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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.

Arthroscopy: joints
Bronchoscopy: lungs
Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy: large intestine
Cystoscopy and ureteroscopy: urinary system
Laparoscopy: abdomen or pelvis
Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: esophagus and stomach

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Overviews
- Endoscopy(American Cancer Society)
Specific Conditions
- Anoscopy(Harvard Medical School)
- Arthroscopy(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Bronchoscopy(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Chromoendoscopy(UpToDate)
- Colposcopy(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Cystoscopy and Ureteroscopy(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Diagnostic Laparoscopy(Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons)
- ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Hysteroscopy(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
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- Introduction to Nasal Endoscopy(American Rhinologic Society)
- Laparoscopic Surgery(Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons)
- Mediastinoscopy(Harvard Medical School)
- MedlinePlus: Colonoscopy(National Library of Medicine)
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- Understanding Capsule Endoscopy(American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)
- Understanding EUS (Endoscopic Ultrasonography)(American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)
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- Upper Endoscopy(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Related Issues
- Ensuring the Safety of Your Endoscopic Procedure(American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)
- Sedation for Your Endoscopy(American College of Gastroenterology)
Tutorials
- About Joint Arthroscopy(Arthritis Foundation)
- Colposcopy(Patient Education Institute)
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- Cystoscopy - Men(Patient Education Institute)
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- Cystoscopy - Women(Patient Education Institute)
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- Knee Arthroscopy(Patient Education Institute)
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- Shoulder Arthroscopy(Patient Education Institute)
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- Upper GI Endoscopy(Patient Education Institute)
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Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Endoscopy(National Institutes of Health)
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Directories
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Find a Doctor(American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)
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Children
- Upper Endoscopy for Kids(North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition) - Links to PDF
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