Gastrointestinal endoscopy
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Gastrointest. Endosc. · Nov 2011
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyParticipation by experienced endoscopy nurses increases the detection rate of colon polyps during a screening colonoscopy: a multicenter, prospective, randomized study.
No reported prospective, randomized study has evaluated the impact of an endoscopy nurse participating as a second observer during colonoscopy. ⋯ Experienced endoscopy nurse participation increased the PDR and ADR during screening colonoscopy. However, the benefit of participation by experienced nurses appears to be exclusively with inexperienced colonoscopists.
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Gastrointest. Endosc. · Nov 2011
Magnetic compression anastomosis is useful in biliary anastomotic strictures after living donor liver transplantation.
An anastomotic biliary stricture is a complication of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) performed using duct-to-duct anastomosis. Despite advances in treating this complication, there is no one established treatment protocol. ⋯ MCA safely and effectively resolved post-LDLT biliary duct-to-duct anastomotic strictures that could not be resolved using conventional methods, such as ERCP and percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage.