Instruments used in gastroenterology

This is a list of instruments used specially in Gastroenterology.

## Contents

* 1 Instrument list
* 2 Image gallery
* 3 References

## Instrument list

Instrument | Uses[1]

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Gastroscope | Used to perform esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD/OGD)
Duodenoscope | Used to perform ERCP
Enteroscope | Used to perform push enteroscopy
Colonoscope | Used to perform colonoscopy
Flexible sigmoidoscope | Used to perform flexible sigmoidoscopy
Rigid sigmoidoscope | Used to perform rigid sigmoidoscopy
Ultrasound endoscope | Used to perform endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
Video capsule | Used to perform video capsule enteroscopy
Endoscopy snare | Used to perform polypectomy and endoscopic foreign body removal
Band ligator | Used to perform variceal band ligation
Sengstaken–Blakemore tube | Used in the management of bleeding esophageal varices
Balloon dilator | Used to perform esophageal balloon dilatation, pyloric dilatation or ileocolonic dilatation
Savary-Gilliard dilator | Used to perform esophageal bougie dilatation
Heater probe | Used to perform endoscopic heater probe thermocoagulation of bleeding blood vessels
APC unit | Used to perform endoscopic Argon plasma coagulation
PEG tube | Used to perform percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Menghini needle or Tru-Cut needle | Used to perform percutaneous liver biopsy

## Image gallery

* Video gastroscope

* Video colonoscope

* Endoscopy snare used to perform polypectomy

* PEG tube

## References

1. ↑ Food And Drug Administration, HHS (1 March 2017). "Gastroenterology-Urology Devices; Manual Gastroenterology-Urology Surgical Instruments and Accessories. Final rule; technical amendment". Federal Register 82 (39): 12171. ISSN 0097-6326. PMID 28355043. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28355043/. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

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