Patients with gastric tumors usually present with symptoms of discomfort or pain in the epigastrium, regurgitations, nausea, vomiting or melena. Treatment options include open and laparoscopic total ...

EUS was developed in the 1980s to improve the imaging of the pancreas. Traditional transabdominal ultrasound imaging of the pancreas is hampered by intervening bowel gas, bone, and fat. By placing a ...

A: First, it is important to describe what a vague hypoechoic lesion of the pancreas means to an endosonographer (Figure 1). Any lesion that is large, well circumscribed, cystic, or distorts ...

An ectopic pancreas is a rare developmental anomaly, which usually remains asymptomatic, but in some cases, complications such as hemorrhage, obstruction, ulceration, or malignant transformation may ...

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is the diagnostic modality of choice for various pancreatic pathologies. A recent study has suggested that EUS evaluation during diagnostic workup is a predictor of ...

Since its original introduction to the field of gastroenterology in 1982, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has been regarded as a sensitive imaging tool to evaluate the pancreas. EUS enables ...

Phase II trial of hepatic arterial infusion of fluorouracil and recombinant human interferon alfa-2b for liver metastases of colorectal cancer refractory to systemic fluorouracil and leucovorin. EUS ...

A new study has found that endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is associated with improved outcomes in patients with localized pancreatic cancer, possibly due to the detection of earlier cancers and improved ...

In a randomized trial that compared EUS and conventional endoscopy for the drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts, [6] 13.3% of patients who underwent endoscopic drainage encountered major bleeding ...

Development of a National Cancer Registry in a Low Resourced Country: The Case of Kenya National Cancer Registry Programme Background: Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer ...

Limaca's Precision-GI™ endoscopic ultrasound guided motorized fine needle biopsy (EUS-mFNB) device delivers substantial tissue acquisition. YOKNEAM, Israel, May 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Limaca Medical ...

Endoscopic surgery of ectopic pregnancy is actually the gold standard for the management of fallopian tubal diseases. A survey was conducted to evaluate fertility in patients who underwent endoscopic ...