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Endoscopic Surgery

Endoscopic surgery comprises minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed by introducing an endoscope, a flexible or rigid instrument bearing a camera and one or more working channels, through a natural orifice or a small incision to visualize and operate on internal structures. By transmitting…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 11 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 7× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2574-4526 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Endoscopic surgery comprises minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed by introducing an endoscope, a flexible or rigid instrument bearing a camera and one or more working channels, through a natural orifice or a small incision to visualize and operate on internal structures. By transmitting a magnified image to a monitor and accommodating instruments passed through its channels, the endoscope allows the operator to inspect tissues and carry out interventions under direct vision without large open exposures. The approach has a particularly established role in the gastrointestinal tract, where it permits inspection of the mucosa, targeted biopsy, resection of lesions, dilation of strictures, lithotripsy and removal of stones, and control of bleeding through hemostatic techniques. Its applications extend beyond the digestive system to the airway and other body cavities accessible by endoscopic routes. Compared with open surgery, endoscopic techniques offer reduced tissue trauma, less postoperative pain, shorter hospital stays, and faster recovery, while preserving diagnostic accuracy. In the management of digestive disorders the modality is central to both evaluation and treatment, enabling the characterization and biopsy of gastrointestinal tumors, the imaging and assessment of inflammatory bowel disease, and the recognition of mucosal infection and structural abnormalities such as fistulae, thereby linking diagnosis directly to definitive minimally invasive therapy.

Research published in this journal

11 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2018

In The Pursuit of The Perfect Thyroid Care

Kumar Sahoo ManasCorresponding author
Consultant Nuclear Medicine & PET/CT, Department of Nuclear Medicine &PET-CT. Medanta-The Medicity, Gurugram, India.
Exact topic Thyroid Cancer doi:10.14302/issn.2574-4496.jtc-18-1986

How this research is being cited

The 11 articles above have been cited 7 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Digestive Disorders And Diagnosis (ISSN 2574-4526).

Journal editorial board
Jonas P. DeMuro · United States Divey Manocha · United States Beata Kasztelan-Szczerbinska · Poland

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