Some Mushrooms are Hard to Digest: Gastrostomy Tube Exchange

Gupta, Nishant; Goyal, Pradeep; Bansal, Itisha; Hooda, Kusum; Kumar, Yogesh; Bearden, Gregory

doi:10.12659/pjr.902203

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“…While often performed to diagnose symptomatic patients, endoscopy also enables biopsy, polyp excision, removal of ingested foreign bodies, control of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (esophageal varices sclerotherapy, and coagulation), and endoscopic gastrostomy [ 5 ]. Endoscopy is also a very important technique with which to diagnose early gastrointestinal cancer [ 6 ].…”

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Emergency Endoscopy and the Importance of Endoscopy Training in General Surgery Residency: A Survey-Based Study

et al. 2017

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BackgroundEmergency endoscopy is a life-saving technique of great significance. The aim of our study was to draw attention to endoscopy training activities of general surgeons and their opinions on this issue.Material/MethodsWe asked general surgery specialists where they received their general surgery training, the institution where they currently worked, how many years they had been practicing, if they had endoscopy training during or after residency, if a gastroenterologist was available in their hospital, and whether they used endoscopy. We also asked some questions, including ‘Should general surgeons perform emergency or elective endoscopy?’, ‘Is endoscopy training required in general surgery’, and ‘What is your opinion regarding this issue?’, and we assessed the answers.ResultsOf the 138 general surgeons undertaking surveys, 63% of participants received their general surgery training in university hospitals and 37% in training and research hospitals. The duration of practicing as a general surgeon was 5 years for 23.9%, 5–15 years for 38.4%, 15–20 years for 20.3%, and over 20 years for 17.4% of participants. The rate of receiving endoscopy training at residency was 51.4%, 25.4% did not have endoscopy training, and 23.2% had postgraduate training. All participants replied affirmatively to the question ‘Should general surgeons perform emergency or elective endoscopy?’.ConclusionsAlthough endoscopy has been widely used recently, gastroenterologists are not available in every hospital. Consequently, it is evident that endoscopy should be part of general surgery training.

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