Gastroscopy

Gastroscopy (Esophagogastroduodenoscopy) - is an examination with a flexible endoscope which is inserted down the esophagus, stomach and duodenum.

Indications:

The presence of diseases in the esophagus, stomach and duodenum (inflammation, erosion, ulcer, diverticulum, polyp, tumor).
The biopsy procedure for abnormalities verification.
The cause of gastrointestinal bleeding.
The treatment procedures.
The dynamic control of the treatment effectiveness.

Preparation for the examination:
It is better to hold the procedure in first part of the day and fasting.
If the procedure takes place in the second part of the day the patient needs to fast for at least 7 hours prior to the procedure.
Before the procedure the patient may drink a little quantity of pure non-sparkling water.
Do not smoke or 2 hours prior to the procedure.

Endoscope (fiber-optic endoscope) is a small flexible tube with a camera and light that helps to view the examination as a zoomed image on the monitor.
Using the endoscope, the physician may safely (under sight supervision) insert it down through the upper parts of the digestive system for careful examination of the inner surface.
The gastroscopy takes about 5 to 20 minutes. To relieve any discomfort and help you to relax before a not usual procedure of “swallowing a long tube”, the procedure is performed under the anesthesiologist's supervision.
During the esophagogastroduodenoscopy there may occur necessity of some medical-diagnostic procedures that are performed by a special flexible instrument advanced through the endoscope canal (biopsy, polypus and foreign bodies excision, hemostasia, local treatment of mucous tunic ulcerous defects by medicinal preparation irrigation).
All these procedures are absolutely painless for the patient.