Endoscopy is a great tool. It is very expensive and not all vets can do it. Xrays come first. If it is clearly in the intestines and not still in the stomach, the dog has to be cut. The scope reaches the stomach and some vets can get it ino the proximal duodenum. It takes some level of talent just like sonography. So it will never be found in every vet hospital. If it is in the intestines, simetirs a small hole can be cut to take the object out. Other times the i testines have started to die off in that area and a resevtion and anastamosis is needed (cutting out part of the intestines and sewing the ends back together). Just saw one of these on Saturday and it was too far down to consider scoping. It had also been in there for too long and the intestines were very unhappy in that area. It is always good to catch things early so the scope is an option.
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