This is a list of instruments used specially in Gastroenterology.
{{Expand list|date=August 2008}} Instrument | Uses | Gastroscope | Used to perform esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD/OGD) |
Duodenoscope | Used to perform ERCP |
Enteroscope | Used to perform push enteroscopy |
Colonoscope | Used to perform colonoscopy |
Flexible sigmoidoscope | Used to perform flexible sigmoidoscopy |
Rigid sigmoidoscope | Used to perform rigid sigmoidoscopy |
Ultrasound endoscope | Used to perform endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) |
Video capsule | Used to perform video capsule enteroscopy |
Endoscopy snare | Used to perform polypectomy and endoscopic foreign body removal |
Band ligator | Used to perform variceal band ligation |
Sengstaken-Blakemore tube | Used in the management of bleeding esophageal varices |
Balloon dilator | Used to perform esophageal balloon dilatation, pyloric dilatation or ileocolonic dilatation |
Savary-Gilliard dilator | Used to perform esophageal bougie dilatation |
Heater probe | Used to perform endoscopic heater probe thermocoagulation of bleeding blood vessels |
APC unit | Used to perform endoscopic Argon plasma coagulation |
PEG tube | Used to perform percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy |
Menghini needle or Tru-Cut needle | Used to perform percutaneous liver biopsy |