Putting a stent in by endoscopy. After you have had a sedative injection, the doctor puts a tube called an endoscope into your mouth and passes it down your throat to your stomach. The tube passes through to the beginning of the small bowel (your duodenum) and the opening of your bile duct.utting a stent in by endoscopy. After you have had a sedative injection, the doctor puts a tube called an endoscope into your mouth and passes it down your throat to your stomach. The tube passes through to the beginning of the small bowel (your duodenum) and the opening of your bile duct.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Abdominal guarding is the tensing of the abdominal wall muscles to guard inflamed organs within the abdomen from the pain of pressure upon them. The tensing is detected when the abdominal wall is pressed. Abdominal guarding is also known as 'dÃ©fense musculaire'.
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions. Esophagostomy. Surgical formation of an external opening (stoma) into the esophagus. Cystostomy. Surgical creation of an opening (stoma) in the URINARY BLADDER for drainage. Thoracostomy. Surgical creation of an opening (stoma) into the chest cavity for drainage; used in the treatment of pleural effusion, pneumothorax, hemothorax and empyema.