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MARTINEZ LEYVA, Ludmila et al. New endoscopic technologies and medical ethics. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2020, vol.49, n.2  Epub 01-Jun-2020. ISSN 1561-3046.

The scientific-technical revolution played a fundamental role in the introduction of new technologies in medical sciences and specifically in Gastroenterology. Such progress in technologies should not leave aside the ethical part of the doctor-patient relationship and the principle of not doing harm. The gastroenterologist faces this dilemma when he must decide to treat a patient with an endoscopic technique, which is less invasive, or refer it to the surgeon. With the objective of determining the impact of new endoscopic technologies in the sciences after the scientific and technical revolution; as well as establishing the factors that undermine the good practices of endoluminal endoscopic surgery and its impact on patients in the national scenario. An analysis was made of the benefits of technological advances in therapeutic endoscopy, esophageal manometry and minimum access surgery in Cuba and its impact on the ethical qualities that should characterize the physician, making a critical analysis at the beginning of the oath Hippocratic. It is concluded that endoluminal endoscopic surgery has created a new dimension in the treatment of digestive tract injuries and in its years of existence has sufficient experience to face the challenges of the future with professionalism and humanism.

Palabras clave : scientific-technical revolution; endoluminal endoscopic surgery; esophageal manometry; medical ethics.

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