CHICAGO – A new, nonsurgical weight-loss procedure — which involves inserting a tube down a patient's throat and suturing the stomach — is safe and effective, a new study finds. During the procedure, ...

Endoscopic techniques can be appropriate for the treatment of post-bariatric surgery complications including leakage, strictures, fistulas, bleeding and migrated bands or rings Endoscopic management ...

A study presented at Digestive Disease Week examined the effectiveness of non-surgical endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty in individuals struggling with obesity who are not candidates for weight loss ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has granted de novo authorization for Apollo Endosurgery to market its Apollo ESG and Apollo REVISE ...

Patients with cirrhosis are at risk of esophageal hemorrhage. The efficacy of endoscopic variceal band ligation (EVBL) for the prophylaxis of initial hemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis is unclear.

Beta blockers should be the first line of prevention against variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. While banding is similarly effective in reducing the incidence of ...

A new study finds that individuals struggling with obesity who are not candidates for weight-loss surgery can benefit substantially from non-surgical endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, according to ...

All patients who underwent EVL for treatment of acute variceal bleeding followed by EVL for secondary prophylaxis and who subsequently developed recurrent variceal bleeding at the Mayo Clinic, ...

Optimal band imaging used with an endoscope provides images that clearly identify depressed-type early gastric cancer without magnification in 96 percent of study participants. Gastric cancer is one ...

CHICAGO — A new, nonsurgical weight-loss procedure — which involves inserting a tube down a patient's throat and suturing the stomach — is safe and effective, a new study finds. During the procedure, ...