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Section XII Gastrointestinal Diseases
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SUGGESTED READINGS
Arvanitakis M, Delhaye M, Bali MA, et al: Endoscopic treatment of external pancreatic fistulas: When draining the main pancreatic duct is not enough. Am J Gastroenterol 2007;102:516–524. In complex cases of external pancreatic fistuals, combined endoscopic and percutaneous treatment appears to be safe and effective
Boyer TD: Primary prophylaxis for variceal bleeding: Are we there yet?. Gastroenterology 2005;128:1120–1122. Review of nonselective ß-blockers versus variceal band ligation for the primary prevention of variceal bleeding
Capell MS: Safety and efficacy of colonoscopy after myocardial infarction: An analysis of 100 study patients and 100 control patients at two tertiary cardiac referral hospitals. Gastrointest Endosc 2004;60:901–909. Risks and complications of performing endoscopy soon after a myocardial infarction.
Eliakim R, Yassin K, Shlomi I, et al: A novel diagnostic tool for detecting oesophageal pathology: The PillCam oesophageal video capsule. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2004;20:1083–1089. Description of a novel noninvasive device for esophageal screening
Rex DK: Maximizing detection of adenomas and cancers during colonoscopy. Am J Gastroenterol 2006;101:2866–2877. An excellent review
Saperas E, Dot J, Videla S, et al: Capsule endoscopy versus computed tomographic or standard angiography for the diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. Am J Gastroenterol 2007;102:731–737. In patients with obscure Gl bleeding, capsule endoscopy detects more lesions than CTA or standard mesenteric angiography
Sivak MV: Gastrointestinal endoscopy: Past and future. Gut 2006;55:1061–1064. A review of the past and future of endoscopy
Sturniolo GC, Di Leo V, Vettorato MG, et al: Small bowel exploration by wireless capsule endoscopy: Results from 314 procedures. Am J Med 2006;119:341–347. Visualization of the small bowel (96%) and cecum (80%) identified the source of 58% of obscure gastrointestinal bleeds and 31% of cases of suspected small bowel disease
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