(n.) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.
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Endoscope
Definition:
(n.) An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.
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(1) We studied the hemodynamic changes caused by bronchoscopy under LA in mechanically ventilated patients and the effect of LA on the endoscopic decline in arterial pO2.
(2) Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography failed to demonstrate any bile ducts in the right postero-lateral segments of the liver, the "naked segment sign".
(3) The criteria for sero-positivity was determined from the median antibody concentration in a group of 368 non-endoscoped control patients.
(4) Endoscopic papillotomy was performed which resulted in a polypoid tumour delivering itself into the wound followed by a free flow of bile.
(5) The objective of this work was to determine the efficacy of an endoscopic approach coupled to a Nd:YAG laser fiber in performing arytenoidectomy.
(6) When a biliary origin is detected this can lead to immediate treatment using endoscopic sphincterotomy.
(7) The radiologic and endoscopic findings in six patients with anisakiasis of the colon were analyzed.
(8) Diagnostic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in patients with complicated forms of the disease helps in identifying the cause of jaundice before the operation.
(10) This report describes a newly developed catheter system with the aid of which the cystic duct and gallbladder can be reliably catheterized, retrograde, via an endoscope.
(11) To determine whether long-term enteral feedings can improve nutritional status and lung function parameters in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), 11 patients (8 female, 3 male, age 7 to 23 years) received a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) since February 1988.
(12) Endoscopic coagulation is a useful adjunct in the treatment of this condition, and is safe, effective, and leaves other options open.
(13) With improved monitoring, the use of smaller, more flexible endoscopes, and more experience, routine general anesthesia in children less than 3 years of age, as recommended in the past, may not be mandatory.
(14) For the past 3 yr, we have used a physician assistant in our endoscopy laboratory to assist with and perform endoscopic procedures.
(15) Treatment is therefore often palliative, and endoscopic modalities cause considerably less general upset to the patient than surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy.
(16) Sixty-five percent of the consultations resulted in an endoscopic procedure.
(17) Endoscopic examinations were performed at the beginning of the study and after four weeks of treatment.
(18) A 52-year-old woman was diagnosed to have IIc+IIa-like advanced gastric carcinoma in the upper stomach by X-ray and endoscopic examination with biopsy.
(19) Three-five days after endoscopic laser destruction long-distance open-field gamma-beam therapy was administered to 10 patients and polychemotherapy to 9 of these.
(20) For the future, myomectomy by endoscopic techniques may hold similar potential.