Daily Archives: July 9, 2015

Biomarkers of Inflammation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Bruce E. Sands

Recent observations suggest that subjective measures of disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are often misleading. Objective measures of inflammation are more closely associated with important long-term outcomes, but often depend upon i… Continue reading →

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Same-Session Balloon Dilation of Tight Esophageal Stenosis and Pseudocyst Drainage Using a Forward-Viewing Echoendoscope

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Takeshi Ogura, Tatsushi Sano, Wataru Takagi, Saori Onda, Daisuke Masuda, Akira Imoto, Kazuhide Higuchi

Interventional endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) including EUS-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA), biliary drainage (BD), and pseudocyst drainage (PD) has recently been widely performed.1 However, if stenosis of the esophagus is present, it may be chal… Continue reading →

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