Medicine & Health · Gastroenterology & Hepatology
A topic within Gastroenterology & Hepatology, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Medicine & Health.
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Basil I. Hirschowitz, Larry E. Curtiss, C. Wilbur Peters & Herbert M. Pollard
Describes the first flexible fiberoptic gastroscope, replacing rigid instruments and making direct visual examination of the entire stomach practical for the first time.
William S. McCune, Paul E. Shorb & Hyard Moscovitz
Describes the first successful passage of an endoscope into the ampulla of Vater, opening the bile and pancreatic ducts to direct radiographic and later therapeutic access for the first time.
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