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I will shortly have an endoscopy with biopsy and 3 weeks later an oesophegal ph study.as both involve a tube down the throat i am worried that the biopsy wound wont be healed when they do the oesophegal ph. is it safe to have both so close together?

Q: i will shortly have an endoscopy with biopsy and 3 weeks later an oesophegal ph study.as both involve a tube down the throat i am worried that the biopsy wound wont be healed when they do the oesophegal ph. is it safe to have both so close together?

: Three weeks is enough for the biopsy wound to be covered with epithelium and it would not be affected by the second study.

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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

Three weeks is enough for the biopsy wound to be covered with epithelium and it would not be affected by the second study.

Answered 1/5/2023

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A member asked:

I will shortly have an endoscopy with biopsy and 3 weeks later an oesophegal ph study.as both involve a tube down the throat i am worried that the biopsy wound wont be healed when they do the oesophegal ph. is it safe to have both so close together?

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