Ischemic polypectomy for small-bowel polyps in pediatric Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

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Post written by Brett J. Hoskins, DO, from the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. This video demonstrates ischemic polypectomy during balloon-assisted enteroscopy in a 12-year-old girl with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and chronic iron deficiency anemia. Seven pedunculated small-bowel …

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Water pressure–assisted endoscopic stricturotomy with band-assisted mucosectomy and polypectomy for a complex colonic stricture in Crohn’s disease guided by preprocedure intestinal ultrasound

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Post written by Partha Pal, MD, DNB, MRCP (UK), FASGE, from the Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India. Fibrostenotic strictures in Crohn’s disease are particularly challenging when associated with distorted anatomy and pseudopolyps. We describe an endoscopic reconstructive surgery approach using multimodality interventional endoscopy, integrating preprocedural intestinal ultrasound (IUS) with water pressure–assisted endoscopic …

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Farewell: Reflecting on 5 years as VideoGIE Editor-in-Chief

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Post written by VideoGIE Editor Emeritus Field F. Willingham, MD, MPH, FASGE, from Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. I cannot believe how fast it went. What an honor to have had the opportunity to lead VideoGIE for these past 5 years. I loved every minute we spent working on and evolving the journal. I …

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Short-term outcomes of endoscopic submucosal dissection for suspected T1 colorectal cancers: a European experience

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Post written by Rixta A.H. van Eijck van Heslinga, MD, and Leon M.G. Moons, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. The management of colorectal polyps with suspected deep submucosal invasive carcinoma (d-SMIC) remains a subject of ongoing debate. Optical assessment often overestimates the risk of d-SMIC, resulting in unnecessary surgeries for …

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Status of training in the use of lumen-apposing metal stents for therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound during advanced endoscopy fellowship: a survey questionnaire

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Post written by Yasi Xiao, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Dennis Yang, MD, from the Center for Interventional Endoscopy, AdventHealth, Orlando, Florida, USA. The aim of this study was to evaluate the status of training with lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMSs) for therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) during advanced endoscopy training. The …

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Bleeding rectal pseudoaneurysm following endoscopic submucosal dissection managed with endoscopic ultrasound—guided absorbable gelatin sponge injection

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Post written by Agnieszka Maniak, MD, and Irving Waxman, MD, from Rush University Medical Center, Center for Interventional Endoscopy, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Our case features a 74-year-old woman who presented with recurrent hematochezia despite conventional endoscopic hemostasis following endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of a 50-mm rectal polyp. During her second presentation for hematochezia, the patient underwent a CT angiography that …

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Endoscopic approaches to reduce the incidence of interval colon cancer

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Post written by Saurabh Chandan, MD, from Houston Methodist West Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA. The primary focus of this study was to review and summarize endoscopic techniques to mitigate and lower the incidence of interval colon cancer, which is defined as a colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosed after a screening examination or test in which no cancer …

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Overcoming challenges in the endoscopic resection of a giant esophageal fibrovascular polyp

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Post written by Ahmad Madkour, MD, and Amr Elfouly, MD, from the Endemic Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo, and Hassan Atalla, MD, from the Hepatology and Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. Esophageal fibrovascular polyps are rare benign tumors. Huge polyps usually necessitate an aggressive type of surgery. Endoscopic removal of …

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Multistaged endoscopic full-thickness resection using full-thickness resection device for large recurrent polyp: a case report

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Post written by Taylor Bowler, DO, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Rahul Karna, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Mohammad Bilal, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA. Our article highlights a case of an 85-year-old man with multiple comorbidities …

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Segmental layered incision and circumferential endoscopic dissection technique of endoscopic stricturotomy for safe, staged endoscopic dissection of complex luminal stricture

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Post written by Partha Pal, MD, DNB, MRCP (UK), FASGE, from the Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India. This video demonstrates a staged endoscopic stricturotomy using the segmental layered incision and circumferential endoscopic dissection (SLICE) technique in a patient with a long, tight fibrotic colonic stricture at the splenic flexure. The stricture was …

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