Post written by GIE Senior Associate Editor David L. Diehl, MD. Dr Michael V. Sivak Jr is one of the giants of endoscopy, not just in the United States, but across the world. He was “in the room where it happened” for many important developments in gastroenterology and endoscopy that have since become routine practice. Dr …
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Post written by Galen Leung, MD, from NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, Daniela Guerrero Vinsard, MD, from Minneapolis Veterans Affairs, Minneapolis, and Ryan J. Law, DO, from Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. We are excited to present a comprehensive overview of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). This Technology Status Evaluation Report provides a compendium of current devices and techniques in …
Post written by Miguel Martins, MD, Joana Mota, MD, and Filipe Vilas-Boas, MD, PhD, from the Gastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, and Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal. A 59-year-old woman receiving chemotherapy for adenocarcinoma of the third duodenal portion developed gastric outlet obstruction from disease progression and underwent EUS-guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE). During EUS-GE, an unrecognized transverse …
Post written by Sandro Sferrazza, MD, and Giulio Calabrese, MD, from the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, ARNAS Civico-Di Cristina-Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy. Our study evaluated incidence, predictors, clinical consequences, and management of postresection stenosis after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for colorectal lesions involving ≥90% of the luminal circumference. We conducted an international multicenter analysis including 315 patients treated at 29 tertiary …
Post written by Go Endo, MD, and Naminatsu Takahara, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology in Organ Pathophysiology Program, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. A 70-year-old woman developed acute cholangitis and pancreatitis 3 months after hybrid endoscopic papillectomy (EP) of a 25-mm ampullary adenoma. The papillary orifice was completely obstructed by a fibrotic post-EP …
Post written by Roberto de Sire, MD, PhD, and Roberta Maselli, MD, PhD, FESGE, FJGES, from the the Endoscopy Unit, Gastroenterology Department, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Rozzano, Italy. Third-space endoscopy is fundamentally a visual discipline. Whether it is endoscopic submucosal dissection or peroral endoscopic myotomy, every procedural decision depends on the operator’s ability to accurately recognize tissue planes and …
Post written by Hiroshi Yamazaki, MD, and Ken Ohata, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. This video demonstrates endoscopic en bloc resection of a large colorectal lipoma by endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), facilitated by multiple traction bands. Unroofing was initially attempted on a 70-mm lipoma, but due to its size and the …
Post written by Giuseppe Vanella, MD, PhD, from the Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy and Endosonography Division, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. EUS-guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE) is to date a well-established option for malignant gastric outlet obstruction, and the short-term data are strongly supported by recent randomized evidence. What is usually missing is the long …
Post written by Robert Bechara, MD, FRCPC, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and Department of Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan. Our review focuses on pharyngeal endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for superficial pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. When these cancers are detected early and selected …
Post written by Georgios Mavrogenis, MD, from the Third Space Endoscopy Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Mediterraneo Hospital, Athens, Greece. This video demonstrates endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of a 4-cm nongranular adenoma involving the ileocecal valve with extension into the terminal ileum—one of the most technically demanding locations for colorectal ESD. The procedure combined saline-immersion ESD with dynamic …
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