Researchers are beginning work on a double-blind randomized controlled trial to test the results of this preliminary study. A 1-hour endoscopic procedure could potentially eliminate the need for ...

PHILADELPHIA — New data showed durable weight loss of about 10% at 10 years after endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) in adults with obesity. “The procedure is dependable and safe and should be ...

An endoscopy is a procedure that uses imaging to evaluate the organs and tissues of your body, including your gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Being able to visualize your GI tract can help your doctor ...

A therapeutic endoscopic procedure provides treatment that is carried out via the endoscope. A procedure, which starts as a diagnostic or screening endoscopy, may become a therapeutic endoscopy ...

Intermountain Health recently opened a free-standing combined surgical and endoscopy procedure center in Sandy, Utah and is announcing two other Utah endoscopy center locations that will open in Ogden ...

Bariatric surgery, particularly RYGB and VSG, significantly improves liver health in MASLD, with high rates of steatosis remission and fibrosis reduction. Endoscopic techniques, such as ESG, IGBs, and ...

What Are the Various Types of Procedures? An upper endoscopy is an examination of the upper gut. It's often referred to as an endoscopy. However, this is only one of many endoscopy types performed by ...

The volume of endoscopic procedures performed at the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) continues to increase. These procedures range from screening colonoscopies to upper GI endoscopies. Improving the ...

Use of GLP-1s or glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide agonists before upper endoscopy significantly increased the risk for residual gastric volume, according to data published in JAMA Internal ...

SANDY — More people are experiencing chronic digestive health conditions and colon cancer is being diagnosed at younger ages, prompting one of Utah's largest health care companies to increase options ...

For years now, surgeons have debated the relative merits of endoscopic and open surgery for carpal tunnel release. Now some researchers believe that they are closing the case against the endoscopic ...