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Volume 7, Issue 4 (Suppl)
Otolaryngology
ISSN: 2161-119X Otolaryngology, an open access journal
Aesthetic Medicine & ENT Conference 2017
July 06-08, 2017
July 06-08, 2017 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
International Conference on
Aesthetic Medicine and ENT
Evaluation/Manifestation of LPR
Irfan Iqbal
HNS Government Medical College, India
Background and purpose:
To study the clinical presentation of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux (LPR), Document endoscopic
findings of patients with (LPR) and its correalation with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), and to formulate
management strategy.
Methods:
112 patients were studied and followed for a period of at least six months. The study was under the following
headings: (1) establish the diagnosis of LPR by using Reflux, (2) establish diagnosis of GERD, (3) treatment OF LPR
Results:
Majority of patients were females (53.3%) and in the age group of 20-50 years. RSI was used to study symptoms.
Common symptoms were clearing of throat (97.1%), lump in throat (96.2%), excess throat mucus (93.3%). The signs of LPR
were studied by using RFS. Common findings were vocal cord edema (97.1%) and erythema (93.3%). Symptoms of GERD were
present in less than half of patients (47.6%). EGD found to be normal (64.8%). Most common finding on EGD was esophagitis
(17.1%), gastritis (14.3%) and hiatus hernia (8.6%). Majority of patients responded to medical management (96.2%). RSI
improved from a mean score of 17.6% at initiation of treatment to 3.9 at 6 months follow up. RFS improved from a mean score
of 11.9 at pre-treatment to (1.7) at 6 months follow up.
Conclusion:
LPR is common and RFS and RSI were used to evaluate LPR, They were reproducible and effective. GERD was
present in less than half of the patients. Medical management twice PPI was effective.
Biography
Irfan Iqbal studied MBBS from reputed medical college in Srinagar, India. Later he joined for specialization of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and
currently working as lecturer in HNS Government Medical College, India.
irfaniqbal0809@yahoo.comIrfan Iqbal, Otolaryngology 2017, 7:4 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2161-119X-C1-019