Kim et al. grouped the data generated from 27,319 patients who had undergone esophagogastroduodenoscopy according to their upper endoscopy findings and BMI. The cohort excluded patients who had ...

Background and Aim: Common endoscopic findings in stomachs with Helicobacter pylori infections include antral nodularity, thickened gastric folds, and visible submucosal vessels. These findings are ...

AI-enhanced vibrating capsule sensed tissue stiffness to flag abnormal bowel tissue, supporting non-visual approaches to colorectal cancer detection.

It is recommended that patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding undergo endoscopy within 24 hours after gastroenterologic consultation. The role of endoscopy performed within time frames ...

Endoscopy is the insertion of a long, thin tube directly into the body to observe an internal organ — such as the gastrointestinal tract — in detail. Doctors can also use it in imaging, surgery, and ...

A new study indicates that both high-grade abnormal cellular changes (dysplasia) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (a form of cancer) have increased in the last 25 years among people with a digestive ...

Cytosponge (Medtronic) is a single-use device used to collect cells from the lining of the oesophagus. It is known as a 'sponge on a string' pill test. Cytosponge consists of a spherical sponge in a ...

Patients who are unresponsive to 4–8 weeks' treatment with PPIs twice daily might have so-called refractory GERD. The first investigation these patients should undergo is upper endoscopy to exclude a ...

Your doctor uses a long flexible tube (endoscope) with a tiny camera and light on the end to look inside your stomach. They remove the abnormal area by passing special instruments through the tube.

Endoscopy is a broad term for a camera being inserted to look at a part of the body. Laryngoscopy is a subtype of endoscopy and can help treat issues in the larynx (or voice box). A laryngoscopy and ...

Dr Sharma has been at the forefront and a pioneer in improving the diagnosis and management of GI diseases and cancer, specifically GERD, Barrett’s esophagus, advanced imaging, artificial intelligence ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013;28(2):279-284. We demonstrated that gastric mucosal patterns were associated with histological severity of atrophy and metaplasia. Of abnormal patterns, the degree of ...