OAK BROOK, Ill. – February 18, 2008 – A study from the Jichi Medical University in Japan shows that optimal band imaging used with an endoscope provided images that clearly identified depressed-type ...

Combining white light endoscopy with magnifying narrow-band imaging shows promise for achieving accurate diagnosis of early gastric cancer, according to a report by Internal Medicine News. Presented ...

Endoscopic techniques can be appropriate for the treatment of post-bariatric surgery complications including leakage, strictures, fistulas, bleeding and migrated bands or rings Endoscopic management ...

Optimal band imaging used with an endoscope provides images that clearly identify depressed-type early gastric cancer without magnification in 96 percent of study participants. Gastric cancer is one ...

Background and Aims: The diagnostic use of magnification endoscopy with narrow-band imaging (ME-NBI) to assess histopathologically undifferentiated-type early gastric cancers (UD-type EGCs) is not ...

Endoscopic band ligation appears to be safe and effective for the control of variceal bleeding in the esophagus. According to a study by Barker et al., however, complications can result when this ...

A new study finds that individuals struggling with obesity who are not candidates for weight-loss surgery can benefit substantially from non-surgical endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, according to ...