A new dry simulator revolutionizes training for complex endoscopic cancer resection.A research team at Tohoku University, in ...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastroenterostomy is gaining traction as a less-invasive alternative to surgical bypass and enteral stenting for patients with gastric outlet obstruction. The procedure ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006;21(2):348-357. It is likely that trucut biopsies will have an important role in diagnosing submucosal lesions such as gastrointestinal stromal tumor as it is difficult to ...

A therapeutic endoscopic procedure provides treatment that is carried out via the endoscope. A procedure, which starts as a diagnostic or screening endoscopy, may become a therapeutic endoscopy ...

In a Dutch study, patients with malignant gastric outlet obstruction who underwent endoscopic gastroenterostomy resumed solid foods after a median of 1 day versus 3 days with surgery. The endoscopic ...