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Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is commonly performed for diagnosis and/or therapeutic measure for a wide variety of upper GI tract complaints/pathology. This chapter details the indications, contraindications, essential steps, common technical variations, and complications of these procedures. A detailed template operative dictation note for diagnostic upper endoscopy is included.
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Conway, R., Assouline-Dayan, Y. (2017). Upper Endoscopy: Diagnostic and Therapeutic. In: Hoballah, J., Scott-Conner, C., Chong, H. (eds) Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44797-1_17
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