The rates of hospital admissions for diverticulitis have shown a sharp increase in recent years, particularly among younger people, researchers report in the February issue of the Annals of Surgery. Reuters Health Information
Experts told the FDA that endoscopy is adequate for evaluating the efficacy of drugs intended to prevent NSAID damage, but not for evaluating NSAID-associated toxicity. Medscape Medical News
In this video commentary, Dr. Brant Oelschlager highlights advances in minimally invasive surgery of the GI tract as presented at the SSAT 51st annual meeting, held in conjunction with DDW 2010.
