The Hidden Burden of Equipment Failure in Endoscopy: Uncovered and Improved With Digital Technology.

Objective A growing and ageing population combined with severe disruptions across endoscopy services throughout the United Kingdom (UK) during the recent pandemic has accelerated the backlog of patients awaiting endoscopic procedures. This places increased pressure to improve service efficiencies in an attempt to reduce this growing burden. Moreover, beyond repair costs, the full impact of faulty endoscopes on services is not well documented.

An unusual finding of obstructive jaundice-a case report and review of the literature.

Biliary ascariasis is a tropical infectious disease, endemic in regions such as the Far East, Indian subcontinent and parts of the Middle East. The responsible organism is the worm. This case study presents a 54-year-old British Caucasian female patient, admitted with a 1-week history of generalized abdominal pain.