Researchers found laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy is as effective and safe for treatment of early gastric cancer as open gastrectomy, according to findings published in Surgical Endoscopy.
GI & Endoscopy
In an editorial in Gastroenterology, associate editor David Lieberman questions how gastroenterologists and endoscopists measure and report on quality measures.
Kansas Gastroenterology and Kansas Endoscopy is renovating a former restaurant building into medical offices, exam rooms and an ambulatory surgery center, according to a Wichita Business Journal report.
Given Imaging's fourth quarter 2011 net income was up 76 percent to $5.6 million, compared to $3.2 in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a news release.
The Colon Cancer Alliance expressed support for the FDA's draft guidance on an improved approval process for biosimilars with a "reference product" already on the market, according to a news release.
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Here are five mistakes to avoid when dealing with supplies and equipment specifically for a GI-driven ASC, such as detergents for scopes, disinfectants and pre-owned equipment.
The Central Illinois Endoscopy Center received a 95 percent overall patient satisfaction score for January from a survey done by Press Ganey Associates, an independent patient satisfaction survey company, according to a news release.
Apollo Endosurgery, a developer of advanced therapeutic endoscopy devices, raised $47.6 million in a round of financing, according to a news release.
U.S. Endoscopy, an endoscopy device design and manufacturing company, announced the full market release of the Torrent irrigation tubing system, according to a news release.
U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.) is scheduled to visit Berks Center for Digestive Health in Wyomissing, Pa., on Feb. 10, according to a news release from Physicians Endoscopy, which owns BCDH with local physicians.