Endoscopic techniques can be considered reasonably safe since they are widely used and the rate of complications is extremely low. Still complications do occur and in order to avoid them, the evaluation of the patient before and after any intervention is of the utmost importance. In this article, issues concerning the preparation of the patient and informed consent, the general assessment - med...

In 2012, a healthy, normal-weight, 61-year-old woman presented to my gastroenterology clinic. She requested endoscopy because she was worried about cancer of the esophagus. Four years earlier, her primary care physician had diagnosed gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), prescribed once-daily acid-reduction therapy, and noted complete resolution of symptoms. As a precaution, the primary care ...

Background. Nasal and nasopharyngeal pathology is one of the most important widespread challenge in pediatrics pediatric otorhinolaryngology. Prolonged nasal breathing difficulty can be caused by various diseases their combinations. It requires multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis with involvement modern examination methods pathogenetic treatment. Objective. The aim study develop complex tec...

Since its introduction in the 1950s, fiberoptic endoscopy has dramatically altered the scope and practice of gastrointestinal (GI) pathology. Whereas examination by rigid instruments was generally restricted to the proximal digestive foregut and distal 25 cm of the large bowel, fiberoptic endoscopy extended these limits considerably, which resulted in a greater volume of biopsies submitted to t...

We presented a case of 87-year-old woman hospitalized for chronic watery diarrhea, affected by multimorbidities. After excluding other causes diarrhea biohumoral and microbiological tests, endoscopy was performed without revealing any macroscopic abnormalities, but, at histological examination random biopsies, the characteristic features collagenous colitis were found. Lansoprazolo sertraline, ...

Objective: To investigate the importance of endoscopic nodular gastritis associated With Helicobacter pylori infection in children. Methods: In this prospective study, 220 consecutive patients (age range 2 to 15 years, mean age 9. 02 ±3 .3 ), 118 of them males (53. 6%) underwent upper endoscopy during evaluation of chronic abdominal pain. The appearance of nodular gastritis was observed du...