Recognition of musculoskeletal injuries among endoscopists should gain traction

10.1055/a-1236-3379Endoscopic procedures are, at their core, techniques that supplement clinical evaluations of patients for a variety of gastrointestinal diseases and radiographic findings. With continued evolution of technologies, devices, and innovations, endoscopy has also become a tool with which endoluminal and transluminal interventions are now routinely performed. This has exponentially expanded the nonsurgical approaches to the management of many diseases, including some intraluminal cancers. Third space endoscopy (TSE) and related procedures are established and evidence-supported techniques offering management of diseases previously relegated to operative approaches. However, while the number of third space endoscopists is increasing – particularly in the West where fewer of these techniques are performed as compared to our Eastern colleagues – these techniques can be technically challenging, involving longer procedure times and fine, precise movements that may require awkward positioning for longer durations of time.

Publication History

Article published online:
17 November 2020

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