Mesh term Endoscopy
Browse to parent terms:Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
Description
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.Browse to child terms:
Angioscopy
Arthroscopy
Bronchoscopy
Colposcopy
Conversion to Open Surgery
Culdoscopy
Cystoscopy
Endoscopy, Digestive System
Fetoscopy
Hysteroscopy
Laparoscopy
Laryngoscopy
Mediastinoscopy
Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery
Neuroendoscopy
Thoracoscopy
Ureteroscopy
Video-Assisted Surgery
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