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Descriptor English:
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Endoscopy
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Endoscopía
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Endoscopia
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Synonyms English:
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Endoscopic Surgical Procedure
Endoscopic Surgical Procedures
Endoscopy, Surgical
Procedure, Endoscopic Surgical
Procedures, Endoscopic Surgical
Surgical Endoscopy
Surgical Procedure, Endoscopic
Surgical Procedures, Endoscopic
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Tree Number:
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E01.370.388.250
E04.502.250
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Definition English:
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Procedures of applying ENDOSCOPES for disease diagnosis and treatment. Endoscopy involves passing an optical instrument through a small incision in the skin i.e., percutaneous; or through a natural orifice and along natural body pathways such as the digestive tract; and/or through an incision in the wall of a tubular structure or organ, i.e. transluminal, to examine or perform surgery on the interior parts of the body. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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general or unspecified; prefer specifics; / instrum permitted but consider also ENDOSCOPES
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See Related English:
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Endoscopes
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History Note English:
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1963
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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4805
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Unique Identifier:
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D004724
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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