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Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is one of the most common flexible endoscopic procedures. This chapter covers indications and contraindications, instrumentation, patient preparation and management, procedure, capsule endoscopy, normal and pathological findings, and complications. A number of therapeutic procedures are described, including placement of PEG and jejunostomy tubes. The chapter also includes four video clips.
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Upper GI endoscopy.
Video sequence recorded from an Alicam® videoendoscopy capsule, showing a bleeding gastric polyp.
Upper GI endoscopy of a dog with a gastric carcinoma.
Placement of a PEG tube in a cat: severe oesophagitis (5s); identifying the PEG tube site (40s); insertion of a needle into the stomach (1m 10s); passage of a wire loop into the stomach (1m 30s); grabbing and pulling the wire loop out of the mouth (2m); positioning of the PEG tube mushroom (3m 10s).