Upper digestive tract endoscope

Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, also called esophagus, stomach, duodenoscopy, or EGD, is a small tube with a light and camera at the tip inserted into the upper gastrointestinal tract to observe the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine. The first part, the duodenum.

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