Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)

After procedure of placing a cylindrical device (7 and 9 mm in diameter) which has a lens at the tail end that enables seeing and has cables inside to reflect the image, through oral passage pharynx, esophagus, stomach and duodenum are visually examined. When needed sSamples are collected from these sites for microscopic examination.

THE PATIENT SHOULD BE FAST for the procedure to be performed. Since the fasting duration depends on the age of the patient, your physician will inform you while booking the appointment on when the patient should be nourished for the last time. Generally, patients except infants and younger children (first 2-3 years of age) breast-fed, taking baby food or milk, should not eat and even drink water after 24:00 in the midnight.

Before the procedure, the patients are made sleep with medications given intravascularly and they do not remember anything about the operation. In fact, the procedure does not cause any pain, except stimulating the nausea reflex. Occasionally, older patients (over 12 years) do not prefer to be made sleep. Throats of patients in this situation are narcotized with an anesthetic in order to prevent nausea, and their nausee are minimized. These patients are given low doses of sedatives to be calmed, when needed.

The patient is followed up for 2-3 hours after the procedure, and discharged after she/he is observed to wake up and eat. The examination results of the samples collected with biopsy are issued within 7 days, depending on the characteristics of procedures.