Practical Management of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease
09-12, 11:15–12:15 (Europe/Istanbul), Laryngology 1

Objectives: to summarize the current literature for epidemiology, clinical management, and treatment of laryngopharyngeal reflux disease (LPRD).

Methods: Based on a PRISMA systematic search of literature, the author will provide an EBM practice for general otolaryngologists and laryngologists for the management of LPRD. A special focus will be done on the definition of LPRD, the decision to perform objective additional examination (hypopharyngeal-esophageal impedance-pH testing) or empirical therapeutic trial, the method for assessing the treatment responses, and the best therapeutic regimens. At the end of the keynote lecture, the audience should manage primary and recalcitrant LPRD.


At the end of the keynote lecture, the audience should manage primary and recalcitrant LPRD.

Dr. Dinara Toguzbayeva, Associate Professor at the Medical University of Almaty, Kazakhstan. She is a leading voice specialist, the founder of the first Voice Laboratory in Kazakhstan, and the country's first member of the European Union of Phoniatrics, having joined over 13 years ago. Her clinical and academic work focuses on phonosurgery and the in-depth study of voice disorders

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I work as an Assistant Professor at Gazi University Faculty of Medicine. My academic and clinical focus is primarily on pediatric airway problems and laryngology.