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 ...

Spiral enteroscopy, which has been used to evaluate abnormal results following capsule endoscopy, may be only moderately effective in its ability to locate pathology within the small bowel, according ...

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 ...

Intermountain Health recently opened a free-standing combined surgical and endoscopy procedure center in Sandy, Utah and is ...

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 ...

Upper endoscopy is the most fundamental test to diagnose diseases of the esophagus, stomach and the duodenum (for example, gastric cancer, gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers and esophagitis). Unlike ...

Acid reflux happens to almost everyone, especially after a spicy meal, but if it’s happening twice a week or more to you, it could be doing more harm than you realize. Heartburn and acid indigestion ...

For the first time in more than a decade, the American College of Gastroenterology offered a new recommendation for the evaluation of abnormal liver chemistries. Here’s what you should know. 1.

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 ...