Endoscopes
"Endoscopes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Instruments for the visual examination of interior structures of the body. There are rigid endoscopes and flexible fiberoptic endoscopes for various types of viewing in ENDOSCOPY.
| Descriptor ID |
D019723
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.230.220 E07.858.240
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Holcomb GW, Smith HP. Laparoscopic and thoracoscopic assistance with CSF shunts in children. J Pediatr Surg. 1995 Dec; 30(12):1642-3.