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Sonde enteroscopy
Procedure:
1) uses a slender endoscope, allowed to pass through the entire small bowel by peristalsis
2) the mucosa is examined as the scope is slowly withdrawn
Related
capsule endoscopy
double-balloon enteroscopy (push & pull enteroscopy)
push enteroscopy
General
upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy; esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 14, 15,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2006, 2009