Post written by Anand R. Kumar, MD, MPH, FASGE, from Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. We combined ERCP and endoscopic submucosal dissection techniques to resect a large periampullary duodenal paraganglioma. This was a unique case where the biliary and pancreatic openings could be moved away from the paraganglioma with ERCP and protected during endoscopic …
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Post written by Ylanna Fortes, MD, Renata Nobre, MD, PhD, Bruno da Costa Martins, MD, PhD, and Fauze Maluf-Filho, MD, PhD, from the Department of Endoscopy, Cancer Institute of São Paulo, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. A 71-year-old man with a history of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma underwent surveillance endoscopy. During systematic examination …
Continue reading From endoscopic diagnosis to curative treatment: superficial pharyngeal cancer
Post written by Yichen Wang, MD, MSc, Vivek Kumbhari, MBChB, PhD, and Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Today’s endoscopic artificial intelligence (AI) can see, but it cannot act. Our perspective examines what may arrive next: embodied or physical, AI that can interpret the …
Post written by Riku Nakajima, MD, Wataru Sano, MD, Sachiko Shimizu, MD, Naoki Sugimura, MD, PhD, Daizen Hirata, MD, PhD, Mineo Iwatate, MD, PhD, Mikio Fujita, MD, PhD, and Yasushi Sano, MD, PhD, from the Gastrointestinal Center, Sano Hospital, Kobe, Japan. Our article presents 4 patients who underwent underwater endoscopic submucosal dissection for large colonic …
Post written by Saurabh Chandan, MD, from Houston Methodist West Hospital, Houston, Texas, and Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, AGAF, FASGE, from the Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy, Porter Adventist Hospital, Denver, Colorado, USA. Interventional radiology techniques or EUS-guided biliary drainage are considered alternative therapeutic options for patients with malignant distal biliary obstruction (MDBO) who …
Post written by Muhammad Ahmad Bashir, MD, and Shailendra Singh, MD, from West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Our video demonstrates the use of EUS-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to control bleeding GI tract malignancies in 2 patients. Under real-time sonographic guidance, we advanced a RFA needle directly into the core of each malignant mass. …
Post written by Courtney Svenstrup, MD, and Brett J. Hoskins, DO, from the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Our case report describes a nonthermal, guidewire-assisted technique for removing an embedded foreign body in a child …
Post written by Fumisato Sasaki, MD, PhD, from Digestive and Lifestyle Diseases, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan. We present the case of an 80-year-old man with a history of distal gastrectomy who had GERD refractory to medical therapy. Endoscopy revealed Los Angeles grade B reflux esophagitis, bile retention in …
Post written by Michael Lajin, MD, from Sharp HealthCare, La Mesa, California, USA. In this case series, we present 3 patients who underwent EUS-directed transenteric ERCP (EDEE) (2 with Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy [RYHJ] and 1 with Roux-en-Y distal gastrectomy) to treat biliary strictures or stones or to replace percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) with endoscopic stent …
Post written by Aamir Saeed, MD, from the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee, and Faisal Kamal, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the predictors of post-ERCP bleeding. We also performed subgroup analyses to identify …
