Feasibility, safety, acceptability, and yield of office-based, screening transnasal esophagoscopy (with video).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endoscopic screening for esophageal neoplasia can identify patients eligible for early intervention for precancerous lesions. Unsedated transnasal esophagoscopy may provide an efficient and accurate endoscopic assessment with fewer risks and less cost, compared with conventional upper endoscopy.

Objective

To assess the feasibility, safety, acceptability, and yield of unsedated transnasal esophagoscopy in a primary care population.

Design

Multicenter, prospective, cross-sectional study.

Setting

Two outpatient tertiary-care centers.

Patients

This study involved a general medical clinic population aged between 40 and 85 years.

Intervention

Unsedated, office-based transnasal esophagoscopy.

Main outcome measurements

Procedure yield; c

SUBMITTER: Peery AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4154478 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature