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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. 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
  5. Upper GI Endoscopy From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)  
    Stomach Cancer/Diagnosis and Tests ... Stomach Cancer ... Peptic Ulcer/Diagnosis and Tests ... Peptic Ulcer ... Esophageal Cancer/Diagnosis and Tests ... Esophageal Cancer ... Nausea ...
    https://www.niddk.nih.gov/.../diagnostic-tests/upper-gi-endoscopy - External Health Links
  6. Understanding Capsule Endoscopy (American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)  
    Endoscopy/Specifics ... Endoscopy ... Small Intestine Disorders/Diagnosis and Tests ... Small Intestine Disorders ... Intestinal Cancer/Diagnosis and Tests ... Intestinal Cancer
    https://www.asge.org/.../understanding-capsule-endoscopy - External Health Links
  7. 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
  8. Sedation for Endoscopy (American College of Gastroenterology)  
    Discover information about Sedation for Endoscopy from ACG. Learn about the various sedation options available for colonoscopy and upper GI endoscopy.
    https://gi.org/topics/sedation-for-endoscopy - External Health Links
  9. Endoscopy (American Cancer Society)  
    Endoscopy is a medical procedure used to look inside of a person's body. Here's an overview of the different types of endoscopies along with color animations.
    https://www.cancer.org/cancer/diagnosis-staging/tests/endoscopy.html - External Health Links
  10. Cystoscopy 
    Duty BD, Conlin MJ. Principles of urologic endoscopy. In: Partin AW, Dmochowski RR, Kavoussi LR, Peters CA, eds. Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2021:chap 13. National ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003903.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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