Medicinski vjesnik, Vol. 30 No. (3-4), 1998.
Professional paper
Develpment of endoscopy at the ward for ear, nose and throat disease of the Bjelovar general hospital
Stjepan Grabovac
Juraj Piškorić
Ivan Cikoja
Abstract
The development of endoscopy at the Ward for ear, nose and throat diseases of the General Hospital in Bjelovar was reviewed from its foundation to these days. The sequence of endoscopic instruments' acquisitions and possibilities of endoscopic examinations preformed at the wadr are presented. The Otolaryngological ward in Bjelovar has at its disposal modern instruments for oesophagoscopy, tracheobronchoscopy, solid and flexibile instruments and since two years ago, the instruments for functional endoscopic sinus surgery. Annually an average of 33 oesophagoscopies and 7 tracheobronchoscopies with rigid tracheobronchoscope are done and up to now 85 patients have been operated on according to the principles of functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
Keywords
endoscopy; ear; nose and throat disease
Hrčak ID:
192375
URI
Publication date:
1.12.1998.
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