Wireless technology shows promise in diagnosing pediatric intestinal disease
...of Gastroenterology suggests that wireless capsule endoscopy is a useful and safe technique to study small bowel health in children. While the technology has become widely used in adult treatment, this is the first study to examine its use in pediatrics. The small bowel has always been difficult to evaluate,...Method shows promise for early detection of pancreatic cancer
...found and 50 percent for a stage 1 cancer. Using endoscopy and taking biopsies of the pancreas are extremely risky procedures that are not used on asymptomatic patients, said Backman. When a patient becomes symptomatic, it is too late. This creates a vicious cycle that we want to break. We have found that ...LSUHSC awarded designation resulting in improved patient safety and outcomes
...lecystectomy simulators, anesthesia simulators, GI endoscopy simulators, video trainers and more. This national designation provides more evidence of the excellence of our educational enterprise, notes Larry Hollier, MD, Chancellor of LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and Dean of its School of Medicine. ...Advances in screening and markers improve early detection of colorectal cancer
...ers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. A New Benchmark in the Colorectal Neoplasm Miss Rate During Colonoscopy: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Wide Angle View (170 degrees) Colonoscopy Comparing Narrow Band Imaging and White Light (Abstract #...New technique effective in closing accidental colonoscopy wounds
...he said those surgeons hope to explore the role of endoscopy in treating patients with gastrointestinal tumors. He predicts that the minimally invasive endoscopic procedures will help such patients experience less pain, faster healing, less hospital time and lower medical costs, as is the case with laparoscopi...Endoscopic procedures advance physician knowledge and patient care
...ic surgery, as well as the use of wireless capsule endoscopy in young children, to better understand the pathol...ers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. "The quality and delivery of evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of ...GI screening: Racing time or wasting time?
...ers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. "The findings from these studies direct doctors as to what measures are most effective in treating their patients," said Gregory Ginsberg, M.D., AGAF, University of Pennsylvania Health System. "Whether the patient's ...Novel treatments may help alleviate constipation, IBS in women
...ers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. "With few successful treatment options currently available for IBS sufferers, these studies represent promising progress in the treatment of this and other bowel disorders," said Mara Abreu, M.D., Director, Inflammator...New prevention, treatment methods for patients with painful bowel inflammation
...ers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. "Inflammatory bowel diseases are serious and complex diseases with varied preventative and treatment options, and we are pleased to see more attention directed toward improving the lives of people suffering from these...Studies show role of age, gender, race and weight on cancer risk and treatment
...ers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. "Drilling down into clinical trials data for different types of patients can lead to varying and important conclusions," said Marcia R. Cruz-Correa, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, Univer...Researchers investigate impact of lifestyle on GI health
...ers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. "Many factors come into play when managing a healthy lifestyle. While some factors may be difficult for patients to change, other simple adjustments, such as adopting a vegetarian diet early in life or ordering the ap...The hepatitis C link: Diagnose, treat, transplant
...ers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. "Almost four million Americans have chronic hepatitis C infections and are at risk for of cirrhosis, liver failure, liver cancer and transplantation," said John Vierling, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine. "These studi...Could statins be a new option for hepatitis C patients?
...ers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. "Studies such as these are designed to improve the effectiveness of antivirals the standard of care therapy for hepatitis C," said John Vierling, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine. "The findings from these studies sup...Racial disparities in treatment of patients with cirrhosis and complications of portal hypertension
...or patients with variceal bleeding, rates of upper endoscopy and variceal treatment were similar, however, the odds ratio of delayed endoscopy (more than 24 hours after admission) was 1.6 for African-American patients, compared to white patien...Liver stiffness indicates portal hypertension
... hypertension, although not good enough to replace endoscopy for the detection of varices," the authors conclude. An accompanying editorial by Joseph Lim of Yale University School of Medicine and Roberto Groszmann of VA Connecticut Healthcare System and Yale University applauds the study as the first to eva...Aspirin reduces esophageal-cancer risk in people with most-aggressive form of Barrett's esophagus
...re benefit from aggressive cancer surveillance via endoscopy and chemoprevention with aspirin and other NSAIDs. Galipeau and colleagues are in the process of developing such a standardized, biomarker-based screening test. The test would evaluate DNA from esophageal-tissue biopsies, but significantly fewer tiss...Esophageal cancer rates climb with obesity; U-M study finds esophagectomy safe in obese patients
... chronic, patients should have a thorough exam and endoscopy to see if they have developed Barrett's esophagus, which carries an increased risk of cancer and signals the need for close surveillance with periodic endoscopies and biopsies," Orringer says. ...OHSU findings may improve how people with chronic heartburn, precancer of the esophagus are screened
...hin the general population using traditional upper endoscopy would be too costly." Eager to find an economical...venience and complications associated with sedated endoscopy and they succeeded. "This trial has established that unsedated small-caliber endoscopy used in an ...The AGA Institute releases report on the future of gastroenterology
...us conference it convened on April 1 2, 2006, "If endoscopy disappears, then what?" The purpose of the conference was to develop a report based on expert opinions from both community and academic gastroenterology practices that: Describes the specific technological and economic challenges to the gastroent...Three-dimensional, miniature endoscope opens new diagnostic possibilities
...ellman uses a technology called spectrally encoded endoscopy (SEE). Multicolored light from a single optical fiber introduced through a probe about the size of a human hair is broken into its component colors and projected onto tissue, with each color illuminating a different part of the tissue surface. The...