An endoscopy can diagnose eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), but it’s also an important tool for monitoring how well medical therapy is working — especially when you switch treatment types. “Typically an ...

Healthcare is gravitating toward value-based care and payment. How can gastroenterologists prepare for such a monumental shift in the way healthcare is delivered? Ask a Gastroenterologist is a weekly ...

Administering a lidocaine lollipop as a single-agent anesthetic to patients undergoing an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy procedure eliminated the need for sedation in the majority of patients. Upper ...

Up to a quarter of patients undergo a colonoscopy with inadequate bowel preparation, which can limit the effectiveness of the procedure and lead to missed polyps and incomplete or aborted procedures.

To investigate the influence of different methods of bowel preparation on the quality and gastrointestinal transit time of CE of the small bowel. This single-center, prospective, randomized study ...

A. When doctors talk about an endoscopy, they are usually talking about two procedures: colonoscopy and upper endoscopy. Most people are more familiar with a colonoscopy, which is typically done to ...

Endoscopy is a way to examine your digestive tract with a camera, called an endoscope. The endoscope is a flexible tube with a light and the camera attached. Through this state-of-the-art technology, ...

A randomized trial shows combined water exchange and cap-assisted colonoscopy shortens cecal intubation time and reduces pain in unsedated procedures.