NALT

Preferred term

endoscopy

Topic

Procedures of applying endoscopes for disease diagnosis and treatment. Endoscopy involves passing an optical instrument through a small incision in the skin i.e. percutaneous; or through a natural orifice and along natural body pathways such as the digestive tract; and/or through an incision in the wall of a tubular structure or organ, i.e. transluminal, to examine or perform surgery on the interior parts of the body.

surgical ablation

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

13568

Spanish

endoscopía

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/37074

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 1/4/17