About Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy
The process of imaging hollow organs with the help of a bendable instrument with a lighted camera on its tip is called endoscopy. It is a minimally invasive method that allows taking samples from suspicious lesions as well as being used for diagnostic purposes.
Examination of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum by entering through the mouth is called gastroscopy, and examination of the large intestine and part of the small intestine is called colonoscopy.
Gastroscopy; esophagus today; It is used as the most sensitive method used in the diagnosis of diseases of the stomach and duodenum. Endoscopy is widely used for diagnostic purposes as well as for treatment purposes.
To whom should gastroscopy be performed? To whom should it be performed:
WHO recommends that all patients after the age of 45, whether they have complaints or not. He recommends gastroscopy once. In addition;
- Difficult in swallowing
- Difficulty in swallowing solid and liquid foods
- Painful swallowing
- Feeling of stuckness when swallowing food
Stomach related problems
- Sourness and burning that do not go away with medical treatment
- Bloating and pain in the upper abdomen
- Treatment-resistant anemia
- Sudden and rapid weight loss of unknown cause
- Vomiting blood in the form of coffee grounds or red,
- The color of defecation is tarry color,
- Brilliant water coming to the mouth,
- Nausea and vomiting of unknown cause.
Gastroscopic interventions performed for treatment purposes:
1-Treatment of varicose bleeding
2- Treatment of non-variceal gastric bleeding
3-Widening of esophageal and stomach stenosis
4-Removal of stomach polyps and early stage stomach tumors
5-Placing a stent in obstructing esophagus and stomach tumors
6- Placing a tube into the stomach for feeding purposes (PEG)
Colonoscopy:
Colonoscopes are more flexible than gastroscopes, with an average length of 130-170 cm and a diameter of 11-14 mm.
To whom it should be performed:
1-To diagnose inflammatory bowel disease
2-To determine the effectiveness of treatment in IBD. determination
3- Unexplained Fe deficiency anemia
4-In digestive system bleeding (Bloody stools, Black stools, occult blood in the stool+)
5-Chronic diarrhea of unknown cause
6-Cancer research
7-Malignancy follow-up
8-Having a family history of cancer and polyposis syndromes
Treatment Purpose of use:
1- Polypectomy and removal of early stage tumors,
2- Stenting in obstructing tumors
3- Intervention in bleeding originating from the large intestine
4-Hemorrhoid band ligation
5-Marking the location of tumors
6-Treatment of sigmoid volvulus
7-Procedures such as removal of foreign bodies are performed
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