background and objective : given the importance of rapid diagnosis for fungal rhinosinusitis, this study aimed to evaluate the use of nested pcr to identify aspergillus and mucor species in clinical samples from patients with suspected fungal rhinosinusitis. methods : functional endoscopic sinus surgery specimens were collected from 98 patients with rhinosinusitis from 2012 to 2013. all samples...

abstract background: gastroenterologists are required to obtain consent before undertaking any endoscopic examination. published data indicate that in practice there are many deficiencies in this process. the aim of this survey was to determine the quality of information given to patients before the endoscopic procedures in iran . methods: a structured questionnaire about patient's informed con...

a 10 year old boy presented with swelling on the temporal side of the left eyebrow since birth. with the diagnosis of angular dermoid, we chose subcutaneous endoscopic excision for its treatment, as direct excision of dermoid cysts of the eyebrow might have caused a prominent facial scar for him, which can be completely avoided with an endoscopic approach that places the incision in the hair-be...

In 2016, the Japanese government decided to introduce endoscopic screening for gastric cancer as a national program. To provide endoscopic screening nationwide, we estimated the proportion of increase in the number of endoscopic examinations with the introduction of endoscopic screening, based on a national survey. The total number of endoscopic examinations has increased, particularly in clini...

PURPOSE Gastric mucosal neoplastic lesions should have characteristic endoscopic features for successful endoscopic submucosal dissection. MATERIALS AND METHODS Out of the 1,010 endoscopic submucosal dissection, we enrolled 62 patients that had the procedure cancelled. Retrospectively, whether the reasons for cancelling the endoscopic submucosal dissection were consistent with the indications...

conclusions if the indications and contraindications of minimally invasive thyroidectomy are taken into account, it seems to be a safe procedure and regarding the benefits of this procedure, it's recommended that surgeons pay more attention to this newly developed technique. introduction since 1996 with improvement of endoscopic instrumentation several novel minimally invasive techniques have b...

endonasal endoscopic laser-assisted dacryocystorhinostomy has many advantages over conventional external dacryocystorhinostomy. this technique avoids a cutaneous scar and causes less surgical trauma and bleeding than that seen in conventional lacrimal surgery. a total of 20 endoscopic laser-assisted dacryocystorhinostomy in 16 patients were performed between 1998 and 1999. the procedure was suc...

as the incidence of obesity increases, less invasive weight loss methods rather than bariatric surgery will be needed. this article reviews the advances in endoscopy, results, benefits and side effects of these techniques for treating obesity. the endoscopic options for weight loss could be broadly grouped under the following categories: restriction procedures, malabsorption procedures, and neu...