Post written by Aamir Saeed, MD, from the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee, Faisal Kamal, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mark Radlinski, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, and Sultan Mahmood, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. We aimed …
Dual-scope–assisted endoloop resection of a giant esophageal fibrovascular polyp
Post written by Romario Ruiz, MD, and Luis Marin-Calderón, MD, from the Departamento de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, and Harold Benites-Goñi, MD, from the Departamento de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, and Vicerrectorado de Investigación, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru. Our video presents the endoscopic treatment of an 86-year-old man with progressive dysphagia, weight loss, …
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A path forward: underrepresented in medicine—gastroenterology
Post written by Pegah Hosseini-Carroll, MD, FASGE, from Baptist GI and University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, and Shani W. Clay, MD, FASGE, from Wellstar Health System, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. This American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy document highlights the value of a diverse and equitable workforce. Patients benefit through more culturally attuned care that fosters understanding and better outcomes …
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Safe endoscopic resection of a giant pedunculated colonic polyp after epinephrine volume reduction with clip placement
Post written by Tsukasa Ishida, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Akashi Medical Center, Akashi, Japan. We present the case of a 59-year-old woman with a giant pedunculated polyp in the transverse colon. The lesion was approximately 50 mm in diameter with an elongated stalk and considered technically difficult to resect safely by conventional snare EMR …
Best practices for endoscopic ultrasound–guided gastroenterostomy: technical recommendations from an international modified Delphi process
Post written by Giuseppe Vanella, MD, PhD, from IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, Michiel Bronswijk, MD, from University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven, Leuven, and Imelda General Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium, and Roy L.J. van Wanrooij, MD, PhD, from Amsterdam UMC, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. EUS-guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE) is one of the major breakthroughs in …
Top journal reviewers to be honored at DDW
The annual top reviewers for GIE, VideoGIE, and iGIE will be awarded at the Editors’ Reception on May 4 during Digestive Disease Week in Chicago, Illinois, USA. These 60 reviewers are being recognized for their significant number of high-quality reviews and their invaluable service to the peer-review process. The top reviewers are: Board Clinical Reviewers Yutaka Tomizawa, MD, MSc, …
Editor’s Choice: Effectiveness of self-assembling peptide in reducing bleeding after colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection
GIE Associate Editor Seiichiro Abe, MD, PhD, FASGE, FJGES, highlights this article from the April issue: “Effectiveness of self-assembling peptide in reducing bleeding after colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection” by Takeshi Yamamura, MD, PhD, et al. Delayed bleeding is an important adverse event after colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). It increases the burden of post-ESD monitoring and management. Yamamura et …
A torque-driven drill dilator to enable Y-configuration biliary stent placement for high-grade hilar obstruction
Post written by Hussam Almasri, MD, from the from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, North Dakota, and Rahul Karna, MD, Abubaker Abdalla, MBBS, Stuart K. Amateau, MD, PhD, and Martin Freeman, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. We present a case of endoscopic management of malignant hilar biliary obstruction …
Adoption of unsedated transoral wireless pH capsule at a Veterans Affairs hospital: a feasibility study
Post written by Wasseem Skef, MD, from the Center for Interventional Gastroenterology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA. Prolonged wireless pH monitoring is a cornerstone in the modern diagnostic approach to gastroesophageal reflux disease, particularly in patients with unproven disease. Traditionally, wireless pH capsules are placed during sedated upper endoscopy, which …
Endoscopic esophageal reconstruction in epiphrenic diverticulum: septotomy-free diverticulectomy and suturing
Post written by Fatih Aslan, MD, from Advanced Endoscopy, Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. The procedure was performed with the patient under general anesthesia using a standard gastroscope. A submucosal tunneling approach was initiated proximal to the diverticulum. The surrounding tissue was carefully dissected, allowing the diverticulum to be mobilized into the lumen and subsequently inverted. After …
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