... of Barrett's esophagus with high-grade dysplasia showed that in 92 patients treated with endoscopic circumferential ablation who had at least one follow-up biopsy session, 90.2 percent were free of ...
... percent accurate in diagnosing pancreatic neoplasms (abnormal growths or tumours) in patients who were referred for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) because of CT and/or MRI reports of two common, though ...
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EUS 2008 will be devoted to teaching current applications of curvilinear endoscopic ultrasonography in order to encourage endosonographers and gastroenterologists to become proficient in these ...
New research has evaluated the long-term efficacy of endoscopic mucosal resection, or EMR, in the treatment of patients with early stage esophageal cancer or Barrett's esophagus. Two separate studies ...
Conventional snare polypectomy or endoscopic mucosal resection often presents an unsatisfactory result in complete resection of rectal carcinoids. It was performed EMR-L with 3D-EUS for rectal ...
... biliary drainage for treatment of patients who have obstructive jaundice in cases of failed endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). An article to be published on October 21, 2008 in ...
... journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). Endoscopy is a procedure that uses an endoscope -- a thin, flexible tube with a light and a lens on the end to look into the ...
... on March 21, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology reports their experience of this new endoscope that can directly visualize the biliary and pancreatic ducts. The research team led by Dr. ...
... , facial pain, postnasal discharge, headaches, and impaired smell, all substantially improved after endoscopic sinus surgery.
"This kind of surgery is indeed beneficial to patients when standard ...
Endoscopic sinus surgery can significantly relieve symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis -- inflammation of the sinus cavities -- according to researchers who conducted the first large-scale analysis of ...
... discrepancy, we grouped the data according to publication year and performed further analysis and found the endoscopic surgery group maintained better survival rates than the open surgery group," said ...
Researchers have shown that endoscopic surgery is a valid treatment option for treating esthesioneuroblastoma (cancer of the nasal cavity), in addition to traditional open surgery and nonsurgical ...
... -- Inspections show that Veterans Department medical facilities have made significant progress on fixing endoscopic procedure problems that potentially exposed thousands to HIV and other infections.
... -repair option for candidates too ill for conventional surgery
The doctors emphasize that the endoscopic approach may not be appropriate for all cases. Each patient's background symptoms and other ...
... the image for abnormalities or suspicious growth patterns.
Xie said doctors could use the endoscopes not only for diagnosis, but also for treatment and surgery. Currently, he said, doctors must rely ...
