Table 2 Time Delays to Clinical Events
From: An evaluation of in-office flexible fiber-optic biopsies for laryngopharyngeal lesions
Event | Biopsy Group | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Operative Endoscopy | In-Office | ||
n = 70 | n = 44 | ||
ENT Consultation to Biopsy | |||
Mean days (95% C.I.) | 17.4 (13.5–21.3) | 1.3 (−0.2–2.9) | < 0.0001 |
ENT Consultation to Diagnosis | |||
Mean days (95% C.I.) | 23.0 (18.8–27.2) | 7.5 (5.5–9.4) | < 0.0001 |
Pathology Delay (Biopsy to Diagnosis) | |||
Mean days (95% C.I.) | 5.6 (4.9–6.4) | 6.1 (4.9–7.3) | ns |
ENT Consultation to MDOC | |||
Mean days (95% C.I.) | 23.4 (19.4–27.4) | 19 (16.0–22.0) | ns |
MDOC to Treatment | |||
Mean days (95% C.I.) | 33 (27.0–39.0) | 32 (28.3–35.7) | ns |
ENT Consultation to Treatment | |||
Mean days (95% C.I.) | 51.7 (46.6–56.8) | 49.6 (44.6–54.6) | ns |