The usual charge for EGD, which includes anesthesia, is $9,391, while TNE would be $3,548. For 100 procedures, the savings to the health care system would be $584,300.

Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) who are at highest risk for Barrett esophagus or cancer are less likely to undergo diagnostic endoscopy.

Ethicon Endo-Surgery announced that the Sedasys System, the first computer-assisted personalized sedation (CAPS) system, was granted a CE Mark for the European Union for routine colonoscopy and ...

The proportion of GI endoscopic procedures with retained biopsy samples exceeded informal estimates from endoscopists and lab technicians in a study of more than 100 procedures.