More than 10 years have passed since endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) was first developed in Japan. ESD enables en bloc complete resection of superficial gastrointestinal neoplasms regardless of ...

Full-endoscopic uniportal surgery with a new interlaminar and lateral transforaminal approach may replace open nucleotomy of sequestered disc prolapses as the choice treatment for lumbar disc ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Editor’s note: In this article from the FORTE organization, Mahmut Nedim Doral, MD, PhD, FORTE president Gazi ...

April 8, 2011 (San Antonio, Texas) — Will endoscopic snakes — fully articulated and self-propelled — be the next technological advance in minimally invasive surgery? Three researchers from the ...

Gastroenterology focuses on diagnosing and treating disorders of the digestive tract and accessory organs to improve patient ...

In the last two decades, minimally invasive surgery has been implemented in multiple surgical subspecialities. Pancreatic surgery remained on the sidelines of this process for a long time.

An AV fistula may fail for various reasons, including low or poor blood flow, failure to mature, excessive pain, a sclerotic vein, and a thrombotic vein. Failure can be disheartening to a patient who ...

Manual cleaning and high-level disinfection in an automated endoscope reprocessor (AER) may not reliably prevent transmission of multidrug-resistant bacteria by endoscopes used in endoscopic ...