Fibreendoscopy of the intestines.

Since the introduction by Hirschowitz in the year 1958 of fibre optics into the field of endoscopy1, oesophagoscopy and gastroscopy have attained an undreamed of popularity as diagnostic methods. It is now possible to observe directly all the regions of the stomach, to photograph and film them, and to obtain biopsy samples under direct visual control. Colour television makes possible the demonstration and also the simultaneous evaluation by several observers of what can be seen in the fibrescope. It was quite obvious that with the aid of fibre optics, the earlier limitations of gastroenterological endoscopy-to oesophagus, stomach, and sigmoid colon-could be overcome.

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