The nasopharynx and serous otitis. A new technique for examination and photodocumentation.
The flexible fiberoptic nasopharyngolaryngoscope provides a one-instrument means of examining and of photodocumenting the tympanic membrane and the nasopharynx. No special knowledge of photography is required and the equipment is relatively inexpensive. No sedation, no topical anesthesia, and no palatal retraction devices are used. This allows the function of the velum and the tubal orifices to be studied in their natural state. Color transparencies of high quality may be made consistently.
D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000473:pathology*; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods*; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000473:pathology