1. In patients with difficult biliary cannulation in the setting of benign disease, endoscopic ultrasound-guided rendezvous and precut sphincterotomy had similar technical success rates. 2. Both ...

The present study aimed to measure the benefit of sphincterotomy for suspected SOD. Design Prospective cohort conducted at 14 US centres with 12 months follow-up. Patients undergoing first-time ...

First Department of Medicine, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan Correspondence to: Dr T Ando, First Department of Medicine, Chiba University School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, ...

Six months previously, the patient had presented with right upper quadrant pain and jaundice and been treated for choledocholithiasis by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and ...

The scale rates three sections of the colon, right (cecum and ascending colon), mid-colon (transverse and descending) and rectosigmoid, on a five-point scale (0–4). Total score (0–14) is ...

Study Rundown: Semaglutide is known to reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in overweight and obese patients; however, its effect on patients with atherosclerotic ...