endotherapy

English

Etymology

endo- +‎ therapy

Noun

endotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural endotherapies)

1. (medicine) Any therapeutic procedure that involves the use of an endoscope to localize the intervention to a location inside the body.
   • 2004, Ronnie Fass, GERD/dyspepsia, →ISBN, page 278:

     Newer and Investigational Approaches to Antireflux Therapy Several new therapeutic approaches to antireflux treatment have been developed, including endotherapies that have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, investigational endoscopic techniques to enhance the antireflux barrier, and investigational pharmacologic agents.

   • 2008, Richard S. Irwin, James M. Rippe, Irwin and Rippe's Intensive Care Medicine, →ISBN, page 1175:

     Although endotherapy was primarily used for the treatment of upper GI and peptic ulcer bleeding, these modalities have also been applied to patients with lower GI bleeding.

   • 2010, Klaus Mönkemüller, C. Mel Wilcox, Miguel Muñoz-Navas, Interventional and Therapeutic Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, →ISBN, page 445:

     Furthermore, the available data regarding outcomes from minor papilla endotherapy are almost exclusively retrospective, involve small patient samples, varying definitions for pain outcomes, and have follow-up durations that are generally limited.