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
Recommended Citation
Watson TJ. Endoscopic evaluation of dysphagia. In: Dysphagia: Diagnosis and Treatment of Esophageal Motility Disorders, edited by Marco G Patti. Cambridge, MA: Academic Press, 2023. p.37-52.
Comments
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