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8:28 pm
April 26, 2010
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Roland
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I've got to have an endoscopy next week for some stomach pain I've had for some time. The doctor has explained it to me but I want to know from a patient's perspective what they thought of the test. What should I expect and what do I need to watch out for?
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8:41 pm
April 28, 2010
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Wondering
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It's not that bad. By the time they had me back in the endoscopy room and into recovery, I knew nothing. From my perspective, I was just in and out. My wife tells me it took about 20 minutes but I was in the room and someone said "night, night" and then I was waking up.
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4:41 pm
May 4, 2010
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KJP22
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What exactly is an endoscopy? And what is it checking for?
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1:47 pm
July 7, 2010
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Terri25
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With the procedure known as gastrointestinal endoscopy, a doctor is able to see the inside lining of your digestive tract. This examination is performed using an endoscope-a flexible fiberoptic tube with a tiny TV camera at the end. The camera is connected to either an eyepiece for direct viewing or a video screen that displays the images on a color TV. The endoscope not only allows diagnosis
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8:57 am
February 15, 2012
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Emma Ruiz
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Endoscopy is minimally invasive surgical procedure that is used as a tool for diagnosis of disease, biopsies and retrieval of foreign objects.
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7:43 pm
March 6, 2012
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jaime
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I had an endoscopy done last year and it wasn't that bad.
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