Digital Endoscopy

Endoscopy - a diagnostic test that allows the doctor to see inside the hollow organs such as the esophagus, stomach, intestines, bronchi, uterus. A study using sophisticated optical equipment. Modern endoscopes produce processing and transmission of the inner surface of the body image on the monitor digitally.

Features digital endoscopy

Modern digital endoscopes differ from conventional endoscopes, primarily image quality. During endoscopy image with a miniature camera on the end of a flexible endoscope after digital processing is transferred to the screen, where he sees the doctor. A clear image of the inner surface of hollow organs allows us to consider the mucosa as a life-size and in multiple magnification, image clarity is not changed. This allows you to identify the most subtle changes in the mucous membrane of the hollow organs.

Digital ultrasonic endoscopes often provided with a probe which allows to estimate the depth of tissue damage and to make fence tissues or secretions for analysis without causing damage to adjacent tissue. During a video endoscopy conducted studies to further compare it with the results of further research.

Diagnostic endoscopy using digital equipment

The ability to see the structure of the inner shell with a significant increase can detect the disease when they are not visible during routine examination. This is particularly important in identifying cancer in its early stages, which can be treated well today.

The digital image allows you to review and select the most suitable site for taking material for histological examination - a careful study tissue, allowing a high degree of accuracy to identify or exclude the presence of tumor and give his response. In the study of the gastrointestinal tract using digital equipment is carried out a study of all areas of the gastrointestinal tract.

Identifying diseases in the early stages is one of the main objectives of endoscopy. For this purpose various endoscopic techniques, notably gastrohromoskopiya - staining the gastric mucosa special dyes allowing contrast display mucosal lesions and study the functional state of the stomach. This method is used for detecting early changes in the esophagus, duodenum, small and large intestines.

During an endoscopy of stomach Policy Pay the identification of gastric acidity - Ph-meters.

Starting his department (duodenum and jejunum start) to explore possible using esophagogastroduodenoscopy, which is carried out by introducing an endoscope through the mouth, and the final section - using colonoscopy Preparing and conducting a colonoscopy: the risks and alternatives   - The study of the large intestine, which takes place through the rectum. However, most of the small intestine can not be investigated, even with modern digital equipment. Help can only study with a special capsule with a digital image processing (capsule endoscopy).

Modern digital endoscopy allows the details to consider changes in the mucous membrane of the upper respiratory tract and nasopharynx, the inner surface of the uterus, cervix and vagina and other hollow organs.

Therapeutic endoscopy using digital equipment

Digital equipment allows to carry out with greater accuracy and therapeutic endoscopy - various medical manipulations and small little traumatic operation. Of particular importance is the image quality during emergency endoscopic manipulations and operations - stop bleeding, remove the foreign body from the gastrointestinal tract, the trachea and bronchi.

Today, most small operations on hollow organs is carried out using endoscopic equipment. Digital endoscopic equipment allows you to perform these operations with great care, which is especially important in the treatment of precancerous lesions (polyps in the stomach and intestines) and small benign tumors.

Therapeutic bronchoscopy Bronchoscopy - unpleasant but necessary   It is also used for the rehabilitation of the bronchi in infectious diseases, inflammatory and allergic bronchopulmonary system.

Endoscopes

Endoscopic examinations are carried out with the help of special devices - endoscopes. Light transmission is performed in the endoscope in an optical fiber that provides sufficient illumination of the examined organ, without heating it thus. Flexible optical fibers and their ability to transmit the image and the light on the indirect way will produce a safe, easy to use and comfortable for the patient endoscopic equipment.

Modern endoscopes - a complex optical arrangements with a variety of attachments and tools for both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and operations.

Endoscopy

The most widely used in the study received endoscopy gastrointestinal disease, is currently using endoscopy examine the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, bile ducts.

In the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the respiratory system used endoscopic methods of investigation of the larynx, bronchus, the chest cavity. The widespread use of these methods are found in the study of urinary organs (kidney, ureter, bladder, Urinary bladder - structure and function , Urethra, uterus, vagina), central nervous system, joints, blood vessels.

In recent years began to develop diagnostic methods in which endoscopy combined with X-ray and ultrasound, which can significantly expand the diagnostic capabilities in various diseases. So, a combination of endoscopic and radiological methods of research can more accurately diagnose diseases of the pancreas Diabetes and pancreas - the things you need to know   and bile ducts, and thus apply the most rational methods of treatment.

Therapeutic Endoscopy

Improved equipment and techniques of endoscopy and training of personnel conducting research currently allowed to develop and improve both the direction of endoscopy - healing.

By introducing a natural orifice endoscopes remove polyps hollow organs dissected scars, stop bleeding, remove the stones and foreign bodies, injected drugs.

Development of methods of treatment, including surgical endoscopy (laparoscopy) can, in some cases, to avoid the complicated surgical interventions associated with the risk for the patient's life, but also significantly reduce the number of contraindications for a particular surgery. Laparoscopic techniques are used in the surgical treatment of acute appendicitis Appendicitis - when we must act immediately , Removal of the gallbladder Gall bladder: structure and function And various urologic, ophthalmic and ENT diseases.

Contraindications for the procedure

Endoscopy is contraindicated:

• in violation of patency of hollow organs to be examined;
• when expressed bleeding disorders (endoscope can injure blood vessel that nachnaet bleed);
• disorders of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, in which an endoscopy can lead to dangerous consequences for the patient's life.

In many ways, the ability to endoscopy depends on the skill of the doctor-enoskopista and possibilities of endoscopic equipment.