A gastroenterologist with Baystate Health completed a medical mission to Ghana to provide the first training in a specialized, minimally invasive procedure ever offered in the country.

The joint American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Task Force on Quality in Endoscopy has issued updated quality indicators for all ...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a medical technique that is used primarily to investigate and treat pathologies involving the biliary tree and pancreatic ducts. Image Credit: ...

Despite the outbreak of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections linked to duodenoscopes, healthcare providers should not cancel endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures for ...

A therapeutic endoscopic procedure provides treatment that is carried out via the endoscope. A procedure, which starts as a diagnostic or screening endoscopy, may become a therapeutic endoscopy ...

Post-cholecystectomy pain (abdominal pain after gallbladder removal) is a common clinical problem. More than 700,000 patients undergo cholecystectomy each year in the United States, and at least 10 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Single-use duodenoscopes offered similar technical and safety outcomes in endoscopic retrograde ...

Opportunities lie in expanding endoscopic procedures, such as EUS and ERCP, to enhance cancer diagnostics and treatment, supported by improving healthcare expenditures and global demand for effective, ...

In patients with unexplained acute recurrent pancreatitis who have pancreas divisum, the widely used procedure endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with minor papillotomy does not ...