Endoscopic Evaluation of Dysphagia

Endoscopic Evaluation of Dysphagia

Book Title

Dysphagia: Diagnosis and Treatment of Esophageal Motility Disorders

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Editors

Patti M

Description

The flexible endoscope is an essential and indispensable tool in the diagnostic and therapeutic armamentarium of the esophagologist. The choice of endoscopy as the initial study in the evaluation of dysphagia has been controversial, given its invasiveness, cost, the need for sedation, and the availability of an inexpensive, noninvasive alternative in the form of contrast esophagography. Benign strictures of various etiologies are the most common causes of dysphagia found at the time of endoscopy and can be treated with concomitant dilation. New endoscopic technologies and techniques undoubtedly will continue to emerge adding to the therapeutic armamentarium of the endoscopist in the ongoing pursuit of treatments for both structural and neuromuscular causes of dysphagia.

First Page

37

Last Page

52

ISBN

9780323998659

Publication Date

2023

Publisher

Academic Press

City

Cambridge

Keywords

dysphagia, endoscopy

Disciplines

Surgery

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Endoscopic Evaluation of Dysphagia

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