Endoscopy is a medical technique that doctors use to detect and treat certain conditions without major surgery. The popularity of these procedures has surged in recent years, and that’s a good ...

Linda Beaver, RN, MSN, MHA, administrator of Gateway Endoscopy Center in St. Louis, discusses how her ASC worked to ensure physicians were withdrawing scopes during GI procedures in the proper amount ...

Few are aware that upper endoscopy can be performed with a specially-made, single use, disposable, and inexpensive sheath, which completely covers part of the scope that goes inside the body, so ...

Proving this scope can save money and recovery time. The chance of serious complications with endoscopy are low. But possible risks include infection, piercing an organ, and bleeding.

Shaun Sweeney, vice president of sales and marketing for Cygnus Medical, which specializes in products and services for the endoscopy suite, operating room and sterile processing department, describes ...

The Stratifying Clinical Outcomes Prior to Endoscopy (SCOPE) score was developed using significant variables from a retrospective cross-sectional study of patients (mean age, 59 years; 43.6% men ...

Endoscopy is a medical technique that doctors use to detect and treat certain conditions without major surgery.