Upper endoscopy or Panendoscopy
Is performed using an endoscope that is a thin, flexible tube that is inserted through the mouth and pharynx and transmits real images of the inside of the digestive system that are sent to a monitor. With this procedure we analyze the esophagus, stomach and a small portion of the small intestine. We also take biopsies (small tissue samples) that are sent for analysis under the microscope for the precise diagnosis.
In what cases is a top endoscopy indicated?
It is usually indicated for the study of symptoms such as:
- Abdominal pain
- Hearthburn that do not cease with the usual treatment
- Nausea or persistent vomiting
- Persistent digestive hemorrhage
- High chest pain of non-cardiac source
- To investigate the cause of black evacuations
- Sudden weight loss of unknown origin
- Persistent lack of appetite
With upper endoscopy we visualized exactly and confirmed histologically diseases. We also perform a lot of treatments without surgery. Some of them are:
- Extraction of foreign bodies ingested accidentally or intentionally
- Control of haemorrhage from esophageal or gastric varices
- Lligation with rubber bands for esophageal varices
- To place Prosthesis in esophagus or stomach
- Resection of polyps in the gastric chamber
- Argon Plasma Copagulation
- Ablation with Radiofrequency
- G-POEM
- Endoscopic submucosal dissection of pre malignant and malignan lesions
- Radited cuts in areas with severe narrowing in upper digestive tract, betwen others.