Disturbances of gastric and intestinal motor functions such as gastroparesis, functional dyspepsia, enteric dysmotility, IBS and constipation affect a large proportion of the population worldwide, ...

Adding the T-DOC ® Air-Charged™ Anorectal Manometry Catheter to your EMG, nerve stimulation, sensation measurements, anal ultrasonography, and defecography studies provides essential information to ...

Thoracoscopy is a test to look at the space between your lung and chest wall. This is the pleural cavity. You might have a thoracoscopy to check for signs of cancer, such as mesothelioma. It is a ...

Your doctor will usually base a diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) on whether you have symptoms of the condition and how frequent and severe they are. You may also undergo a test to ...

A lung adenocarcinoma is a type of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that begins in the glandular cells of the lungs. Depending on the stage, this can be a serious illness. However, treatment can ...

1 Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan 2 Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, ...

Abstract: Lung diseases, such as pleural effusion, may seriously affect the life quality of the patients. Clinically, the lung auscultation method and some lung imaging approaches, such as chest X-ray ...

Background: The optimal treatment for malignant pleural effusion (MPE) remains controversial. We previously explored the use of minimally invasive medical thoracoscopic thermal ablation [argon plasma ...

Introduction and Objectives The use of intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy in patients with pleural infection has been shown to reduce hospital stay and reduce surgical referral rate. However, the ...