Endoscopic procedures of Upper Airway and Esophagus

Endoscopy is the placing of a long, thin tube into the body directly to view the internal organ/tissue in detail. It can be used to perform various tasks that includes imaging and minor surgical procedures.

Endoscopes are the minimally invasive and are inserted into the openings of the body through mouth or anus by the best ENT specialists in Hyderabad.

Rhinoscopy

Rhinoscopy, or Fiberoptic Rhinolaryngoscopy, is the methodology for inspecting the nose and throat region for a patient. During the method, a specialist at best head and neck hospitals in Secunderabad utilizes a rhinoscope to review within the nose, eustachian tube openings, adenoids, throat and vocal cord. This tool is an adaptable, little tube of with fiber optic material utilized for review about an inch inside the nasal cavity. It's basically a little camera with a light toward the end of it for review the nose and throat.

The significant scenarios to perform a rhinoscopy are

1. Evaluation of patients with ongoing nasal release (particularly from a solitary nostril), draining as well as irritation and sniffling or "reverse" wheezing.
2. Location, visualization and evacuation of unfamiliar bodies and masses.
3. Nasal passage sample for laboratory investigation.

What is upper airway endoscopy?

Upper airway endoscopy is a helpful tool that enables in examining and diagnosing broad range of upper airway diseases and conditions. This is done on most of the patients. During bronchoscopy in Hyderabad, a thin tube(bronchoscope) is passed through the nose or mouth, down the throat and then beneath the lungs.

What are the reasons to perform Bronchoscopy?

1. Lung issue can be diagnosed accurately
2. Lung diseases can be identified properly
3. Tissue from the lung is taken through biopsy
4. Elimination of bodily fluid, obstruction in the air routes or lungs, unfamiliar object or tumor
5. Inserting a tiny tube to clasp open an air route
6. Lung issue treatment such as bleeding, uncommon narrowing of the air route or a distorted lung.

Esophagoscopy

Esophagoscopy is the procedure that enables the doctor to view into the internal part of the throat with the help of the long slim tool known as endoscope. Endoscope comprises of a light and a camera which sends the images of the throat to a video display. It can aid to evaluate and treat the infections and problems of throat such as esophageal disorders, Barret’s throat and articles trapped in the throat.

This procedure is one of the methods that comes under the class of upper endoscopy, that includes gastroscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and enteroscopy. Esophagoscopy is rare and is done for complete upper endoscopic method where the throat, stomach and sections of the small intestine are examined endoscopically.

Types of esophagoscopy include:

1. Flexible esophagoscopy is done with the help of placing a thin, flexible endoscope via the mouth and beneath the throat into the esophagus
2. Trans nasal flexible esophagoscopy is done by inserting a slight, adaptable endoscope through the nose and down the throat into the esophagus.
3. Rigid esophagoscopy is done by placing a fixed endoscope through the mouth and beneath the throat into the esophagus.

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