The importance of detecting early neoplasia has taken on greater significance in this era of minimally invasive, organ-preserving endoscopic therapy. In this position statement we describe 38 ...

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is widely used in clinical practice to treat IHD. However, angina post PCI (APPCI) impairs quality of life and portends a worse prognosis. Hence, an effective ...

A Spalding family with a 28-year-old disabled son say they’re now struggling to get any respite care due to a lack of ...

Correspondence to: Dr M Stroud Institute of Human Nutrition, Mail point 113, F Level, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Rd, Southampton, UK; m.a.stroudsoton.ac.uk ...

New codes and introductory language that became effective January 1, 2015 to describe percutaneous treatment of vertebral fractures have raised questions from users, which this article attempts to ...

flexible plastic tube put under the skin of the chest wall to give medicine and take blood – as well as a stoma bag and a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tube into the stomach.

OBJECTIVE: In patients who experience difficulties in oral feeding, alimentary intake can be supported by creating direct access into the stomach through a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. The ...

Endoscopic and robotic thyroid surgery leave less visible scarring and are associated with a faster recovery. That said, these minimally invasive techniques should only be performed in carefully ...

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty patients submitted to percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) were randomized into two groups: Group I (N = 26) received general anesthesia and Group II (N = 24) received ...

Radiologic approach The gastrostomy tube is guided into the correct position using fluoroscopic guidance. Using a percutaneous technique, a gastrostomy tube is introduced to hold the gastric wall ...

Patients with thyrotoxicosis who developed thyroid storm died at nearly double the rate as those without thyroid storm, ...

Abstract: An electrostatic actuation-based resonating microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) polygonal mirror micro-scanner is developed for endoscopic probes used in clinical investigations.