An esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is a procedure that helps diagnose and treat conditions of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract. During the EGD procedure, a doctor passes an endoscope, a camera ...

The decision to perform an EGD is evaluated between academic and community health care perspectives. Video Player is loading.

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Oct. 6, 2003 (New Orleans) — Conscious sedation is not required in the vast majority of patients who undergo ultrathin esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) in their family physician's office.

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EvoEndo ®, Inc. (“EvoEndo”), a medical device company developing systems for Unsedated Transnasal Endoscopy (TNE), is pleased to share recent decisions announced by the ...

Patients on GLP-1 receptor agonists had a low risk of food retention when an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) was combined with a colonoscopy, a small retrospective study found. Among more than 200 ...

Guidelines for the treatment of portal hypertension recommend that individuals with chronic liver disease undergo endoscopy at diagnosis to screen for esophageal varices, with subsequent periodic ...

Researchers from Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center presented their results on an experimental gastric balloon and its potential to help patients lose weight at Obesity Week 2015, ...