Progress in Oesophagoscopy
| Autor: | H. Kruse-blinkenberg, S. Borgeskov, J. Egedorf |
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| Rok vydání: | 1976 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Esophageal Neoplasms Esophageal Diseases Oesophagoscope Esophagus Bronchoscopy medicine Humans In patient medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Esophagoscopes Cancer General Medicine Oesophageal diseases medicine.disease Dysphagia Duodenal Diseases Endoscopy Surgery Radiography Otorhinolaryngology Female Esophagoscopy medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 82:151-156 |
| ISSN: | 1651-2251 0001-6489 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/00016487609120875 |
| Popis: | 667 endoscopic examinations of the oesophagus performed during a 5-year period by the rigid as well as by the flexible oesophagoscope are reviewed. 80% of the procedures were diagnostic. The examinations of 77 patients with oesophageal cancer stress the importance of performing simultaneous bronchoscopy on these patients. In 10% the tumour was found to have invaded the bronchial tree. On the basis of the biopsies taken, there was a significantly better agreement with the final diagnosis when the biopsies were taken with a flexible than with a rigid oesophagoscope. Owing to the simultaneous occurrence of gastric and duodenal diseases in 30% of the patients, examination of the oesophagus should always be combined with gastro-duodenoscopy. The importance of endoscopy in patients with dysphagia, but negative X-ray findings is stressed as a step towards earlier diagnosis of malignant oesophageal diseases. Moreover, a certain centralization of the examinations is recommended in consequence of the increasing exp... |
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