ENDOSCOPY

Procedures and treatment

• Endoscopy treatment includes the use of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), which are also used to diagnose digestive tract problems. If certain disorders are found during an ERCP or EUS evaluation, it's often possible to treatment them at the same time.

An endoscopy (looking inside) is used in medicine to look inside the body.The endoscopy procedure uses an endoscope to examine the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of the body. Unlike many other medical imaging techniques, endoscopes are inserted directly into the organ.

There are many types of endoscopes. Depending on the site in the body andtype of procedure an endoscopy may be performed either by a doctor or a surgeon. A patient may be fully conscious or anaesthetised during the procedure. Most often the term endoscopy is used to refer to an examination of the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract, known as an esophagogastroduodenoscopy.