Re: Endoscope

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In a message dated 4/29/01 12:45:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

tessbear@... writes:

<< Is there a " push endoscope " ? I can't find it in any of my refs.

TIA

>>

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According to this found on a Google search, there is:

" Push Enteroscopy

Jerome D. Waye, MD (Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City) presented a

videotaped demonstration of gastric and small-bowel enteroscopy using a

specialty push enteroscope. He advocates the use of this method for patients

with small bowel diseases, malabsorption, obscure gastrointestinal bleeding,

or abnormalities observed but not identified by radiology.

The specialty push endoscope consists of a controllable 225-centimeter

fiberoptic probe and videoscope, an optional overtube, and an operative

channel through which the operator can take biopsy specimens or cauterize

bleeding sites by heater-probe ablation. It is capable of reaching to the

distal ileum. Dr. Waye prefers not to use the overtube because its tendency

to lodge in the duodenum may limit the scope's ability to see the entire

upper GI tract by as much as 20 to 40 centimeters. He acknowledged, however,

that others prefer to use the overtube because, without it, the optical fiber

tends to loop in the stomach and its highly flexible tip may be unable to

pass through the pyloric sphincter. "

And, in Stedman's GI & GU Words, they list push enteroscopy, so I would think

push endoscope would be correct.

Peggy

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In a message dated 4/29/01 12:44:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

tessbear@... writes:

<< Is there a " push endoscope " ? I can't find it in any of my refs.

TIA

>>

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In Vera Pyle 8th ed I found push enteroscope. I also found push enteroscopy

in my Surgery Word Book......no push endoscope. Here is the definition for

push enteroscope per Vera: diagnostic instrument and treament procedure for

jejunal angiodysplasias and small intestine bleeding sites and lesions. A

child-size colonoscope is introduced via the mouth into the upper

gastrointestinal tract and advanced to distances beyond the ligament of

Treitz.

Holly )

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In a message dated 4/29/01 1:00:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

PeggyFLMT@... writes:

<< And, in Stedman's GI & GU Words, they list push enteroscopy, so I would

think

push endoscope would be correct.

Peggy

>>

I feel like a big dunce because I didn't think enteroscopy and endoscope were

the same thing. This is the definitions Stedman's gives and they sound like

they are 2 different things to me:

enteroscope-

A speculum for inspecting the inside of the intestine in operative cases.

endoscope-

An instrument for the examination of the interior of a canal or hollow viscus.

Maybe not though..........

Holly )

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and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make

your dreams come true. " ~Dr. Schuller~

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In a message dated 4/29/01 1:05:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, HollyBerry1295

writes:

<< I feel like a big dunce because I didn't think enteroscopy and endoscope

were the same thing. This is the definitions Stedman's gives and they sound

like they are 2 different things to me:

enteroscope-

A speculum for inspecting the inside of the intestine in operative cases.

endoscope-

An instrument for the examination of the interior of a canal or hollow

viscus.

Maybe not though..........

Holly )

>>

Holly,

I only meant because of the article I found on the Internet that I quoted

which actually described the specialty push endoscope and actually used the

word endoscope. I probably quoted too much, and no one got that far in

reading it. LOL

Peggy