Transnasal flexible laryngo-oesophagoscopy: An evaluation of the patient's experience

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-31

  Sharma, Alok ^a,b   Price, Tim ^a   Mierzwa, Kathleen ^a   Montgomery, Paul ^a   Qayyum, Asad ^a   Bradnam, Tim ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, local; Endoscopy; Larynx; Lignocaine; Oesophagus

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ARTICLE; BLOATING; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; ENDOSCOPE; EPISTAXIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NOSE; NOSE INJURY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; LARYNX; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STOMACH; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; NOSE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STOMACH;

EID: 33645735870     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215105004731     Document Type: Article

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