What does «endoscopía» mean in Spanish?
- Visual examination of ducts and other cavities inside the human or animal body. Endoscopy can be used for diagnosis, for therapeutic interventions (operative endoscopy) or as a support tool during surgery. Bronchoscopy is the specific examination to explore the bronchi, just as colonoscopy is the examination of the colon, etc. Endoscopes are introduced when possible by natural means, usually orally. However, sometimes an intervention is necessary to create an adequate access route to the instrument, as in the case of thoracoscopy, laparoscopy or epiduroscopy (in this case we speak of surgical endoscopy).