polygonum wrote:

I thought that was about the size of the one I "swallowed" a little
while ago. Checked and a random site suggested that current
endoscopes are typically 9mm
wide.

Indeed I then found:

"Most routine upper GI endoscopes are between 8 and 11·mm in
diameter."
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/x..._chapter_1.pdf

GI= Gastro-Intestinal, not bronchial.




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