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MST version 2.0 was prepared by the Committee for Terminology of the European Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE), the Informatics Committee of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the Terminology and Data processing Committee of the World Organisation of Digestive Endoscopy (OMED). This version 2.0 is the result of an extensive multicenter trial in Europe and in USA, on more than 10,000 prospectively collected endoscopic procedures. Because of different usage patterns in the United States the standard for indications and diagnosis, whereas it has been fully accepted by the ESGE, has not been officially approved by the ASGE Governing Board but is included in MST version 2.0.

The standard replaces MST version 1.0 and the previous version of the ASGE Database. The changes in this standard significantly alter the previous approach. These changes include:

• reduction of the list of terms to what is considered to be a minimal standard,
• elimination of gross and modifier designations,
• inclusion of a headings list which categorizes terms into smaller, logical groups,
• specification of term attributes that are designed to modify terms
• improved description of the endoscopic maneuvers performed to visualize parts of the GI tract.

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