Results 71 to 80 of about 727,346 (235)

SEMS vs cSEMS in duodenal and small bowel obstruction : high risk of migration in the covered stent group [PDF]

, 2013
Aim: To compare clinical success and complications of uncovered self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) vs covered SEMS (cSEMS) in obstruction of the small bowel.
Albert, Jörg Gerhard, Bechstein, Wolf Otto, Friedrich-Rust, Mireen, Sarrazin, Christoph, Trojan, Jörg, Ulrich, Frank, Waidmann, Oliver, Zeuzem, Stefan   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Association between dietary fiber intake and gallstones among American adults: a cross-sectional study

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
Background Limited research has been conducted on the effects of dietary fiber (DF) intake on gallstones. We aimed to investigate the actual DF intake in a nationally representative sample in the United States (US) and explore its association with ...
Huimin Li, Ting Du, Changfeng Miao, Yuan Deng, Hongwei Tian, Wei Fang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Endoscopic hypophysectomy

Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 2006
The minimally invasive endoscopic pituitary surgery is performed through the natural nasal pathway without any incisions unlike the conventional microscopic surgery performed via Trans-nasal Trans-sphenoidal upproach. We have tried to compare the clinical implications of these two approaches.
Rajesh Viswakarma, Ratnadeep Ghosh, Neeraj Singh   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

A preliminary study of further attempt at the development, testing and application of an auxiliary equipment for electronic colonoscopy

Scientific Reports
Colonoscopy is a valuable tool for colorectal cancer screening and health checkups, with increasing utilization annually. Assisted entry is a standard procedure during electronic colonoscopy.
Yonghong Zhang, Xiaodan Lu, Siyu Li, Yan Li, Jianan Wang, Xiaxi Fan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Substantiation of minimally invasive surgeries on thyroid gland

Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2017
OBJECTIVE. The authors determined criteria for reasonable selection of patients for application of optimal minimally invasive interventions in cases of thyroid gland diseases. MATERIAL AND METHODS. The treatment results of 322 patients with thyroid gland
N. A. Maistrenko, P. N. Romashchenko, D. S. Krivolapov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethanol Ablation of a Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor Presenting as a Small Bowel Obstruction. [PDF]

, 2015
Ethanol has historically been used as an ablative agent for a variety of lesions. One of the more common applications of this technique is celiac plexus neurolysis; however, recent reports have suggested a role for the endoscopic alcohol ablation of a ...
Chang, Kenneth, Chen, Chien-Lin, Chin, Matthew, Lee, John, Samarasena, Jason   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Diagnosis and outcome of oesophageal Crohn's disease [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Crohn's disease (CD) can involve any part of the gastrointestinal tract. We aimed to characterize clinical, endoscopic, histologic features and treatment outcomes of CD patients with oesophageal involvement.
Beaton, D, Chaparro, M, Ellul, P, Katsanos, K, Oliveira, AM, et al., Rodrigues, R, Savarino, E, Sladek, M, Teich, N, van der Woude, J, Vavricka, R, Wei, J   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Double-Balloon Enteroscopy following Capsule Endoscopy in the Management of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Outcome of a Combined Approach

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2008
BACKGROUND: There is no consensus on the relative accuracy of capsule endoscopy (CE) versus double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) to investigate obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB).
Patarapong Kamalaporn, Sarah Cho, Nancy Basset, Maria Cirocco, Gary May, Paul Kortan, Gabor Kandel, Norman Marcon   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safety and efficacy of endoscopic submucosal dissection for rectal neoplasia: a multicenter North American experience. [PDF]

, 2019
Background and aims  Rectal lesions traditionally represent the first lesions approached during endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) training in the West. We evaluated the safety and efficacy of rectal ESD in North America.
Aadam, Abdul Aziz, Aihara, Hiroyuki, Andrawes, Sherif, Benias, Petros, Chang, Kenneth, Diehl, David L, Draganov, Peter V, Hashimoto, Rintaro, Hwang, Joo Ha, Inamdar, Sumant, Khara, Harshit S, Khashab, Mouen A, Khoshknab, Milad Pourmousavi, Kim, Raymond E, Kumta, Nikhil A, Lan, Gloria, Maniere, Thibaut, Natov, Nikola S, Ngamruengphong, Saowanee, Nosler, Michael J, Othman, Mohamed O, Perbtani, Yaseen B, Ramay, Fariha, Samarasena, Jason, Sethi, Amrita, Siegel, Amanda, Tabash, Abdalaziz, Tharian, Benjamin, Tomizawa, Yutaka, Wang, Andrew Y, Yang, Dennis, Zou, Baiming   +31 more
core   +1 more source

Endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation [PDF]

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2002
Glaucoma surgery can be classified as either cyclodestructive (reducing inflow) or filtering (increasing outflow). Filtration has traditionally been the procedure of first resort because of its efficacy and relative predictability, whereas ciliary destruction has been reserved for more refractory cases of glaucoma and in eyes which have little or no ...
openaire   +3 more sources