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Int J Med Sci 2013; 10(9):1085-1091. doi:10.7150/ijms.6003 This issue Cite

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Utility and Stability of Transnasal Endoscopy for Examination of the Pharynx - A Prospective Study and Comparison with Transoral Endoscopy

Masaru Tsuboi, Makoto Arai✉, Daisuke Maruoka, Tomoaki Matsumura, Tomoo Nakagawa, Tatsuro Katsuno, Osamu Yokosuka

Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.

✉ Corresponding author: Makoto Arai M.D. Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Inohana 1-8-1, Chiba-City, 260-8670, Japan. TEL: +81-43-226-2083 FAX: +81-43-226-2088 E-mail: araim-cibac.jp.

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Tsuboi M, Arai M, Maruoka D, Matsumura T, Nakagawa T, Katsuno T, Yokosuka O. Utility and Stability of Transnasal Endoscopy for Examination of the Pharynx - A Prospective Study and Comparison with Transoral Endoscopy. Int J Med Sci 2013; 10(9):1085-1091. doi:10.7150/ijms.6003. https://www.medsci.org/v10p1085.htm
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Abstract

Objective: Transnasal endoscopy may be used to observe the head and neck part readily without excessive reflexes. We aimed to evaluate the utility and stability of transnasal esophagogastroduodenoscopy (TN-EGD) in comparison with transoral EGD (TO-EGD) for observation of the pharynx.

Study Design: Prospective study

Methods: A total of 497 patients received unsedated TN-EGD with a 5.5 mm diameter endoscope or unsedated TO-EGD with endoscopes of 6.5 mm, 7.9 mm and 9.2 mm diameter. The rate of completion of pharyngeal observation and numbers of gag reflexes and cough reflexes were recorded.

Results: TN-EGD was performed in 175 patients and TO-EGD was performed in 322 patients. Pharyngeal observation was completed in 173 patients (98.9%) in the TN-EGD group and 235 patients (73.2%) in the TO-EGD group, a significant difference (p<0.001). The TN-EGD group had a low rate of occurrence of gag reflex (0.57%), in contrast, 28.3% of the TO-EGD group had a gag reflex, a significant difference (p<0.01). Multivariable analyses revealed that the use of TN-EGD was the only predictive factor for completion of pharyngeal observation (p<0.0001).

Conclusions: TN-EGD is ideally suited to observation of the pharynx by unsedated EGD.

Keywords: Transnasal EGD, Transoral EGD, Pharynx, Cancer.

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Tsuboi, M., Arai, M., Maruoka, D., Matsumura, T., Nakagawa, T., Katsuno, T., Yokosuka, O. (2013). Utility and Stability of Transnasal Endoscopy for Examination of the Pharynx - A Prospective Study and Comparison with Transoral Endoscopy. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 10(9), 1085-1091. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.6003.

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Tsuboi, M.; Arai, M.; Maruoka, D.; Matsumura, T.; Nakagawa, T.; Katsuno, T.; Yokosuka, O. Utility and Stability of Transnasal Endoscopy for Examination of the Pharynx - A Prospective Study and Comparison with Transoral Endoscopy. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2013, 10 (9), 1085-1091. DOI: 10.7150/ijms.6003.

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Tsuboi M, Arai M, Maruoka D, Matsumura T, Nakagawa T, Katsuno T, Yokosuka O. Utility and Stability of Transnasal Endoscopy for Examination of the Pharynx - A Prospective Study and Comparison with Transoral Endoscopy. Int J Med Sci 2013; 10(9):1085-1091. doi:10.7150/ijms.6003. https://www.medsci.org/v10p1085.htm

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Tsuboi M, Arai M, Maruoka D, Matsumura T, Nakagawa T, Katsuno T, Yokosuka O. 2013. Utility and Stability of Transnasal Endoscopy for Examination of the Pharynx - A Prospective Study and Comparison with Transoral Endoscopy. Int J Med Sci. 10(9):1085-1091.

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