The team makes sure you won't feel pain (though if you are getting this procedure, you often are sedated already because you are breathing through a tube down your throat). The doctor threads a fiberoptic tube with a camera through your mouth to see inside your throat. They make a hole...
I'm having a camera soon to check my colon. I'm very worried in case it is Bowel Cancer. Still its better to be on the safe side than sorry. I would advise anyone to get the camera inside, to check for cancer tumours, if you are still bleeding after this type of surgery. Once ...
You may also hear your doctor call this a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). It checks for problems on the outside of yourlungs. You'll getgeneral anesthesiafor this procedure, which means you won't be awake for it. Your doctor puts a breathing tube down your throat and into y...
It was a laproscopic one so I have 3 scars one in my belly button one on the left side bottom from where the camera was sent in andone on the right side top. They are almost fading away but now I suddenly have some kind of pain whenever I eat something a bit spicy so the ...
During your colonoscopy, you will lie on your side with your knees tucked up towards your chest. Your doctor will insert a colonoscope into your rectum. This is a long, flexible tube mounted with a light and a camera. The camera transmits real-time video to a screen that the doctor can...
The doctor makes up to three small cuts on your chest between your ribs, then puts a thin, lighted tube with a camera on the end and uses tiny tools to pull out some cells. Open Lung Biopsy (Limited Thoracotomy) Your doctor will usually only suggest this type of biopsy when other metho...