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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures > Endoscopy
Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical > Endoscopy

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Endoscopy  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Procedure, Endoscopic Surgical
  • Procedures, Endoscopic Surgical
  • Surgical Procedures, Endoscopic

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; / instrum permitted but consider also ENDOSCOPES

Scope note

  • Procedures of applying ENDOSCOPES for disease diagnosis and treatment. Endoscopy involves passing an optical instrument through a small incision in the skin i.e., percutaneous; or through a natural orifice and along natural body pathways such as the digestive tract; and/or through an incision in the wall of a tubular structure or organ, i.e. transluminal, to examine or perform surgery on the interior parts of the body.

History note

  • 1963

In other languages

  • endoskopia

    Finnish

  • endoskopiat
  • sisätähystykset
  • sisätähystys
  • skopia
  • skopiat
  • tähystinlaitteen käyttö
  • tähystykset
  • tähystys
  • tähystäminen
  • Endoskopi

    Swedish

  • Endoskopisk kirurgi
  • Endoskopiska kirurgiska ingrepp
  • Endoskopiska kirurgiska tekniker

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004724

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