What is laryngoscopy?

What is laryngoscopy?

A laryngoscope is an instrument that can be used to check for throat disorders.

Laryngoscope is a commonly used examination instrument for laryngeal diseases, and laryngoscopy mainly includes indirect laryngoscope, fiber laryngoscope, electronic laryngoscope, direct laryngoscope, and dynamic laryngoscope. Laryngoscopy can see the pharyngeal cavity, tonsils, base of the tongue, epiglottis, piriform fossa, vocal cords, ventricular band, arytenoid cartilage, etc., which is of great significance for the diagnosis of laryngeal diseases.

Laryngoscopy can check for pharyngitis, tonsil disease, epiglottis cyst, laryngeal papilloma, vocal cord edema, vocal cord nodules, vocal cord polyps, vocal cord malignancy and other diseases. Surgeries such as biopsy, foreign body removal, and polyp removal can also be performed under laryngoscopy.