(n.) The art or process of examining by means of the endoscope.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the present study, 125 oesophageal biopsies obtained under direct vision at endoscopy from 22 patients with Barrett's oesophagus were systematically studied using fluorescence and peroxidase antiperoxidase single and double-staining immunocytochemical methods employing highly specific antibodies to localize the following peptide-containing cell types in Barrett's mucosa: gastrin, somatostatin, gastric inhibitory polypeptide, motilin, neurotensin and pancreatic glucagon.
(2) Survival and healing of "extremely severe" grade intoxication can only be obtained through a surgical intervention within the first hours; a laparotomy will indicate the depth of the lesions, which is not determined by endoscopy, and will consist of Celerier's stripping method and if necessary a gastrectomy, more seldom a cephalic duodeno-pancreatectomy.
(3) A patient with abdominal discomfort and hematemesis was found to have lower esophageal inflammation on endoscopy.
(4) Second, is it possible - by combining the two technologies of endoscopy and computers - to provide an individual patient with a short-term prognostic prediction sufficiently accurate to affect patient management.
(5) Its remit was to produce a report on disinfection in endoscopy.
(6) Endoscopy showed an irregular erosion of 4 by 2 cm, from which biopsies were taken.
(7) US was considered normal in 25 of 28 patients (89%) with normal UGI series and endoscopy.
(8) An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with multiple biopsies was performed in 19 children suspected of Crohn disease (CD) who had also undergone X-ray investigations and colonoscopy with multiple biopsies.
(9) The following investigations were carried out in all the cases: esophageal X-ray, GER scintigram, endoscopy, esophageal biopsy, Bernstein test and esophageal transit scintigram.
(10) The diagnosis of G-E reflux was confirmed in all by the acid reflux test; esophagitis was present in 55% of patients submitted to endoscopy; the Bernstein test was positive in 43%.
(11) For the past 3 yr, we have used a physician assistant in our endoscopy laboratory to assist with and perform endoscopic procedures.
(12) Seventy-three percent of respondents believed that endoscopy places personnel at risk for contracting AIDS.
(13) Reference is made to the world literature and personal experience acquired at the Digestive Endoscopy Centre, 3rd Surgical Clinic, in an assessment of the value of PRC and TPC in the diagnosis of hepatobiliary disease.
(14) Any two of the three tests (endoscopy, histology & Bernstein's test) in combination had a sensitivity of 80-91% and a specificity of 90-92%.
(15) after the endoscopy did not differ significantly from the preendoscopic levels.
(16) The structural block diagram of the appropriate outfit for exposition automation in endoscopy is under discussion.
(17) The urgent endoscopy of the superior gastrointestinal haemorrhage carefully and quickly helps in clarifying the following questions: Is the patient going on bleeding?
(18) Senior surgical residents in their fourth or fifth year of training spent 4 months in the endoscopy service as part of their surgical oncology rotation.
(19) Endoscopy and intragastral pH-metry were used to investigate the stomach and duodenum.
(20) Before the introduction of endoscopy, four out of 720 cases of gastric cancer were diagnosed before the cancer had breached the muscularis propia, an incidence of 0.5%.
Rhinoscopy
Definition:
(n.) The examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares, etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the pharynx.
Example Sentences:
(1) Rhinoscopy detected the nasal cycle in an average of 72% of subjects and rhinomanometry in 49%.
(2) Rhinoscopy and rhinomanometry were performed 20 times on each of 14 subjects during 14 to 26 minutes.
(3) The mean coefficients of variation for rhinoscopy and rhinomanometry were 14% and 19%, respectively.
(4) Symptoms were improved and rhinoscopy showed reduced swelling and redness of the mucosa and reduced nasal secretion and obstruction (basically unchanged in the placebo group).
(5) 14 patients were analysed: the size of the polyps was assessed by rhinoscopy and rhinomanometry at the beginning and at the end of the therapy.
(6) The need for microscopic rhinoscopy is obvious to otolaryngologists who have used the operating microscope in otology and laryngology.
(7) Gross rhinoscopy was performed in 119 dogs, and rhinoscopy-assisted pinch biopsy was performed in 109.
(8) Palpation, transillumination of the sinuses and anterior rhinoscopy are of minimal value in making the diagnosis.
(9) Adenoid enlargement is uncommon in adults and because examination of the nasopharynx by indirect posterior rhinoscopy is inadequate, many cases of enlarged adenoid in adults are misdiagnosed and accordingly maltreated.
(10) The pathological septal findings were confirmed at the time by rhinoscopy in 98 cases (40%).
(11) In the present work the mean values obtained from total nasal resistance testing have been matched with those referring to the single nasal cavity by submitting two groups to automated rhinomanometry: one of subjects with normal rhinoscopy, the other of subjects showing nasal stenosis.
(12) These values were used to detect abnormalities in a group of 193 patients whose septum anatomy had been evaluated with rhinoscopy.
(13) The role of posterior rhinoscopy as an integral part of a routine otological examination is highlighted.
(14) The diagnostic methodology of these 250 patients included: anamnesis, rhinoscopy, rhinomanometry, skin tests, respiratory function, immunoglobulin levels (IgG, IgA, IgM, IgE), specific IgE and histamine release test.
(15) Rhinomanometric measurements, a clinical examination of the exterior of the nose, and rhinoscopy were performed.
(16) The rhinoscopy shows high positive rates and has advantages being free from any special equipment, prolonged time or the patients' cooperation, but also had disadvantages such as requirement of skill of examiner and problems in objectivity.
(17) Rhinoscopy and radiography revealed no abnormal findings in the nasal septum, rima oflactoria, concha nasalis media, sinus ethmoidales, etc.
(18) It was shown that their involvement is a forecaster of undoubtful value in the prognosis of AH, specially if it is considered that other procedures are hard to carry out such as in the case of the child affected by posterior rhinoscopy.
(19) The protocol includes history, physical examination, blood clinical pathology assessment, radiographs, culture and sensitivity tests, rhinoscopy, histopathology, fungal serology, and allergy screening.
(20) The diagnostic success rate of gross rhinoscopy with rhinoscopy-assisted biopsy was 83% (78 of 94 evaluated cases).