Efficacy and Safety of In-Office Transnasal Oesophagoscopy and Balloon Dilatation for Patients Presenting With High Dysphagia: A 6-Year Retrospective Analysis.

Chang Woo Lee Virginia FancelloAlex DandoFenella BennettVirginia LudwigKate J Heathcote

Published in: Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery (2024)

TNO and balloon dilatation is a safe and effective treatment modality for managing high dysphagia in patients with identifiable non-malignant obstructive pathologies at and around the level of the upper oesophageal sphincter, including head and neck cancer treatment-related patients, both short-term and long-term. Barium swallow is an excellent screening tool for assessing the swallow as a whole.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
combination therapy
patient reported
replacement therapy
drug induced