Laryngoscopy: Purpose, Procedure | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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Doctors sometimes use a small device to look into your throat and larynx, or voice box. This procedure is called laryngoscopy.

They may do this to figure out why you have a cough[1] or sore throat[2], to find and remove something that’s stuck in there, or to take samples of your tissue to look at later.

It helps you talk, breathe[3], and swallow. It’s at the back of your throat and at the top of your windpipe, or trachea[4]. It houses your vocal chords, which vibrate to make sounds as you speak.

When doctors need to look into your larynx and other nearby parts of your throat or put a tube into your windpipe to help you breathe, they use a small hand[5] tool called a laryngoscope.

Modern versions of the tool often include a small video camera.

Your doctor may do...