopically containing vital tumor tissue and not only necrosis or healthy tissue) were obtained.

Impact of Time to Diagnosis and Treatment in Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review.

Objective: An increased interval between symptomatic disease and treatment may negatively influence oncologic and/or functional outcomes in head and neck cancer (HNC). This systematic review aims to provide insight into the effects of time to treatment intervals on oncologic and functional outcomes in oral cavity, pharyngeal, and laryngeal cancer.

Data Sources: PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane library were searched.

Office-based CO laser surgery for benign and premalignant laryngeal lesions.

Objective: Patients with laryngeal pathology are often treated with CO laser surgery, usually in the operating room under general anesthesia. Although office-based laser surgery using several other laser types has been investigated, prospective studies on office-based CO laser surgery are scarce. Our goal was to investigate the feasibility of office-based CO laser surgery for benign and premalignant laryngeal pathology by analyzing completion rate, safety, effect on voice quality, and success rate (i.

Cost analysis of office-based transnasal esophagoscopy.

Purpose: Although office-based transnasal esophagoscopy has been investigated extensively, a cost analysis is still lacking. We performed a cost analysis combined with feasibility study for two diagnostic processes: patients with globus pharyngeus and/or dysphagia, and hypopharyngeal carcinoma.

Methods: Prospective cohort study.

Digital Video Laryngoscopy and Flexible Endoscopic Biopsies as an Alternative Diagnostic Workup in Laryngopharyngeal Cancer: A Prospective Clinical Study.

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.

Topical Anesthesia for Endoscopic Office-based Procedures of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract.

Objective: Over the last two decades, an increase in office-based procedures under topical anesthesia in laryngology and head and neck oncology has occurred. Adequate anesthesia in the nasal cavity, pharynx, and larynx is essential for successful performance of these procedures. Our goal is to provide an objective summary on the available local anesthetics, methods of application, local secondary effects, efficacy, and complications.

Office-Based Procedures for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Laryngeal Pathology.

Introduction: Since the development of distal chip endoscopes with a working channel, diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities in the outpatient clinic in the management of laryngeal pathology have increased. Which of these office-based procedures are currently available, and their clinical indications and possible advantages, remains unclear.

Material And Methods: Review of literature on office-based procedures in laryngology and head and neck oncology.

Safety of flexible endoscopic biopsy of the pharynx and larynx under topical anesthesia.

Recent advancements in transnasal endoscopy enable a shift in diagnostic workup of lesions in the pharynx and larynx, from an examination with biopsy under general anesthesia to an office-based examination with flexible endoscopic biopsy under topical anesthesia. Procedural complications were evaluated to assess the safety of office-based flexible endoscopic biopsy in patients with benign and malignant laryngopharyngeal lesions. Patients who underwent flexible endoscopic biopsy from 2012 to 2016 were evaluated retrospectively.

Office-based procedures for diagnosis and treatment of esophageal pathology.

Background: Diagnostic and therapeutic office-based procedures under topical anesthesia are emerging in the daily practice of laryngologists and head and neck surgeons. Since the introduction of the transnasal esophagoscope, office-based procedures for the esophagus are increasingly performed.

Methods: We conducted a systematic review of literature on office-based procedures under topical anesthesia for the esophagus.

Recurrences after thyroglossal duct cyst surgery: Results in 207 consecutive cases and review of the literature.

Background: A thyroglossal duct cyst is the most common form of congenital anomaly in the neck. Surgical removal is very effective. However, in some cases, a cyst recurs.

[Chronic unilateral rhinorrhea in childhood].

A 13-year-old patient was referred to the ENT department because of a ring-shaped radiopaque foreign body in her right nasal cavity demonstrated on an orthopantomogram. Her medical history revealed long-standing right-sided rhinorrhea thought to be caused by an inhalation allergy. In case of unilateral rhinorrhea in a child a nasal foreign body has to be excluded.