In a Dutch study, patients with malignant gastric outlet obstruction who underwent endoscopic gastroenterostomy resumed solid foods after a median of 1 day versus 3 days with surgery. The endoscopic ...

Background and Aim: Endoscopic balloon dilatation (EBD) has been used for the treatment of gastric outlet obstruction (GOO). There are several reports on the utility and success of this non-surgical ...

Bouveret's syndrome represents a rare variant of gallstone ileus, where a large gallstone migrates from the gallbladder via a bilioenteric fistula and becomes impacted in the duodenum or stomach, ...

Surgical palliation improved quality of live and solid food intake in patients with certain types of gastric cancer, according to a recent study. Patients with malignant gastric outlet obstruction ...

Patterns of chemotherapy (CT) use in a U.S.-wide cohort of patients (pts) with metastatic gastric cancer (MGC).

Both the upper endoscopy (Figure 4; arrow shows obstruction) and CT scan (Figure 5; arrow shows obstruction) showed findings suggesting a mechanical obstruction to gastric emptying . How do you ...

Boston Scientific (($BSX)) announced an update on their ongoing clinical study. Study Overview: Boston Scientific is conducting a study titled ‘A ...

A 75-year-old woman (patient 2), with a history of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and biliary stenting 19 months before, was admitted to a surgical department due to ...

Primary results of a phase III trial to evaluate bursectomy for patients with subserosal/serosal gastric cancer (JCOG1001). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 Gastrointestinal Cancers ...