Role of flexible transnasal esophagoscopy and patient education in the management of globus pharyngeus

Moloy, 1982, The globus symptom. Incidence, therapeutic response, and age and sex relationships, Arch Otolaryngol, 108, 740, 10.1001/archotol.1982.00790590062017 Bradley, 1987, Clinical aspects of pseudo-dysphagia, J Laryngol Otol, 101, 689, 10.1017/S002221510010252X Malcomson, 1968, Globus hystericus vel pharyngis, J Laryngol Otol, 82, 219, 10.1017/S0022215100068687 Batch, 1988, Globus pharyngeus (part 1), J Laryngol Otol, 102, 152, 10.1017/S0022215100104384 Harar, 2004, Management of globus pharyngeus: review of 699 cases, J Laryngol Otol, 118, 522, 10.1258/0022215041615092 Burns, 2006, The diagnosis and management of globus: a perspective from Ireland, Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 16, 503, 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3283169258 Rees, 2008, Laryngopharyngeal reflux: current concepts in pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment, Int J Speech-Language Pathol, 10, 245, 10.1080/17549500701862287 Postma, 2005, Transnasal esophagoscopy: revisited (over 700 consecutive cases), Laryngoscope, 115, 321, 10.1097/01.mlg.0000154741.25443.fe Wang, 2009, Application of unsedated transnasal esophagogastroduodenoscopy in the diagnosis of hypopharyngeal cancer, Head Neck, 31, 153, 10.1002/hed.20928 Wang, 2009, Unsedated transnasal esophagogastroduodenoscopy for the evaluation of dysphagia following treatment for previous primary head neck cancer, Oral Oncol, 45, 615, 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2008.08.013 Su, 2010, Detection of metachronous esophageal squamous carcinoma in patients with head and neck cancer with use of transnasal esophagoscopy, Head Neck, 32, 780 Ertekin, 2000, Pathophysiological mechanisms of oropharyngeal dysphagia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Brain, 123, 125, 10.1093/brain/123.1.125 Belafsky, 2001, The validity and reliability of the Reflux Finding Score (RFS), Laryngoscope, 111, 1313, 10.1097/00005537-200108000-00001 Webb, 2000, Globus pharyngeus: a postal questionnaire survey of UK ENT consultants, Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci, 25, 566, 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2000.00386.x Sharma, 2005, Transnasal flexible laryngo-oesophagoscopy: an evaluation of the patient’s experience, J Laryngol Otol, 120, 24 Aviv, 2006, Transnasal esophagoscopy: state of the art, Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 135, 616, 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.03.031 Remacle, 2008, The diagnosis and management of globus: a perspective from Belgium, Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 16, 511, 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328313bb94 Price, 2005, How we do it: the role of trans-nasal flexible laryngo-oesophagoscopy (TNFLO) in ENT: one year’s experience in a head and neck orientated practice in the UK, Clin Otolaryngol, 30, 551, 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2005.01103.x Belafsky, 2002, Validity and reliability of the Reflux Symptom Index (RSI), J Voice, 16, 274, 10.1016/S0892-1997(02)00097-8 Karkos, 2007, Trends in laryngopharyngeal reflux: a British ENT survey, Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol, 264, 513, 10.1007/s00405-006-0222-8 Oridate, 2008, Acid-suppression therapy offers varied laryngopharyngeal and esophageal symptom relief in laryngopharyngeal reflux patients, Dig Dis Sci, 53, 2033, 10.1007/s10620-007-0114-9 Karkos, 2008, The diagnosis and management of globus pharyngeus: our perspective from the United Kingdom, Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 16, 521, 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328316933b Sinn, 2008, Response rate and predictors of response in a short-term empirical trial of high-dose rabeprazole in patients with globus, Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 27, 1275, 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03659.x Karkos, 2006, Empiric treatment of laryngopharyngeal reflux with proton pump inhibitors: a systematic review, Laryngoscope, 116, 144, 10.1097/01.mlg.0000191463.67692.36 Khalil, 2008, The diagnosis and management of globus: a perspective from the United Kindgom, Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 16, 516, 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328313bb7f Rowley, 1995, The natural history of globus pharyngeus, Laryngoscope, 105, 1118, 10.1288/00005537-199510000-00019 Timon, 1991, Globus pharyngeus: long term follow-up and prognostic factors, Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, 100, 351, 10.1177/000348949110000501