J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005;20(5):716-721. The mortality from the present series was small (5%) and none of the deaths was related to GI bleeding or complications of push enteroscopy. The procedure ...

Introduction: Although enteroscopy has been increasingly used to investigate occult or obscure bleeding, little is known about its impact on patient management. The aim of the present paper was to ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. So where should clinicians place DBE in the management algorithm of patients with OGIB? A cost-benefit analysis examined potential strategies ...

Dear B.E.: The word “lesion” is a Latin word for “injury.” In medical parlance, it means pretty much anything that is abnormal. While it is true that doctors will use the term “lesion” to describe ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am having a “push endoscope,” or forced endoscope, tomorrow. They said they found a lesion in a CT scan and want to look into it further. Is “lesion” a fancy name for cancer? — B.E.