The aim of the present study was to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of the diving endoscopic technique in pituitary adenoma surgery, and the application value in determining the extent of tumor resection. A total of 37 patients with pituitary adenoma initially underwent tumor resection under an endoscope-assisted microscope via standard trans-nasal-sphenoidal approach, and tumor ca...

Correspondence to: Professor C P Swain, Academic Department of Surgery, Imperial College, St Mary’s Hospital, Praed St, London W2 1NY, UK; [email protected] _________________________ T he small intestine has been relatively inaccessible to flexible endoscopy until recently. Its length is a challenge to endoscopy. The small intestine accounts for 75% of the total length and 90% of the su...

Correspondence to: Professor C P Swain, Academic Department of Surgery, Imperial College, St Mary’s Hospital, Praed St, London W2 1NY, UK; [email protected] _________________________ T he small intestine has been relatively inaccessible to flexible endoscopy until recently. Its length is a challenge to endoscopy. The small intestine accounts for 75% of the total length and 90% of the su...

A feeding tube can be rapidly introduced into the small intestine through a makeshift 'external channel' of the fibreoptic endoscope. To prevent dislodgement of the feeding tube upon withdrawal of the endoscope, the former may be stabilized by means of the biopsy forceps introduced through its regular channel.

INTRODUCTION To date, myringoplasty conducted under the operating microscope has been found to have its limitations. With the introduction of the endoscope into other branches of surgery, there have been attempts at its utilisation in otology. METHODS Endoscope-assisted myringoplasty was carried out in 50 patients aged 18-45 years using the temporalis fascia graft. The middle ear was examined...

Photoacoustic (PA) endoscopy for human urogenital imaging has the potential to diagnose many important diseases, such as endometrial and prostate cancers. We have specifically developed a 12.7 mm diameter, rigid, side-scanning PA endoscopic probe for such applications. The key features of this endoscope are the streamlined structure for smooth cavity introduction and the proximal actuation mech...

The diagnostic and therapeutic effectiveness of combined double-balloon endoscopy with a short endoscope and peroral direct cholangioscopy with an ultraslim endoscope in patients who have altered gastrointestinal anatomy has been demonstrated [1–5]. We describe successful biliary drainage with a short double-balloon endoscope and peroral direct cholangioscopy in a patient who had cholangitis af...

OBJECTIVE Indications, usefulness, and cost-effectiveness of the endoscope in routine microneurosurgery are not clear. To delineate such aspects, we assessed our experience of endoscopic application and additional cost to use an endoscope. METHODS Endoscopes were used in 210 patients with cranial base and cisternal pathological features in the previous 7 years. Lesions were located in the ext...

Increased incidence of infections due to Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC-Kp) was noted among patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) at a single hospital. An epidemiologic investigation identified KPC-Kp and non-KPC-producing, extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Kp in cultures from 2 endoscopes. Genotypi...