ARTICLE SUMMARY:
Kenneth Chang, MD, a thought-leader in the field of gastrointestinal endoscopy, speaks about the migration of surgery to less invasive procedures that is changing gastroenterology as it has so many other clinical specialties. Innovations here promise to increase the numbers of patients who get treated for some difficult conditions.
Gastrointestinal endoscopy is picking up speed in a field where there are surgical predicates for several diseases that are not only uncomfortable for patients but are, in many cases, associated with pathological changes that predispose patients to cancer.
