Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2019

Complications of endoscopic surgeries

Dr. V. R. Ramakrishnan

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Introduction: Ever since the period of Kussmaul (Who had done the first oesophagoscopy), endoscopic procedures were one of the most common surgical procedures done in our speciality .Methods: The following is a prospective study analyzing the patients admitted for endoscopic procedure in the department of E .N.T. The study aims to know the incidence of complications,their nature and whether they vary from previous studies Results:Of 83 cases of direct laryngoscopy, 20 cases had injury to another pillar (24.39%) with mucosal haemorrhage which produced no symptoms and was resolved by itself after 3–4 days Indirect laryngoscopy of 61 cases, 36 patients had normal findings on indirect laryngoscopy at the end of six hour period. 20 cases (32.69%) had injury to the anterior pillar with mucosal haemorrhage which was asymptomatic and resolved by itself after few days. Injury and loosening of teeth occurred on 4 cases (6.55%), and it occurred mainly in those having caries teeth. During the period of study, 15 patients underwent 16 onchoscopic procedure Injury and mucosal haemorrhage over the anterior pillar occurred in one patient which subsided spontaneously. Injury and loosening of teeth occurred in one patient. Conclusion:The patients who are otherwise clinically normal can be discharged on the same day. High risk patients should be admitted in the ward and observed at least for 24 hours. High index of suspicion should be there if there is any abnormal difficulty in the procedure.

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COMPLICATIONS OF ENDOSCOPIC SURGERIES, Dr.V.R. Ramakrishnan INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-4 | April-2019

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