Miniaturized percutaneous techniques, flexible ureteroscopy, and outpatient protocols have shortened hospital stays and improved recovery, reshaping quality-of-life outcomes for patients.

Gastroesophageal variceal bleeding is a common and life-threatening complication in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. When cirrhosis is diagnosed, varices are present in about 50% of ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2022, 2.5 billion adults aged 18 years and older were overweight, including over 890 million adults who were living with obesity. This equates to ...

The FCP-9P Therapeutic Choledochofiberscope has a 1.2 mm working channel incorporated into the slim insertion tube; biopsy forceps and basket forceps can easily be passed through the FCP-9P. This ...

Background A 37-year-old female presented with pain in the right lower lateral abdomen. She had experienced a ureteral stone in the past. Investigations Serum electrolyte levels, blood urea nitrogen, ...

A specialist doctor or nurse (endoscopist) uses a flexible sigmoidoscope for this test. This is a thin, flexible tube that has a small light and a camera at one end. You may also hear it called an ...

Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) is a novel therapy for treatment of calcified coronary artery disease. IVL safely and effectively modifies calcified lesions via shock wave-driven fracture. The ...

Background Oncological principles favour en bloc R0 excision for curative endoscopic resection. In Barrett’s neoplasia, endoscopically curable cancers include T1a and selected early T1b disease.