Impact on healthcare resources of switch from fecal occult blood test to fecal immunochemical test within the English Bowel Cancer Screening Program: a single-center study

Fecal immunochemistry testing (FIT) replaced fecal occult blood test (FOBt) in England as the Bowel Cancer Screening Program (BCSP) screening tool. FI...

Evaluating the impact of frailty on periprocedural adverse events and mortality among patients with GI bleeding

Frailty is a known predictor of mortality and adverse events in the inpatient setting. 49.2% of frail patients had composite periprocedural adverse ev...

Single pass, 1 needle actuation versus single pass 3 actuation technique for EUS-guided liver biopsy: a randomized prospective trial (with video)

There has not been a head-to-head comparison of single versus multiple needle actuation. Compared with 1:1, biopsies using 1:3 yielded more CPT and lo...

Colorectal cancer in 18- to 49-year-olds: rising rates, presentation, and outcome in a large integrated health system

New guidelines recommend screening should begin at age 45. Younger patients are more likely to have metastases and to need multimodality treatment.

Safety and efficacy of water pressure endoscopic submucosal dissection for colorectal tumors with submucosal fibrosis (with video)

Water pressure endoscopic submucosal dissection can shorten procedure time for fibrotic colorectal neoplasms. Median procedure time was significantly...

Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy in the evaluation of dominant strictures in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis: results of a U.S. multicenter prospective trial

Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) offers microscopic level imaging of subepithelial biliary mucosa. CLE had high sensitivity in detecti...

Role of fluorescence confocal microscopy for rapid evaluation of EUS fine-needle biopsy in pancreatic solid lesions

Fluorescence confocal microscopy (FCM) allows imaging of tissues in a fresh state. It requires minimal preparation without damage or loss of tissue. U...

Propensity score-matched comparison between totally laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with transcolonic natural orifice specimen extraction and conventional laparoscopic surgery with mini-laparotomy in the treatment of ascending colon cancer (with video)

Study: Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with transcolonic natural orifice specimen extraction is safe for selected patients with ascending colon cance...

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