Acute pancreatitis is the most feared complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) because it has the greatest potential for causing prolonged hospitalization, major morbidity ...

Patients who are unresponsive to 4–8 weeks' treatment with PPIs twice daily might have so-called refractory GERD. The first investigation these patients should undergo is upper endoscopy to exclude a ...

An endoscopy is a procedure in which your doctor uses specialized instruments to view and operate on the internal organs and vessels of your body. An endoscopy allows surgeons to see problems within ...

Since its original introduction to the field of gastroenterology in 1982, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has been regarded as a sensitive imaging tool to evaluate the pancreas. EUS enables ...