Sentences with phrase «endoscopic retrograde»

A gastrointestinal technician (GI) assists a nurse or a doctor in GI procedures, such as esophagogastroduodenoscopy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, bronchoscopies, and endoscopic ultrasound.

Often the diagnosis of malignancy as the etiology of strictures is made based upon findings on cross-sectional imaging, endoscopic ultrasound with fine needle aspiration, and an advanced diagnostic technique known as endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).