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Endoscopy, in the forms of esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy, plays a key role in the diagnosis of many surgical diseases. Additionally, it can be used as a therapeutic option for many surgically related issues such as the treatment of a bleeding ulcer or removal of low-grade malignancies. To be an effective general surgeon it is critical to understand endoscopy concepts, its uses and limitations. In this chapter we describe the high yield points in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy.
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Silverstein, J., Ballecer, E., Nasir, U., Grendell, J. (2023). Endoscopy. In: Ajouz, H., Brathwaite, C.E.M., Cerfolio, R.J., Pachter, H.L. (eds) The ABSITE Blueprints. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32643-1_9
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