Background: The incidence of hypertriglyceridemia-associated acute pancreatitis (HTG-AP) has been increasing recently. Plasmapheresis can effectively remove triglyceride(TG) from plasma, but its clinical value in HTG-AP is unclear due to the lack of solid evidence…
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Minimal prospective data are available on intraoperative pancreatoscopy (IOP) for the diagnostic work-up of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia (IPMN)…
_BACKGROUND AND AIMS:_ To date, whole gastrointestinal capsule endoscopy from the esophagus to the colorectum has not been fully accomplished. We have developed the guiding device using neodymium magnet (L 139 mm X W 139 mm X H 30 mm, weight: 2…