Endoscope (informative page)
What is an Endoscope?
An endoscope is a optical device with lighting used to look inside a body cavity, organ. Endoscopes can be inserted either through a natural opening, such as the mouth (bronchoscopy, gastroscopy, esophagoscopy,
duodenoscopy) the rectum (sigmoidoscopy, rectoscopy) the vagina for a cystoscopy or through incision like laparoscopy or arthroscopy. A medical procedure using any type of endoscope is called endoscopy.
Endoscopes can be
RIGID or FLEXIBLE. Rigid Endoscopes can not be flexed and are made from stainless steel tube. Flexible Endoscopes can be flexed and articulates and are made from
Procedures:
* bronchoscopy
* cystoscopy
* colonoscopy
* cystourethroscopy
* esophagogastroduodenoscopy
* gastroscopy
* laryngoscopy
* proctosigmoidoscopy
* sigmoidoscopy
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