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P S Phillips1, E Carlson, E B Chevretton
1Department of ENT, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Trust, London, UK. seamusphillips@hotmail.com
Abstract:
General ENT clinics lack the high quality diagnostic equipment and multidisciplinary advice that is available in the voice clinic. We wished to find out if referral to a specialist voice clinic from general ENT consultant clinics resulted in a change in diagnosis. Lists of voice clinic attendees were reviewed between January 2003 and May 2004. Notes were obtained for 20 patients who attended voice clinic after referral from a general ENT clinic: 3 had no diagnosis on referral to voice clinic, a diagnosis was given after attendance; 8 had their referring diagnosis changed by attendance; and 9 had no change. The voice clinic adds diagnostic value to the service available in general ENT clinics.
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