Advancing Minimally Invasive Aspects of Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
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..............................................................................................................................................4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................................................................6 TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................9 TABLE OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................... 16 TABLE OF FIGURES ......................................................................................................................... 18 TABLE OF APPENDICES ................................................................................................................. 22 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 24 1.1 Minimally invasive aspects of gastrointestinal endoscopy: technological advancements in response to anatomical and physiological challenges ............................................................................................................ 24 1.1.1 Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy .................................................................................................... 24 1.1.2 Small bowel endoscopy (enteroscopy) .................................................................................................... 27 1.1.3 Colonoscopy ............................................................................................................................................ 33 1.2 Research rationale and hypothesis .......................................................................................................... 37 1.2.1 Rationale ................................................................................................................................................. 37 1.2.2 Hypothesis .............................................................................................................................................. 38 2 EVALUATING THE ROLE OF TRANSNASAL UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) ENDOSCOPY AS COMPARED WITH CONVENTIONAL (ORAL) GI ENDOSCOPY IN A UK CLINICAL SETTING ............................................................................................................. 40 2.1 Background ............................................................................................................................................. 40
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