Waleed Kh. Mahrous

Thinking Outside the Box article

The pharynx: examination of an area too often ignored during

upper endoscopy

http://youtu.be/ZqTWTC9V9OA

Waleed Kh. Mahrous

The pharynx: examination of an area too often ignored during upper endoscopy

http://youtu.be/ZqTWTC9V9OA

Thinking Outside the Box article Pharynx is the peripheral part of the GI tract !!We have powerful tool with our hand which is the endoscope –

it is great to get look to pharynxIncidence of oral-nasal pharyngeal cancer 30.000 yearly

in USA & 8000 death annually You are looking in any way - you have to go through the

pharynx to go to the esophagus May me the responsibility of the GI to look to pharynxes

– no body looking to pharynx and every day body die Patient particularly at risk – elderly , men , smoker , heavy

drinker people not eating fruit and fightable – It is a most to look by endoscopy to pharynx

The pharynx: examination of an area too often ignored during upper endoscopy

http://youtu.be/ZqTWTC9V9OA

Waleed Kh. Mahrous