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gastroenterologyMedical specialty dealing with digestion and the digestive system. In the 17th century Jan Baptista van Helmont conducted the first scientific studies in the field; William Beaumont published his own observations in 1833. Lavage (washing out the stomach) and endoscopy were developed in the 19th century, and endoscopy and X rays with a contrast medium were first used to visualize the stomach and digestive organs in the 1890s. Gastroenterologists diagnose and treat disorders of the stomach, intestines, liver, and pancreas, including ulcers, tumours, inflammatory diseases (including ulcerative colitis and ileitis), and rectal disorders. gastroenterology [¦ga·strō‚ent·ə′räl·ə·jē] (medicine) The branch of medicine concerned with study of the stomach and intestine. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A group of general surgeons, seeking to increase revenue, begins to perform endoscopies on their patients and to compete for procedure time with the current group of gastroenterologists who perform the majority of endoscopic procedures in the hospital's outpatient ambulatory center. Offices also have been reserved for family practitioners, internists, pediatricians, nephrologists, endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, rheumatologists and other specialists. The First Annual Clinical Care Options for Hepatitis Symposium, for "experienced, front-line, primary care physicians, gastroenterologists and infectious disease specialists involved in the care of patients with viral hepatitis" will be held June 19-22, 2003, in Laguna Niguel, California. |
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