Difference Between Endoscopy And Upper Gi
What Is It?
Endoscopy describes many procedures that look inside the body using some type of endoscope, a flexible tube with a small TV camera and a light on one end and an eyepiece on the other. The endoscope allows doctors to examine the inside of certain tube-like structures in the body. Some endoscopes transmit the doctor's view to a video screen. Most endoscopes have attachments that permit doctors to take fluid or tissue samples for laboratory testing.
Upper endoscopy allows a doctor to...
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Endoscopy
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Upper airway biopsy
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Biopsy - upper airway References Yung RC, Boss EF. Tracheobronchial endoscopy. In: Cummings CW, Flint PW, Haughey BH, et al, eds.... Read more »
Upper GI and small bowel series
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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