endoscopy
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Introduction
A procedure for viewing the interior of the body.
Management
- excess risk (12/1000) of thromboembolism* within 30 days of procedure# if anticoagulation* is withheld[1]
* excess risk of stroke in patients anticoagulated for atrial fibrillation
# bronchoscopy, gastroscopy, colonoscopy
More general terms
More specific terms
- arthroscopy
- bronchoscopy
- choledochoscopy
- endoscopic biopsy
- endoscopic lysis of epidural adhesions
- endoscopic ultrasound; endosonography (EUS)
- gastrointestinal endoscopy
- gynecologic endoscopy
- intracranial neuroendoscopy
- laparoscopy
- mediastinosopy
- respiratory endoscopy
- sialoendoscopy
- thorascopy
- urinary endoscopy
- vascular endoscopy
Additional terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Journal Watch 23(23):183, 2003 Blacker DJ et al, Neurology PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14526038