What does an endoscopy have on the end of it?
An endoscopy procedure involves inserting a long, flexible tube (endoscope) down your throat and into your esophagus. A tiny camera on the end of the endoscope lets your doctor examine your esophagus, stomach and the beginning of your small intestine (duodenum).
Are you awake for endoscopy?
It is not needed for a standard upper endoscopy. You will be awake during the procedure, but you will take medicine to relax you (a sedative) before the test. Someone will have to drive you home afterward. Follow any other instructions your provider gives you to get ready.
Can a flexible endoscope be repaired by a third party?
Repairing flexible endoscopes often requires expensive maintenance from third-party organizations, delayed or canceled cases due to unusable scopes and procurement of expensive loaner scopes to handle the required workload. Spending time and effort to avoid these costs is an important part of running an efficient and profitable endoscopy operation.
Do you have to put a mouth guard on an endoscope?
You are asked to put a plastic mouth guard between your teeth. This protects your teeth and stops you biting the endoscope. The operator will then ask you to swallow the first section of the endoscope. Modern endoscopes are quite thin but some people may find this difficult.
What happens to the endoscope during a gastroscopy?
The endoscope also has a side channel down which various instruments can pass. These can be manipulated by the operator. For example, the operator may take a small sample (biopsy) from the inside lining of the stomach by using a thin ‘grabbing’ instrument which is passed down a side channel. What happens during a gastroscopy?
How to reduce downtime with your endoscopes?
In order to reduce downtime with your endoscopes, you must first have access to data about your endoscope repair history and who is handling and damaging your scopes. Systems such as iRIScope from Mobile Aspects track all transactions in the endoscope usage lifecycle including all incidences of repair.
What does a scope do to your stomach?
The scope is just a long, flexible tube with a light and camera on the end that is fed down your throat. It takes pictures of you esophagus, and goes through your stomach to take pictures of your duodenum, too.
What do you need to know about gastroscopy?
Gastroscopy procedure. Overview. The procedure called gastroscopy involves the placing of an endoscope (a small flexible tube with a camera and light) into the stomach and duodenum to search for abnormalities. Tissue samples may be obtained to check for H pylori bacteria, a cause of many peptic ulcers.
Can you feel the scope going down your esophagus?
You can feel the scope going down your esophagus, but there is no pain. it’s just there. I tried my best to stay awake during the procedure, cuz I wanted to learn more about it, but there wasn’t much to see. I was facing away from the tv screen that the scope was linked to, and the stuff they gave me made me sleepy.
Repairing flexible endoscopes often requires expensive maintenance from third-party organizations, delayed or canceled cases due to unusable scopes and procurement of expensive loaner scopes to handle the required workload. Spending time and effort to avoid these costs is an important part of running an efficient and profitable endoscopy operation.