Performance of the OTSC System in the endoscopic closure of iatrogenic gastrointestinal perforations: a systematic review

Reliable closure is a prerequisite for conventional and innovative endoscopic procedures, such as NOTES. OTSC System is a safe and effective method fo...

Effect of erythromycin before endoscopy in patients presenting with variceal bleeding: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Erythromycin, a motilin agonist, induces gastric emptying in patients with variceal bleeding. The need for repeat endoscopy and the mean number of uni...

Cost effectiveness of nurse delivered endoscopy: findings from randomised multi-institution nurse endoscopy trial (MINuET)

Doctors are probably more cost-effective than nurses for plausible values of a QALY. Patients in the doctor group gained 0.015 QALY more than those in...

A prospective study of same day bi-directional endoscopy in the evaluation of patients with occult gastrointestinal bleeding

Objective: Previous studies show conflicting results in the diagnostic yield of oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD) and colonoscopy in identifying poten...

Capsule endoscopy in the evaluation of patients with suspected small intestinal bleeding: Results of a pilot study

Capsule endoscopy identified small intestinal bleeding sites beyond the range of push enteroscopy. A bleeding site was found in 11 of 20 patients duri...

Ketamine with and without midazolam for gastrointestinal endoscopies in children

No ideal scheme is available to study the protocol with midazolam and ketamine used by anesthetists at our institution. The starting ketamine dose was...