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Upper Aerodigestive Tract Endoscopy Combining Rigid Laryngoscopy and Flexible Endoscopy.

Antoine Dubray-VautrinChristian ChappeyRabah TaouachiWahib GhanemOlivier Choussy
Published in: Surgical innovation (2024)
Upper Aerodigestive Tract Endoscopy (UATE) is recommended for initial examination of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Reducing delay of initial examination must be a challenge to manage head and neck cancers. We hereby describe the technic combining UATE and flexible endoscopy in a unique general anesthesia with overview of hypopharyngeal, larygeal, tracheal, esophageal, nasopharyngeal sub sites in a unique procedure with system of magnificense and to perform percutaneous gastrostomy during the same time before initiation of therapy.
Keyphrases
  • small bowel
  • squamous cell
  • minimally invasive
  • stem cells
  • mesenchymal stem cells
  • solid state