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Docs, could getting an upper endoscopy see your ribs?
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No,: The camera will not see you ribs.
Answered 5/4/2014
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No: Shows mouth, esophagus, hiatus, stomach, pylorus, and some duodenum in general. Ribs are not near.
Answered 5/4/2014
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