<p>PENTAX Medical equipment has been used to set up a pioneering head and neck cancer detection programme at a hospital Trust in Coventry, which has achieved remarkable results; reduced the length of time the patient stays in hospital and reduced costs.</p><p>Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon, Mr Gary Walton, heads up the Coventry Transnasal Oesophagoscopy (TNO) unit, and pioneered the introduction of the technique to the University Hospitals NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Trust, where he works.</p><p>The Trust set up the service with just two PENTAX Medical EE1580K endoscopes along with an HD TV and DVD recorder. It was led by two Head and Neck Consultant Surgeons, a specialist nurse and specialist healthcare assistant and was set up in outpatients.</p><p>The procedure involves the patient being seen by the trained nurse and is given a local anaesthetic only by a nurse prescriber. The TNO takes five minutes and is always carried out in the outpatient clinic and the patient is shown the DVD of the procedure afterwards. After a recovery period, they can be discharged.</p><p><a href="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20131108/Cancer-detection-programme-using-PENTAX-Medical-equipment-achieves-remarkable-results.aspx">Keep reading...</a></p>