Endoscopy

Researchers' work from University of Alabama focuses on endoscopy

Published in Medical Imaging Business Week, July 24th, 2008

"Although the role of bedside endoscopy for the provision of emergent diagnosis and therapy is I well known, the concept of bedside EUS requires further validation. To evaluate the concept of bedside EUS and assess its impact on patient management," scientists in the United States report.

"A prospective study. A tertiary-referral center. Patients included those with pancreaticobiliary and thoracic disorders who required EUS but who were clinically unstable to be evaluated in the endoscopy suite. All procedures were performed by one endosonographer at the patient's bedside by using an EUS cart that was equipped with a therapeutic curvilinear echoendoscope. To evaluate...

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Source: Medical Imaging Business Week (2008-07-24)

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