Background: Some people who suffer an upper gastrointestinal bleed or perforation die. The mortality rate was estimated at 12% in studies published before 1997, but a systematic survey of more ...
Safety issues include misplacement of the tube into the lung or small intestine, migration of the tube outside of the stomach, perforation of the trachea, esophagus, or stomach, and aspiration of ...
Gastric sleeve and gastric bypass are weight loss surgeries that help you eat less by reducing the size of your stomach. They have several key differences in benefits, risks, and recovery ...
There's another symptom that a GI doc implores people to not ignore. While it's not always that big of a deal, it can be life-threatening, at the very worst end of the spectrum. The symptom actually ...
Britain is in the grip of a gastric flu outbreak which has spread from hospitals in Scotland to the south coast, health chiefs said today. Levels of the virus, which has already affected 12 ...
Data suggest that cabozantinib and pembrolizumab can be effective in patients with advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer whose disease is resistant or refractory to immune checkpoint ...