Duodenum

In this Endo-Sketch, a Healio video series on clinical conditions named after famous colleagues, Klaus Mergener, MD, of the University of Washington School of Medicine, discusses the origin of the Whipple procedure and Whipple disease.

Ambu Inc. announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for the Ambu aScope Duodeno.

Adults who underwent duodenal mucosal resurfacing had improved glucose response and insulin sensitivity that suggest positive effects of the procedure on beta-cell function and the liver, according to data accepted for presentation at the Endocrine Society Annual Meeting and delivered in a virtual press conference.