Endoscopy
Procedures of applying ENDOSCOPES for disease diagnosis and treatment. Endoscopy involves passing an optical instrument through a small incision in the skin i.e., percutaneous; or through a natural orifice and along natural body pathways such as the digestive tract; and/or through an incision in the wall of a tubular structure or organ, i.e. transluminal, to examine or perform surgery on the interior parts of the body.
Subtype terms (18)
More specific conditions that are subtypes of Endoscopy in the MeSH hierarchy.
- Angioscopy
- Arthroscopy
36 drugs (34 approved, 2 experimental)
- Bronchoscopy
30 drugs (26 approved, 4 experimental)
- Colposcopy
3 drugs (2 approved, 1 experimental)
- Conversion to Open Surgery
- Culdoscopy
- Cystoscopy
8 drugs (6 approved, 2 experimental)
- Endoscopy, Digestive System
7 drugs approved
- Fetoscopy
- Hysteroscopy
24 drugs (21 approved, 3 experimental)
- Laparoscopy
90 drugs (77 approved, 13 experimental)
- Laryngoscopy
16 drugs (14 approved, 2 experimental)
- Mediastinoscopy
- Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery
- Neuroendoscopy
- Thoracoscopy
6 drugs (5 approved, 1 experimental)
- Ureteroscopy
2 drugs approved
- Video-Assisted Surgery
Drugs by status
Phase 4 trials (21)
Phase 3 trials (15)
Phase 2 trials (14)
Phase 1 trials (6)