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Multidirectional observations of the larynx using transurethral rigid endoscopes during direct laryngoscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Masahiro Kawaida ,
Hiroyuki Fukuda  and
Naoyuki Kohno
Masahiro Kawaida*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Hiroyuki Fukuda
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Naoyuki Kohno
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Tokyo and the National Defence Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan
*
Address for correspondence: Masahiro Kawaida, M.D., Department of Otolaryngology, Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital, 2-8-1 Minamiohtsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0005, Japan Fax: +81-3-3941-9557
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Abstract

Microscopic direct laryngoscopy (microlaryngoscopy) under general anaesthesia is the optimal method of observing the larynx. However, as microlaryngoscopy does not allow precise observations of the ventricle, inferior surface of the vocal fold and subglottis, multidirectional observations of the larynx using transurethral rigid endoscopes were performed during direct laryngoscopy. This endoscopic technique has been shown to be clinically useful in the diagnosis and treatment of laryngeal lesions. The equipment and methods are introduced herein, and a representative case is presented.

Keywords

LarynxEndoscopyPhotography
Type
Short Communications
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 112 , Issue 5 , May 1998 , pp. 464 - 466
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1998

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