What is the difference between endoscopy and laparoscopy?
According to function, endoscopes (Endoscopes) are divided into respiratory endoscopes and digestive endoscopes. Digestive endoscopy includes gastroscopy, enteroscopy, ultrasound endoscopy, duodenoscope, enteroscopy, capsule endoscopy, etc. Respiratory endoscopy mainly includes bronchoscopy, ultrasound bronchoscopy and rigid bronchoscopy. According to the texture, endoscopes include flexible endoscopes (Flexible Endoscopes) and rigid endoscopes (Rigid Endoscopes).
Soft lens refers to an endoscope that can be bent freely through the natural cavity of the human body (esophagus, intestine, etc.), such as gastroscopy, enteroscopy, etc. The surgery performed under the soft lens is usually called Endoluminal Surgery Mirror surgery, which is a surgical procedure involved in Nanwei medical products. Hard mirror is an inflexible endoscope that uses a poking hole to enter the cavity of the human body or a potential cavity, such as laparoscopy and cystoscopy. The surgery performed under the hard mirror is usually called laparoscopic surgery (Laparoscopic Sugery). . (Unless otherwise specified, the endoscopes mentioned refer to soft endoscopes in particular).
