---

Transnasal oesophagoscopy - A study of its advantages and limitations

---

Original Article

Author Details : M K. Gupta, Manisha Upadhya*, Anand Bihari

Volume : 5, Issue : 1, Year : 2019

Article Page : 26-28

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijashnb.2019.005

Suggest article by email

Get Permission

---

Abstract

Transnasal oesophagoscopy is a convenient method for doing oesophagoscopy. It is done by a thin 5.9 mm diameter flexible endoscope through nasal passage.¹ Patient tolerates this procedure very well. No sedation is required for this procedure. Only nose is anaesthetized locally by xylocaine 2%, and decongested by xylometazoline. No xylocaine sray is needed for throat, as some patients do not tolerate is throat numbness and feel dyspnic.² TNE procedure takes shorter time and alleviates the diagnostic delay. This procedure can be done for diagnosing various pathologies of oesophagus, can be used for screening of barrate, s oesophagus. Biopsy can be done easily by 2mm channel.

Keywords: TNE, Unsedated endoscopy, Transoral endoscopy.

How to cite : Gupta M K, Upadhya M, Bihari A, Transnasal oesophagoscopy - A study of its advantages and limitations. IP Indian J Anat Surg Head Neck Brain 2019;5(1):26-28

This is an Open Access (OA) journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.