How to Use endoscopic in a Sentence

endoscopic

adjective
  • It can be performed as an open release or an endoscopic release.
    — Scott Sundick, Verywell Health, 3 June 2024
  • Because of the hook’s size, an endoscopic procedure could not remove it.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 14 July 2023
  • But when the endoscopic laser was used to remove the pancreas and bile duct in a dozen patients with cancer, the odd spaces became obvious.
    — Alice Park, Time, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Examining the inner cheeks with an endoscopic camera, the researchers saw no scarring or changes to the mouths’ tissue.
    — Popular Science, 27 Sep. 2023
  • By the end of her appointment, she was sold on a deep plane face and neck lift, a platysmaplasty, an upper lip lift, a midface lipografting and an endoscopic browlift.
    — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Chrissy Teigen is loving the rest that comes with an endoscopic examination!
    — Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
  • According to the press release, endoscopic imaging confirmed that the coating formed as expected.
    — Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2025
  • And while endoscopic avian vasectomies (where the vas deferens is cut) are less complicated than full castration (where the testes are removed), surgery is still surgery.
    — Patricia Mazzei Alfonso Duran, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Thompson performs a unique endoscopic stomach-tightening procedure for weight loss.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
  • The robot’s endoscopic camera and precision instruments were designed for hard-to-reach areas of the body, and a grape offered a compact, visual way to prove that point.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
  • To see through it, experts X-rayed the stone and inserted an endoscopic camera inside, revealing the skeleton and personal items.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The idea is that in the event of an infection at an implant site, the robot gets delivered to that site via a minimally-invasive endoscopic procedure.
    — New Atlas, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The system uses three or four robotic arms holding surgical instruments and an endoscopic camera that allows a surgeon to see inside the human body.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The system features three or four robotic arms holding surgical instruments and an endoscopic camera that allows a surgeon to see inside the human body.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026
  • For example, endoscopic procedures are less invasive than surgery and have a minimal recovery time.
    — Robert Burakoff, Verywell Health, 10 July 2024
  • During the procedure, which is called endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, doctors insert a long tube down a patient's esophagus to the stomach.
    — Fox News, 10 May 2017
  • The drug also produced significant improvements in gut healing, seen in both endoscopic and tissue-level measures.
    — New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Following the endoscopic procedure, the participants followed a strict isocaloric liquid diet for two weeks.
    — New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2024
  • To test the device as an all-purpose tool for endoscopic surgery, the researchers performed various functions such as washing, marking, and dissecting the intestine of a pig.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2023
  • An endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) is a type of surgery offered for severe cases of sweaty hands.
    — Brandi Jones, Health, 30 July 2025
  • Roughly two months prior to his swim, the man had undergone an endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy procedure to treat his severe facial blushing.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Additional testing will need to be conducted before endoscopic ablation can be approved for the general public.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
  • Kabba had an endoscopic gastric sleeve (ESG) four years ago and was able to lose almost 90 pounds, but ended up regaining around 35 of it.
    — Taayoo Murray, Essence, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Ron Beckett performed endoscopic observation on the Koke mummies during the pair's 2010 trip.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2021
  • An endoscopic procedure, where a thin tube with a camera is used to examine the inside of your colon (a colonoscopy) or upper part of your GI (an upper endoscopy), can help confirm the diagnosis.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Both doctors say the longevity of their endoscopic lifts rivals that of standard deep plane procedures and that complication rates and recovery periods are virtually identical.
    — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 1 May 2024
  • Even though an endoscopic exam can catch early-stage GI cancers, about 20% are overlooked by doctors when viewing patients’ upper GI tract.
    — Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • But occasionally scarring may narrow the esophagus, necessitating an endoscopic procedure to dilate the tube back to normal size.
    — H Lee Kagan, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2014
  • Performed via a minimally invasive endoscopic device, this approach is designed to help people who want to stop taking GLP-1 drugs.
    — Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Because the toy was too large to pass naturally, veterinarians decided to sedate Guinness and attempt an endoscopic procedure to remove it.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 22 June 2026

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