A large-scale data review by researchers in China showed double balloon enteroscopy to be safe and effective for detection of diseases of the small intestine, according to an American Society for ...

Aspero Medical has received a patent for new technology that will help physicians diagnose and treat gastrointestinal illness more effectively. The medical device startup, cofounded by Paul M. Rady ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Endoscopic balloon dilation was more effective than fully covered self-expandable metal stents for Crohn’s ...

Boston Scientific Corporation has announced it has received FDA clearance for expanded use indication for its CRE wire-guided balloon dilator for endoscopic dilation of the Sphincter of Oddi following ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The diagnostic yields of video capsule endoscopy and double-balloon enteroscopy for indications without bleeding ...

Over a 3-year period (1995-1998), 23 patients underwent EBD for benign GOO. All patients had symptoms of GOO, that is postprandial vomiting, often containing stale food, and abdominal pain. Pyloric ...

In the present study, potential sources for suspected small bowel bleeding were found in 69.8% of the patients undergoing DBE, a diagnostic yield similar to that of previous studies. [10,11,12,13] ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – October 31, 2008 – A study by researchers in Japan concludes that Double Balloon Endoscopy™ (DBE) was very useful in the diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and had a ...