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Gastroscopy

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Gastroscopy
Looking into the stomach with a flexible viewing instrument called a gastroscope.
Mentioned in: Duodenal Obstruction

gastroscopy,
n the visual inspection of the interior of the stomach by means of a flexible fiberoptic tube inserted through the oral cavity and passing the length of the esophagus into the stomach.

gastroscopy
inspection of the interior of the stomach with a gastroscope.

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If possible, lead objects could be removed from the GI tract by gastroscopy or colonoscopy.
Flexible gastroscopy revealed that the spoon was lodged in the gastric body (figure, A).
He was about to be flown to Darwin for a gastroscopy, when one of the doctors suggested he sip coca-cola.
 
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