Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
Research News and Information

Sunday, November 22, 2009

NOTES and other emerging trends in gastrointestinal endoscopy and surgery: the change that we need and the change that is real.

29 Sep 2009 In this inaugural year of a historic presidency, gastroenterologists and gastrointestinal surgeons may well want to turn their attention to more immediate transformative events that have the potential to revolutionize their own practice in the near ... Read more...

Transgastric hybrid cholecystectomy.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Clinical application of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery is under investigation. Preliminary results of transvaginal cholecystectomy in women and associated technical issues have been described. The technique and initial ... Read more...

Safety of extended endoscopic mucosal resection and endoscopic submucosal dissection following the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association treatment guidelines.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) are widely performed. Indications for these procedures have been extended in Korea and Japan. The aim was to evaluate whether these extended indications are ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Chronic diarrhea responding to proton pump inhibitors: a clinical sign of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. 30 Oct 2009
• Gastroenterology. 30 Oct 2009
• Radiofrequency ablation and dilated columnar-lined esophagus. 29 Sep 2009
• NOTES and other emerging trends in gastrointestinal endoscopy and surgery: the change that we need and the change that is real. 29 Sep 2009
• Transgastric hybrid cholecystectomy. 29 Sep 2009
• Safety of extended endoscopic mucosal resection and endoscopic submucosal dissection following the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association treatment guidelines. 29 Sep 2009
• Interventional endoscopic ultrasound: the next frontier in gastrointestinal endoscopy. 29 Sep 2009
• Colon cancer screening practices and disclosure after receipt of positive or inconclusive genetic test results for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. 13 Sep 2009
• Meta-analysis and systematic review of colorectal endoscopic mucosal resection. 12 Sep 2009
• [Nurse administered propofol sedation in connection with endoscopy] 12 Sep 2009
• [Role of endoscopy in the management of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding] 31 Aug 2009
• Gastrointestinal laparoscopy in small animals. 30 Aug 2009
• Mucosal healing predicts long-term outcome of maintenance therapy with infliximab in Crohn's disease. 30 Aug 2009
• [Clinical significance of bowel wall thickening detected with 64-slice multidetector computed tomography] 30 Aug 2009
• Capsule endoscopy and balloon-assisted endoscopy: competing or complementary technologies in the evaluation of small bowel disease? 30 Aug 2009
• The diagnostic value of double-balloon enteroscopy in children with small bowel disease: report of 31 cases. 30 Aug 2009
• Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction: a case report and discussion. 30 Aug 2009
• Hemosuccus pancreaticus. 30 Aug 2009
• Cytomegalovirus disease during severe drug eruptions: report of 2 cases and retrospective study of 18 patients with drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome. 30 Aug 2009
• Emergency endoscopy for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with coronary artery disease. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal'

Definition: Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the gastrointestinal tract.

Descriptor UI: D016099

Alternative terms: Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; Endoscopies, Gastrointestinal; Gastrointestinal Endoscopies; Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; Surgical Procedures, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal; Endoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgical Procedures; Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgical Procedures; Surgical Procedure, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal; Procedure, Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgical; Procedures, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal, Surgical; Procedures, Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgical; Endoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery; Endoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgeries; Gastrointestinal Surgeries, Endoscopic; Gastrointestinal Surgery, Endoscopic; Surgeries, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal; Surgery, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal; Procedure, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal, Surgical;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E01.370.372.250.250; E01.370.388.250.250.250; E04.210.240.250; E04.800.250.250.250;

History Note: 91

Technical Notes: GEN only: prefer specifics