How we do it: vocal cord Nd-YAG laser surgery, under local anaesthetic, using a flexible trans-nasal laryngo-oesophagoscope.
This paper gives a detailed description of a method for biopsy and Nd-YAG laser ablation, of laryngeal lesions, using the trans-nasal flexible laryngo-oesophagoscope, under local anaesthetic. This method is suitable for those patients in whom it is difficult, impossible or hazardous to perform a rigid endoscopy.
Price
Timothy Trevor
TT
Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK. timothy.price@nhs.net
Sharma
Alok
A
Montgomery
Paul Q
PQ
D000368:Aged; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D020701:Esophagoscopes; D006801:Humans; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000601:surgery*