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endoscopy
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
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endoscope
Specific
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
General
clinical procedure
References
- Journal Watch 23(23):183, 2003
Blacker DJ et al, Neurology
PMID: 14526038