1964 Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 36-40
A gastro-fiberscope equipped with a biopsy taker has been developed in Japan and we had the opportunity to first use it in patients. Owing to flexibility of the scope and by manipulation of the cuff we have devised, this instrument has enabled to take specimens from almost anywhere in the stomach under direct vision. That the fiberscope gives less discomfort to the patient than the gastroscope for biopsy and that there are almost no blind area in the stomach to safely take biopsy with it, are special features of this new instrument.
