[Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (author's transl)].

Therapeutic esophagogastroduodenoscopy covers: 1. therapeutic polypectomy (in cases of obstruction, hemorrhage, early cancer I in inoperable patients); 2. palliative treatment of inoperable tumors (when obstruction or bleeding occurs); 3. endoscopic blood staunching (can be performed by drugs, mechanically, or by laser coagulation; 4. removal of foreign bodies).