Endoscopy

Web-based patient education effectively decreased the need for upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy in patients with uninvestigated dyspepsia, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Healio Gastroenterology presents the following reports on the most recent news in interventional endoscopy.

Endoscopy with linked color imaging may help improve adenoma detection, particularly among endoscopists who normally have lower adenoma detection rates, according to study results.

Lumen-apposing metal stents for endoscopic drainage were not superior to double-pigtail plastic stents in reducing the need for endoscopic necrosectomy, according to a presenter at the ESGE Days.

A typically high-volume endoscopy unit in Italy saw a significant reduction in procedures in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research presented at ESGE Days.

The transmission of COVID-19 in endoscopy units is unlikely in settings where cases were reduced and proper use of PPE was maintained, according to research presented at ESGE Days.

Endoscopy-related injury was prevalent among gastroenterologists, with significant sex-based differences in specific sites, according to a study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

While endoscopic-related injuries are common among physicians in gastroenterology, men and women report differences in injury sites and contributing mechanisms, according to a recent study. It was the top story in gastroenterology last week.

While endoscopic-related injuries are common among physicians in gastroenterology, men and women report differences in injury sites and contributing mechanisms, according to study results.

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