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Video gastroscope
Video colonoscope
Endoscopy snare used to perform polypectomy
PEG tube
This is a list of instruments used specially in Gastroenterology.
| Instrument | Uses [1] |
|---|---|
| Gastroscope | Used to perform esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD/OGD) |
| Duodenoscope | Used to perform ERCP |
| Enteroscope | Used to perform push enteroscopy |
| Colonoscope | Used to perform colonoscopy |
| Flexible sigmoidoscope | Used to perform flexible sigmoidoscopy |
| Rigid sigmoidoscope | Used to perform rigid sigmoidoscopy |
| Ultrasound endoscope | Used to perform endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) |
| Video capsule | Used to perform video capsule enteroscopy |
| Endoscopy snare | Used to perform polypectomy and endoscopic foreign body removal |
| Band ligator | Used to perform variceal band ligation |
| Sengstaken–Blakemore tube | Used in the management of bleeding esophageal varices |
| Balloon dilator | Used to perform esophageal balloon dilatation, pyloric dilatation or ileocolonic dilatation |
| Savary-Gilliard dilator | Used to perform esophageal bougie dilatation |
| Heater probe | Used to perform endoscopic heater probe thermocoagulation of bleeding blood vessels |
| APC unit | Used to perform endoscopic Argon plasma coagulation |
| PEG tube | Used to perform percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy |
| Menghini needle or Tru-Cut needle | Used to perform percutaneous liver biopsy |
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