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Endoscopy

Endoscopy is a procedure that lets your doctor look inside your body. It uses an instrument called an endoscope, or scope for short. Scopes have a tiny camera attached to a long, thin tube. The doctor moves it through a body passageway or opening to see inside an organ. Sometimes scopes are used for surgery, such as for removing polyps from the colon.

There are many different kinds of endoscopy. Here are the names of some of them and where they look.:

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  1. Endoscopy (National Library of Medicine)  
    Endoscopy is a procedure that lets your doctor look inside your body. It uses an instrument called ... the colon. There are many different kinds of endoscopy. Here are the names of some of them ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/endoscopy.html - Health Topics
  2. Capsule endoscopy 
    Endoscopy is a way of looking inside the body. Endoscopy is often done with a tube put into ... to put a camera in a capsule (capsule endoscopy). This capsule includes one or two tiny cameras, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007642.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Endoscopy 
    Endoscopy is a way of looking inside the body using a flexible tube that has a small ... Each endoscopy test is done for different reasons. Endoscopy is most often used to examine and treat parts of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003338.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Enteroscopy 
    ... of the small intestine. A different procedure, capsule endoscopy , is done with a disposable capsule that you ... examination. (Biopsies cannot be taken with a capsule endoscopy.)
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003889.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Nasal endoscopy 
    Nasal endoscopy is a test to view the inside of the nose and sinuses to check for problems. ... You may have a nasal endoscopy to figure out what is causing problems in your nose and sinuses. During the procedure, your provider may: Look at the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007627.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Upper GI Endoscopy From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)  
    Digestive Diseases/Diagnosis and Tests ... Digestive Diseases ... Esophagus Disorders/Diagnosis and Tests ... Esophagus Disorders ... Esophageal Cancer/Diagnosis and Tests
    https://www.niddk.nih.gov/.../diagnostic-tests/upper-gi-endoscopy - External Health Links
  7. Endoscopy (American Cancer Society)  
    Endoscopy/Start Here ... Endoscopy ... American Cancer Society ... Endoscopy is used to help doctors find and treat problems, detect early signs of cancer, or get information ...
    https://www.cancer.org/cancer/diagnosis-staging/tests/endoscopy.html - External Health Links
  8. Endoscopy (Upper) (For Children) (North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition)  
    Endoscopy/Children ... Endoscopy ... Eosinophilic Esophagitis/Learn More ... Eosinophilic Esophagitis ... North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology ...
    https://gikids.org/tests-procedures/endoscopy-upper - External Health Links
  9. Gastric tissue biopsy and culture 
    ... sample is removed during a procedure called upper endoscopy (or EGD) . It is done with a flexible ... provider will discuss the risks of the upper endoscopy procedure with you.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003728.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. EGD discharge 
    ... Vargo JJ. Preparation for and complications of gastrointestinal endoscopy. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. ... PA: Elsevier; 2021:chap 42. Wang KK. Gastrointestinal endoscopy. In: Goldman L, Cooney KA, eds. Goldman-Cecil ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000898.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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