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 ...

A pancreatic biopsy is a diagnostic test for pancreatic cancer. It involves taking a sample of cells from tissue or a tumor in the pancreas and sending it for laboratory analysis. Types of biopsy for ...

Complications from endoscopic procedures like colonoscopy might cause more complications than previously thought, according to a study by researchers at Boston’s Beth Israel hospital. Common ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers have validated a multidisciplinary infrastructure process designed to capture endoscopic adverse ...

STANFORD, Calif., Nov. 26 -- For patients with difficult-to-detect gastrointestinal bleeding, an initial double-balloon enteroscopy is a cost-effective approach for diagnosis and treatment, ...

The present study was an institutional review board-approved prospective study (protocol X051223006) of the frequency and management of complications during EUS-guided PFC drainage by a single ...