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Endoscopy

Endoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure that uses a flexible or rigid instrument bearing a light source and camera to directly visualize the interior of hollow organs and body cavities without open surgery. In gastroenterology it is central to examining the digestive tract, where upper endoscopy inspects the eso…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 9 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 33× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2574-4526 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Endoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure that uses a flexible or rigid instrument bearing a light source and camera to directly visualize the interior of hollow organs and body cavities without open surgery. In gastroenterology it is central to examining the digestive tract, where upper endoscopy inspects the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum, and colonoscopy evaluates the colon. Its value is both diagnostic and therapeutic: it allows direct inspection of mucosal abnormalities, targeted biopsy for histological diagnosis of conditions such as granulomatous gastritis or malignancy, and identification of bleeding sources, strictures, varices, and inflammatory disease. Endoscopy detects and helps stage gastrointestinal cancers and premalignant lesions, supports surveillance in patients at elevated risk, and contributes to the workup of iron deficiency, dysphagia, and unexplained gastrointestinal symptoms. Therapeutic applications include hemostasis, dilation, resection of lesions, and management of varices and obstruction. Findings are frequently correlated with cross-sectional imaging, ultrasonography, and pathology to build a complete diagnostic picture, and structural features observed at endoscopy can themselves influence cancer risk. By providing direct, magnified, real-time access to the gastrointestinal lumen, together with the means to sample and treat tissue in the same session, endoscopy is indispensable to the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of digestive disorders.

Research published in this journal

9 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 9 articles above have been cited 33 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Digestive Disorders And Diagnosis (ISSN 2574-4526).

Journal editorial board
Jonas P. DeMuro · United States Divey Manocha · United States Beata Kasztelan-Szczerbinska · Poland

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