Meanings of flexible endoscopy in English

Background: Achieving proficiency in flexible endoscopy requires a great amount of practice.

Novices had no prior experience in flexible endoscopy; experts had all performed more than 1000 colonoscopies.

Conclusions: Early detection of airway rupture by flexible endoscopy is essential for timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

However, performing flexible endoscopy for esophageal foreign body takes a substantial shorter duration compared with rigid endoscopy.

The goal of this study was to compare rigid versus flexible endoscopy in esophageal FB extraction in children.

Conclusions: Both rigid and flexible endoscopy techniques appear to be equally safe and effective in esophageal foreign body extraction.

All participants filled out a questionnaire about previous experience in flexible endoscopy and appreciation of the realism of the colonoscopy simulations.

This study presents a clinical analysis of accidents with foreign bodies and prospectively evaluates the effectiveness of flexible endoscopy for removing them.

Twenty-three experienced otolaryngologists assessed the aerodigestive anatomy of 5 adult and 5 pediatric manikins in a passive state, using rigid and flexible endoscopy.

The majority of patients (96.1%) were successfully treated with flexible endoscopy with the addition of suitable devices without any serious procedure-related complications.

Flexible endoscopy was used in 89 patients, rigid in 49, and both in 2 patients.

Flexible endoscopy would probably allow a better and more thorough examination and, hence, biopsying esophageal mucosa compared with rigid endoscopy.