endoscopy
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endoscopies
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A 13.1% increase in neuromodulation sales helped offset the less-than-1% decline in endoscopy revenue and 3.2% slide in urology revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
"Often, the lesion can be accessed from the outside or inside, for instance, via image-guided biopsy or endoscopy, but sometimes this is not possible," Venuta said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
The 62 day target includes time for tests to diagnose cancer, including imaging, endoscopy and pathology tests.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
"Aspiration during or after endoscopy can be devastating," Rezaie said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
She was given an endoscopy, an MRI, and a barium swallow to test her gastrointestinal tract.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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In total, she has spent three months in hospital on intravenous antibiotics, had eight CT scans, six endoscopies and one major operation.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2024
The hospital, which opened in 2008, could hold its own against any modern medical facility for humans, boasting X-ray and gene-sequencing machines and equipment for performing endoscopies and processing blood, fecal and kidney samples.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
Officials compared the prices they paid for five common procedures — arthroscopies, cataract surgeries, colonoscopies, upper GIs, and endoscopies — at hospitals versus free-standing surgery centers.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2022
All the volunteers had inflammatory bowel disease and were scheduled for routine endoscopies.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 15, 2022
More can be ultimately accomplished, and less reaction will follow short endoscopies repeated at proper intervals than in one long procedure.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
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