Endoscopy - contd.
The care of the patient after endoscopy depends on the animal's condition prior to the procedure. Stable patients undergoing endoscopy for diagnostic purposes can usually be released after they recover completely from anesthesia. The animals should be monitored, especially around stairs and furniture, until it is certain that recovery is complete. Small amounts of food and water can be offered the evening after the procedure and normal amounts may be given the following day. Patients that are ill enough to require hospitalization, or those that recover slowly from anesthesia, are managed by the veterinarian in the hospital until their condition is adequate for release. There is no healing time associated with endoscopy, which is one of the advantages it has over surgery.
