Cotton and Williams' practical gastrointestinal endoscopy : the fundamentals /
"Endoscopy is a procedure whereby the body is examined internally using an endoscope. It is most commonly used for gastrointestinal, urinary and renal conditions. Endoscopy is usually carried out while a person is awake. Before the procedure, a sedative (medication that has a calming effect) ma...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley Blackwell,
2024.
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| Edition: | Eighth edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Endoscopy is a procedure whereby the body is examined internally using an endoscope. It is most commonly used for gastrointestinal, urinary and renal conditions. Endoscopy is usually carried out while a person is awake. Before the procedure, a sedative (medication that has a calming effect) may be given to help the patient relax. An endoscope is a thin, long, flexible tube that has a light source and a video camera at one end. Images of the inside of your body are relayed to an external television screen. Endoscopes can be inserted into the body through a natural opening, such as through the throat or anus. Alternatively, it can be inserted through a small surgical incision (cut) that is made in the skin. Endoscopy is a critical part of every gastroenterologist's skill sets, and forms a core part of GI training in both residency and fellowship training (US) and foundation and registrar/senior registrar training (UK). The majority of GI symptoms referred to a gastroenterologist require endoscopy in some form in order to reach a diagnosis. In addition to being a diagnostic procedure, endoscopy has developed over the last 10 years to become one of the principle treatment methods available"-- |
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| Item Description: | Preceded by: Cotton and Williams' practical gastrointestinal endoscopy / Adam Haycock, Jonathan Cohen, Brian P. Saunders, Peter B. Cotton, Christopher B. Williams. Seventh edition. [2014]. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781119525127 1119525128 9781119525158 1119525152 9781119525189 1119525187 |