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Endoscope

 

An endoscope is a medical device with a light attached. It is used to look inside a body cavity or organ. The scope is inserted through a natural opening, such as the mouth during a bronchoscopy , or the rectum for a sigmoidoscopy .

A medical procedure using any type of endoscope is called an endoscopy .

See also:

  • Colonoscopy
  • Cystourethroscopy
  • Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
  • Gastroscopy
  • Laryngoscopy
  • Proctosigmoidoscopy

 

References

Flechner SM, Finke JH, Fairchild RL. Basic instrumentation and cystoscopy. In: Wein AJ, Kavoussi LR, Novick AC, Partin AW, Peters CA, eds. Campbell-Walsh Urology . 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 17.

Kimmey MB. Complications of gastrointestinal endoscopy. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease . 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2010:chap 40.

Samlan RA, Kunduk M. Visualization of the larynx. In: Flint PW, Haughey BH, Lund V, et al, eds. Cummings Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery . 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2015:chap 55.

 

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            Review Date: 4/11/2015

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