TO INVESTIGATE CAUSE OF: -DYSPHAGIA -RETROSTERNAL PAIN -HAEMATEMESIS -SECONDARIES OF NECK DIAGNOSTIC INDICATIONS
-REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BODY -DILATATION OF THE OESOPHAGUS -ENDOSCOPIC Removal of benign lesions -insertion of Souttar’s or Mousseau - barbin tube in paLLIATIVE treatment of oesophageal ca -injection of oesophageal varices THERAPEUTIC
1.TRISMUS 2.DISEASES OF CERVICAL SPINE 3.RECEDING MANDIBLE 4.ANEURYSM OF AORTA 5.HEART, LIVER OR KIDNEY DISEASES CONTRAINDICATIONS
PATIENT ADVISED NOTHING TO EAT 3 HOURS PRIOR TO THE PROCEDURE PATIENT PREPARATION
RIGID OESOPHAGOSCOPY TYPES
GENRAL ANESTHESIA WITH ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION ANESTHESIA POSITION SWORD SWALLOING POSITION
PROTECTION OF LIPS & TEETH LUBRICATION OF SCOPE HOLDING OF THE SCOPE IDENTIFICATION OF LARYNGOPHARYNX STRUCTURES ADVANCEMENT FURTHER INTO CRICOPHARYNGEAL SPHINCTER CROSSING AORTIC ARCH & LEFT BRONCHUS PASSING THE CARDIA & FOLLOWED BY WITHDRAWL TECHNIQUES
1.FEATUERES OF OESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION- INTRASCAPULAR PAIN -SURGICAL EMPHYSEMA OF NECK -ABRUPT RISE IN TEMP. 2.DIET- SIPS OF PLAIN WATER FOLLOWED BY USUAL DIET POSTOPERATIVE CARE
1.INJURY TO LIPS AND TEETH 2.INJURY TO ARYTENOIDS 3.INJURY TO PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES 4.PERFORATION OF ESOPHAGUS 5.COMPRESSION OF TRACHEA COMPLICATION
1.More amenable to therapeutic indications especially removal of foreign bodies. 2.Better visualization of proximal one- third of esophagus . ADVANTAGES
1.General anaesthesia. 2.More cost and morbidity to patient. 3.More complications such as 4.dental trauma and oesophageal perforation. 5.Concomitant examination of stomach and intestine not possible. 6.Not amenable to cases of trismus or cervical spine degenerative diseases. DISADVANTAGES
FLEXIBLE FIBEROPTIC ESOPHAGOSCOPY
POSITION LEFT LATERAL SUPINE POSITION WITH EXTENDED NECK ANESTHESIA PERFORMED UNDER LOCAL ANESTHESIA WITH OR WITHOUT SEDATION TECHNIQUE SAME AS RIGID ESOPHAGOSCOPY
1.An outdoor procedure. 2.No general anesthesia . It is done under local anesthesia with or without intravenous sedation. 3.Less morbidity. 4.It can be done in abnormalities of spine or jaw. 5.Gastroscope allows examination of stomach and duodenum. 6.Good illumination and magnification. 7.Accurate diagnosis of the mucosal diseases. ADVANTAGES
1.Narrow channel limits the size of instruments and removalof certain foreign bodies. 2.Foreign body cannot be retracted into the endoscope(like rigid esophagoscope) so more chances of injuringesophagus . 3.Laryngopharynx and proximal one- third esophagus (less distensible with insufflations) may not be examined adequately. DISADVANTAGES
TRANSNASAL OESOPHAGOSCOPY
ANESTHESIA TOPICAL 1.NOSE: 4% LIDOCAINE 2.OROPHARYNX:20% BENZOCAINE POSITION SEATED POSITION FACING EXAMINER
SCOPE PASSED ALONG FLOOR OF NOSE IPSILATERAL PYRIFORM SINUS ADVANCEMENT INTO ESOPHAGUS INSUFFLATION OF ESOPHAGUS FURTHER ADVANCEMNT OF SCOPE INTO STOMACH SCOPE RETROFLEXED TO SEE COMPLETE VIEW OF GE JUNCTION WITHDRAWL TECHNIQUES