Digital Video Laryngoscopy and Flexible Endoscopic Biopsies as an Alternative Diagnostic Workup in Laryngopharyngeal Cancer: A Prospective Clinical Study.

CONCLUSION: Office-based biopsy under local anesthesia using flexible digital video laryngoscopy is safe, cost-effective, and successful in providing a histopathological diagnosis. It reduces the diagnostic workup time significantly in patients with laryngeal, oropharyngeal, and hypopharyngeal cancer, while also reducing the necessity to subsequently perform a rigid laryngopharyngoscopy under general anesthesia.
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Source: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology - September 7, 2018 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Schutte HW, Takes RP, Slootweg PJ, Arts MJPA, Honings J, van den Hoogen FJA, Marres HAM, van den Broek GB Tags: Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Source Type: research