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  2. Upper gastrointestinal series - Wikipedia

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    An upper gastrointestinal series, also called a barium swallow, barium study, or barium meal, is a series of radiographs used to examine the gastrointestinal tract for abnormalities. A contrast medium , usually a radiocontrast agent such as barium sulfate mixed with water, is ingested or instilled into the gastrointestinal tract, and X-rays are ...

  3. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) or oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD), also called by various other names, is a diagnostic endoscopic procedure that visualizes the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract down to the duodenum.

  4. Digestive system surgery - Wikipedia

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    Upper GI surgeons would have an interest in, and may exclusively perform, the following operations: Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Esophagectomy; Liver resection; Surgery on the digestive system's organs is referred to as digestive system surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, or gastrointestinal (GI) surgery.

  5. Endoscopic ultrasound - Wikipedia

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    Endoscopic ultrasonography is most commonly used in the upper digestive tract and in the respiratory system. The procedure is performed by gastroenterologists or pulmonologists who have had extensive training. For the patient, the procedure feels almost identical to the endoscopic procedure without the ultrasound part, unless ultrasound-guided ...

  6. Abdominal x-ray - Wikipedia

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    A lower gastrointestinal series is where radiographs are taken while barium sulfate, a radiocontrast agent, fills the colon via an enema through the rectum. The term barium enema usually refers to a lower gastrointestinal series, although enteroclysis (an upper gastrointestinal series) is often called a small bowel barium enema.

  7. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding - Wikipedia

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    Upper gastrointestinal bleeding affects around 50 to 150 people per 100,000 a year. It represents over 50% of cases of gastrointestinal bleeding. [ 2 ] A 1995 UK study found an estimated mortality risk of 11% in those admitted to hospital for gastrointestinal bleeding.

  8. Forrest classification - Wikipedia

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    Forrest's classification is instrumental when stratifying patients with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage into high and low risk categories for mortality.It is also a significant method of prediction of the risk of rebleeding and very often is used for evaluation of the endoscopic intervention modalities. [3]

  9. Esophageal dilation - Wikipedia

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    There are three major classes of dilators: [citation needed] Mercury or tungsten-weighted bougies have blindly inserted bougies placed into the esophagus by the treating physician.