An endoscopic procedure can improve the outlook for patients with a fairly common type of pancreatic lesion that is challenging to manage. Branch-duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms ...

Background and Aim: We report our single-centre experience with endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) of solid pancreatic lesions with regard to clinical utility, diagnostic ...

Previous studies indicate that endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) are effective for the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer. In this single-center ...

Researchers report that in patients with pseudocysts with viscous debris-laden fluid, endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage by using a combination of a nasocystic drain and transmural stents improves ...

Background A 72-year-old white male presented to a University Digestive Disease Center with epigastric pain and weight loss. A CT scan suggested that the patient had a mass in his pancreas and he was ...

An endoscopic procedure can improve the outlook for patients with a fairly common type of pancreatic lesion that is challenging to manage and that, if left untreated, can progress to cancer, according ...

A medical team at Warwick Hospital has completed a first endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) procedure, marking a major step forward ...

Cause-Specific Colostomy Rates After Radiotherapy for Anal Cancer: A Danish Multicentre Cohort Study CPN is currently used late in disease evolution, as salvage therapy for morphine-resistant ...

Post-cholecystectomy pain (abdominal pain after gallbladder removal) is a common clinical problem. More than 700,000 patients undergo cholecystectomy each year in the United States, and at least 10 ...

It is a procedure that enables the doctor to examine the pancreatic and bile ducts. 3. How long does it take to perform the ERCP? The procedure takes approximately 30 minutes. 4. How can ERCP cause ...