Post written by Babak Mirminachi, MD, MPH, and Sultan Mahmood, MD, from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Our video shows endoscopic resection of a distal rectal GI stromal tumor located 1.5 cm proximal to the dentate line using endoscopic intermuscular dissection. EUS initially suggested a submucosal origin, but during endoscopic submucosal …
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Post written by Yuki Amioka, MD, and Hidenori Tanaka, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan. Laterally spreading tumors (LSTs) of the nongranular type are classified into flat-elevated (FE) and pseudodepressed (PD) subtypes, which have different malignant potential. Although magnifying endoscopy is widely used to predict histology and invasion depth …
Post written by Rahul Karna, MD, and Stuart K. Amateau, MD, PhD, FASGE, FACG, AGAF, from the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Our article highlights a case of an 80-year-old white woman who presented for evaluation of biliary obstruction in the setting of indeterminate gastric outlet obstruction. The accompanying video demonstrates use …
Post written by Rinrada Worapongpaiboon, MD, and Clement Wu, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Kasenee Tiankanon, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, and Saowanee Ngamruengphong, …
Post written by Matteo Tacelli, MD, PhD, from the Pancreato-Biliary Endoscopy and Endosonography Division, Pancreas Translational and Clinical Research Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. Can we move contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound (CE-EUS) from a subjective visual impression to an objective and reproducible diagnostic tool? Our study explored whether quantitative analysis of CE-EUS using dedicated perfusion software …
Post written by Samer Al-Dury, MD, PhD, from Muscat Endoscopy Academy, Endoscopy Unit, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical City for Military and Security Services, Muscat, Oman. This video presents a low-cost simulator designed specifically for hands-on training in both GI bleeding control and perforation management. The platform can use ex vivo animal tissue or, where available, …
Post written by Dimo Dimitrov, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center-Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. In this Topic Review, we examine how treatment of Zenker’s diverticulum has evolved from open surgery and rigid endoscopic approaches to flexible endoscopic septotomy and third-space techniques, particularly Zenker’s peroral endoscopic myotomy (Z-POEM). We also review newer cutting devices and …
Post written by Rizwan Ahamed, MD, DM, Sasidharan Rajesh, MD, PDCC, and Cyriac Abby Philips, DM, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Division of Hepatobiliary Interventional Radiology, Center of Excellence in GI Sciences, Rajagiri Hospital, Kochi, India. A 41-year-old man with alcohol-related Child-Pugh B cirrhosis was referred to us after failed endoscopic glue injection for bleeding fundal varices. CT showed a …
Post written by Atsushi Inaba, MD, PhD, and Tomohiro Kadota, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan. This study focused on long-term clinical outcomes after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for entire circumferential cT1aN0M0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma compared with those after esophagectomy and definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT). ESD is a minimally invasive …
Post written by Tessa Herman, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, and Daniela Guerrero Vinsard, MD, from the Gastroenterology Section, Minneapolis Veteran Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. This nationwide survey study assessed gastroenterology (GE) fellows’ exposure to and experience with artificial intelligence (AI) …
