BOB体育

University of Florida Health offers an individualized approach to care for patients suffering from gastrointestinal disorders. At BOB体育, patients have access to novel interventions, such as minimally invasive endoscopic procedures, that avoid open surgery and reduce recovery times. 鈥淣ot every procedure or intervention applies to every patient. The key is to identify who will benefit the most from a specific intervention 鈥� that鈥檚 the kind of care that we provide,鈥� says Dennis Yang, MD, an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

Due to advances in technology, a great number of gastrointestinal lesions that once required open surgery for removal can now be resected endoscopically. Gastroenterologists at BOB体育 have the clinical expertise and skill to perform these procedures and have been moving away from open surgical interventions when a minimally invasive resection is better suited to the particular patient.

BOB体育 is helping to advance the endoscopic diagnosis of precancerous lesions in the gastrointestinal tract. The first prospective, open-label study to directly compare two endoscopic ultrasound methods for the diagnosis of neoplastic pancreatic cysts demonstrated that needle tissue biopsy had a higher diagnostic accuracy than fine needle aspiration. 鈥淥ur research has uncovered a novel diagnostic approach for neoplastic pancreatic cysts,鈥� says Yang. BOB体育 coordinated this multicenter study and Yang served as principal investigator. Findings from this study were in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology in November 2018.