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History of the Instruments and Techniques of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

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Abstract

Visualization of the intestinal tract was attempted with limited success for many years before the modern era of endoscopy. Earliest endoscopic instruments date to crude specula found in the ashes of Pompeii (Fig. 1.1). Centuries passed without the development of effective instruments due to the many obstacles to visualization of the intestinal tract including darkness, depth, angulations, and intestinal contents. Modern endoscopy could not have been developed without the three major parallel inventions: (1) Edison’s incandescent lamp, (2) fiber optics, and (3) charged couple device (CCD) (Hirschowitz, Gastroenterology 104:337–342, 1993). The role of these inventions in the development of endoscopy to its current state is described.

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Spurr, C. (2018). History of the Instruments and Techniques of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. In: Sridhar, S., Wu, G. (eds) Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Gastroenterology. Clinical Gastroenterology. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62993-3_1

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