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  2. Endoscopy unit - Wikipedia

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    An endoscopy unit consists of the following components: trained and accredited endoscopists (which are usually gastroenterologists or surgeons); trained nursing and additional staff; endoscopes and other equipment; preparation, procedural and recovery areas; a disinfection and cleaning area for equipment; emergency equipment and personnel; and, a program for quality assurance.

  3. Endoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Endoscopy may be used to investigate symptoms in the digestive system including nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, difficulty swallowing, and gastrointestinal bleeding. [6] It is also used in diagnosis, most commonly by performing a biopsy to check for conditions such as anemia , bleeding, inflammation , and cancers of the digestive system . [ 6 ]

  4. Endoscope - Wikipedia

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    A Storz endoscopy unit used for laryngoscopy exams of the vocal folds and the glottis. Basil Hirschowitz, Larry Curtiss, and Wilbur Peters invented the first fiber optic endoscope in 1957. [18] Earlier in the 1950s Harold Hopkins had designed a "fibroscope" consisting of a bundle of flexible glass fibres able to coherently transmit an image ...

  5. Category:Endoscopy - Wikipedia

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    E. ELVIS Procedure; Endo Club Nord; Endoclip; Endoscopic carpal tunnel release; Endoscopic ear surgery; Endoscopic endonasal surgery; Endoscopic foreign body retrieval

  6. Capsule endoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Capsule endoscopy can still not yet replace standard endoscopy for various diseases, as is the case for those with cirrhosis. [ 13 ] As of 2014, research was targeting additional sensing mechanisms and localization and motion control systems to enable new applications for the technology, for example, drug delivery.

  7. Instruments used in gastroenterology - Wikipedia

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    Endoscopy snare: Used to perform polypectomy and endoscopic foreign body removal: Band ligator: Used to perform variceal band ligation: Sengstaken–Blakemore tube: Used in the management of bleeding esophageal varices: Balloon dilator: Used to perform esophageal balloon dilatation, pyloric dilatation or ileocolonic dilatation Savary-Gilliard ...

  8. Pediatric gastroenterology - Wikipedia

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    Centers for gastrointestinal disorders in children began being established in the 1960s in Great Britain, Australia, and continental Europe. The first centers for pediatric gastroenterology were established by Dolf Weijers and the biochemist Van de Kamer.

  9. Enteroscopy - Wikipedia

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    Enteroscopy is the procedure of using an endoscope for the direct visualization of the small bowel. Etymologically, the word could potentially refer to any bowel endoscopy (entero-+ -scopy), but idiomatically it is conventionally restricted to small bowel endoscopy, in distinction from colonoscopy, which is large bowel endoscopy.