News tagged with upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
Clinical course of subepithelial lesions
Although several studies pertaining to the natural history of subepithelial tumors have been published, they have been limited by small sample size and relatively short follow-up. The natural history of subepithelial lesions ...
Feb 05, 2010 |
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Are manometric findings different between the patients with erosive and nonerosive disease?
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is defined as the pathological retrograde movement of gastric contents into the esophagus. Various esophageal motility disturbances which may be important in reflux are observed in patients ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Endoscopy within 24 hours shows better outcomes in elderly with peptic ulcer bleeding
A new study shows that elderly patients who underwent endoscopy within one day of presentation for peptic ulcer bleeding had a two-day shorter hospital stay and were less likely to require upper gastrointestinal surgery than ...
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Is it possible to differentiate GISTs from leiomyomas by endoscopic ultrasonography?
A research article to be published on July 21, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this question. This research led by Professor Kim and his colleagues in Pusan National University, South Korea. They e ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 29, 2009 |
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