GI & Endoscopy

Robert Richards, MD, and Jean-Pierre Reinhold, MD, were featured in a Las Cruces Sun-News report, discussing facts about colorectal cancer in recognition of March as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

Several European and U.S. gastroenterologists have performed procedures using Medigus' Ultrasonic Surigcal Endostapler. Medigus is an Omer, Israel-based medical device company.

A study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology found among patients undergoing routine endoscopy or colonoscopy with moderate sedation, capnographic monitoring did not reduce the incidence of hypoxemia.

A study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology showed promising results in a self-management program for irritable bowel patients, as reported by MPR.

The FDA is likely to require more data and testing of certain devices used to treat hemorrhoids, according to Medscape.

Lewis R. Felder, MD, is a gastroenterologist practicing at Miami-based Gastro Health. He is board-certified and a member of the American College of Physicians, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and American College of Gastroenterology.

Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Feb. 22 to Feb. 26.

The American Gastroenterological Association's Future Leaders Program has selected Nelson Garcia, MD, to its inaugural class, according to an AmSurg report.

Here are five trends in the global market for Crohn's disease, according to a Persistence Market Research report.

A study published in the journal Transfusion found patients with intestinal bleeding may not need a transfusion and, in fact, receiving more blood may put them at a higher risk of death, according to The West Australian.