Publications by authors named "Fernando Gonzalez-Panizo-Tamargo"
Background: Overstitch endoscopic suturing system (Apollo Endosurgery. Austin, Texas) was created for NOTES procedures.As it demonstrated to be feasible, secure and effective in this field, further studies have evaluated its use in common gastrointestinal disorders in which current therapeutic tools, endoscopic or not, are not efficient or safe enough.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLung cancer is one of the most frequent neoplasms in our environment, and represents the first cause of cancer related death in western countries. Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to these patients may be complicated, with endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA), classically performed by gastroenterologists, playing a very important role. As this disease is not closely related to the "digestive tract", gastroenterologists have been forced to update their knowledge on this field o adequately diagnose this significant group of patients.
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- Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is more accurate than magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) for diagnosing choledocholithiasis in patients with normal MRC results.
- In a study of 76 patients, EUS showed a sensitivity of 100% and diagnostic accuracy of 92%, while MRC had a sensitivity of 0% and accuracy of 70%.
- EUS led to significant changes in patient management, with 38% undergoing therapeutic procedures (ERCP) based on EUS findings despite negative MRC results.*