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Advances in Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Techniques

Surgical Clinics of North America, 2006
An increasing number of techniques for endoscopic diagnosis and treatment is being described. Endoscopic surgeons should be familiar with these techniques. Although many of the diagnostic techniques, other than marking, do not have widespread clinical application, the therapeutic techniques that were described in this article are being used ...
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Endoscopic Coagulation for Gastrointestinal Bleeding

New England Journal of Medicine, 1987
There is little argument that emergency operation for upper gastrointestinal nonvariceal hemorrhage is associated with a higher mortality than the same operation performed electively. Two controlled trials of elective treatment of duodenal ulcer show no operative mortality,1 , 2 whereas the mortality figures from some centers still approach 20 percent ...
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Endoscopic Closure of Gastrointestinal Leaks

The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2009
Surgery has been the mainstay of therapy in patients with gastrointestinal perforations. This paradigm started to shift with the development of techniques for endoscopic closure of gastrointestinal perforations. A detailed review of the literature on this subject, along with a commentary on practical aspects in the management of patients with ...
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Endoscopic treatment of lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 2002
Urgent colonoscopy has emerged as the initial diagnostic and main therapeutic tool in the evaluation and treatment of colonic lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Endoscopic therapy can effectively treat most cases of colonic bleeding with a demonstrable improvement in clinical outcome parameters.
Umar, Beejay, Norman E, Marcon
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Endoscopic Ultrasound and Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2003
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) plays a vital role in management of upper gastrointestinal disorders, particularly cancer of the esophagus, pancreas, stomach, lung (via transesophageal mediastinal staging), and bile duct. Endoscopic ultrasound has also been valuable in detection of early chronic pancreatitis (CP).
William E, Fickling, Michael B, Wallace
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Endoscopic therapy for upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, 2004
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is one of the most common medical emergencies and remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among patients. Although initially employed diagnostically, endoscopy has steadily replaced surgery as a first-line treatment in all but the haemodynamically unstable patient.
David J, Exon, S C, Sydney Chung
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Disinfection of gastrointestinal endoscopes

1997
Any patient entering an endoscopy unit should have the guarantee that effective disinfection or decontamination steps have been taken, to prevent microbiological transmission during the endoscopic procedure1”5. The number of endoscopy procedures, in particular therapeutic interventions, is still steadily increasing; concern exists about possible ...
H. Tuynman, H. H. M. Meester, S. G. M. Meuwissen   +2 more
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Endoscopic Electrocoagulation of Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1976
Endoscopic electrocoagulation was performed on 40 occasions for 38 patients with bleeding gastrointestinal lesions. Cessation of bleeding was achieved in 95%. Fifteen gastric ulcers, 14 duodenal ulcers, six Mallory-Weiss tears, one gastric varix, one hemorrhagic antral gastritis, and one esophageal ulcer were successfully electrocoagulated.
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Endoscopic Diagnosis of Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

Postgraduate Medicine, 1965
Records of 186 patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding seen at Massachusetts General Hospital over a two year period were studied to determine the accuracy of diagnostic methods employed and to evaluate results of gastrointestinal endoscopy. Of 177 endoscopic diagnoses, 152 were correct, 11 falsely negative, and 14 incorrect.
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Endoscopic Approaches to Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

The American Surgeon™, 2006
Treatment for most patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding has shifted from the operating room to the endoscopy suite. Endoscopic treatment has resulted in substantial benefit for patients with bleeding from peptic ulcer. Ulcers associated with high-risk stigmata of recent hemorrhage (SRH) not treated endoscopically have 40 per cent to 100 per ...
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