How much is a gastroscopy?

Gastroscope is a medical examination method and also refers to the instruments used in this examination. With the help of a slender and soft tube, it extends into the stomach, so that doctors can directly observe the lesions of esophagus, stomach and duodenum, especially for minor lesions. Gastroscopy can directly observe the real situation of the examination site, and further diagnose the suspected lesion through pathological biopsy and cytological examination, which is the first choice for upper digestive tract lesions? .

The earliest gastroscope was the Cusmore tube invented by the German in 1868. In fact, it is a long metal tube with a mirror at the end. However, this kind of gastroscope was quickly abandoned because it was easy to puncture the patient's esophagus. 1950, Japanese doctor Yuji Dalang successfully invented the embryonic form of soft gastroscope-intragastric camera. At present, the most advanced gastroscope in clinic is capsule endoscopy.