Endoscopy

Endoscopy

An endoscopy at Diagnostic Centresis used in medicine to look inside the body. The endoscopy procedure uses an endoscope to examine the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of the body. Unlike many other medical imagingtechniques, endoscopes are inserted directly into the organ.

Applications

• The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract):
• Oesophagus, stomach and duodenum (esophagogastroduodenoscopy)
• Small intestine (enteroscopy)
• large intestine/colon (colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy)
• Bile duct
• Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), duodenoscope-assisted cholangiopancreatoscopy, intraoperative cholangioscopy
• Rectum (rectoscopy) and anus (anoscopy), both also referred to as (proctoscopy)
• The respiratory tract:
• The nose (rhinoscopy)
• The lower respiratory tract (bronchoscopy)
• The ear (otoscope)
• The urinary tract (cystoscopy)
• The female reproductive system (gynoscopy)
• The cervix (colposcopy)
• The uterus (hysteroscopy)
• The fallopian tubes (falloposcopy)
• Normally closed body cavities (through a small incision):
• The abdominal or pelvic cavity (laparoscopy)
• The interior of a joint (arthroscopy)