[Use of electron video-endoscopic system in the diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy]

Welch Allyn videoendoscopic system (USA) was used in 739 diagnostic and therapeutic investigations of 573 patients with various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Clinical experience has demonstrated the advantages of videoendoscope over common fibroscopes: it permits monitoring of the investigation by several specialists simultaneously, improves the training of specialists in endoscopy, permits recording and storage of endoscopic information, etc. At the same time videoendoscopes of this system are not devoid of shortcomings, i.e. the working part is too flexible, the image is frequently misrepresented during operation, this necessitating additional designing. On the whole videoendoscopic systems hold good promise in gastrointestinal endoscopy.