Enteroscopy is the procedure of using an enteroscope for the direct visualization of the small bowel. Visualization of the small bowel has posed a challenge to gastroenterologists due to the difficulty of physically reaching more distal regions of the small bowel anatomically. As the small bowel can often be a source of pathology, endoscopy of the...
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(en″tәr-os´kә-pe) examination of the intestine with an enteroscope.
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Enteroscopy: The use of a flexible instrument (a 'scope') to examine the small intestine, a very long hollow tube located between the stomach and colon (large intestine) and made up of the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. The upper parts of the small intestine, the duodenum and jejunum, are usually examined as an extension of upper endoscopy, where th...
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