Comparison of Patients' Satisfaction for Transnasal or Transoral Endoscopy in Unsedated Patients.
- Author:
Kee Myung LEE
1
;
Sung Jun SIM
;
Jeong Woo CHOI
;
Sung Jun CHOI
;
Hyeock Choon KWON
;
Sang Jo CHOI
;
Joon Hyuck CHOI
;
Jae Youn CHEONG
;
Byeong Moo YOO
;
Ki Baik HAHM
;
Jin Hong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Gastroenterology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. jinhkim@ajou.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Transnasal endoscope;
Transoral endoscope;
Patients' satisfaction
- MeSH:
Airway Obstruction;
Endoscopy*;
Epistaxis;
Humans;
Incidence;
Nausea;
Pharynx;
Prospective Studies;
Sensation
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2005;31(5):297-305
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The aim of this study was to compare the patient's satisfaction and tolerance of transnasal (TN) and transoral (TO) endoscopy prospectively. METHODS: 120 patients were assigned to undergo TN (age: 49.5, M : F=65 : 55) or TO (age: 47.4, M : F=63 : 57) endoscopy according to their wishes. RESULTS: The patients' satisfaction was higher in the TN group than in the TO group (8.45 vs. 4.95, p <0.05). The degree of choking sensation, nausea, and throat soreness was lower in the TN group than the TO group. There was no difference in endoscopists' satisfaction between the two groups. The duration for TN was longer than for TO. Epistaxis and nasal pain were the common complications in the TN group. All complications were mild and were relieved spontaneously. An endoscopic examination could be completed in all patients in the TO group. In the TN group, examination failure was quite common in the early phase but the incidence decreased with increasing experience. It took the experience of at least 20 cases for the endoscopist to adapt to the TN route. CONCLUSIONS: TN endoscopy is believed to be a comfortable and safe procedure for improving the patients' satisfaction and for reducing the level of inconvenience.
