title: Transnasal esophagoscopy.
abstract: Since the mid 1900s, esophagoscopy has been performed under sedation or general anesthesia. With transnasal esophagoscopy (TNE), there has been a return to awake, in-office esophagoscopy. Technologic advances have allowed the advent of a ultrathin, flexible esophagoscope that is introduced transnasally, allowing esophagoscopy to be performed in unsedated patients. TNE correlates with conventional esophagoscopy (sedated, flexible esophagoscopy) in diagnostic capacity. Over time, as the benefits of TNE have become elucidated, the procedure has gained wider acceptance and continues to have its role in patient care defined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. cabush@georgiahealth.edu
authors.forename: Carrie M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bush
authors.forename: Gregory N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Postma
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000379:methods; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D049630:Esophageal Sphincter, Lower / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020701:Esophagoscopes; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D057605:Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013997:Time Factors