The endoscopy is an advanced ultrasound and endoscopy device that uses a miniature high-frequency ultrasound probe placed at the front of the endoscope to examine the stomach.

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is an advanced combination of ultrasound and endoscopy as a medical device, it will be a miniature high-frequency ultrasound probe placed in the front of the endoscope, when the endoscope into the gastric cavity, in the endoscopic direct observation of the morphology of the lumen at the same time, but also real-time ultrasound scanning, in order to get the wall of the pipeline at all levels of the histological characteristics of the ultrasound images of the surrounding neighboring organs.

The main advantages of EUS are to determine the nature of gastrointestinal submucosal lesions, to determine the depth and extent of invasion of malignant tumors in the digestive tract, and to diagnose diseases of the pancreatic system. Ultrasound endoscopy is different from ordinary gastroscopy, ultrasound endoscopy has an additional ultrasound probe at the front end, this small probe with the gastroscope sent into the gastric cavity for ultrasound detection, you can see the esophagus and stomach deep lesions.

Therefore, ultrasound endoscopy has excellent diagnostic and therapeutic value for augmented lesions of the esophagus and stomach. In addition, ultrasound endoscopy has other uses, such as ultrasound endoscopy can help doctors determine the depth of invasion of gastric cancer and the surrounding lymph node metastasis, and can identify whether the gastric ulcer is benign or malignant .

So, having this test done is a way to determine whether you have cancer or not, or some other condition.

Finally, I hope you are happy and healthy.