The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has announced the search for its next Editor-in-Chief of its flagship publication, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (GIE). The journal reviews and selects the best articles directly pertaining to not just endoscopy but also to studying conditions broadly relevant to the GI and hepatology community, where endoscopy is a part of …
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Post written by Fatih Aslan, MD, from Gastroenterology and Advanced Endoscopy, Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. This video presents a case of multitunnel endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) followed by endoscopic suturing in a patient with an approximately >30-cm-long circumferential laterally spreading tumor located in the rectum. A 51-year-old woman presenting with diarrhea underwent colonoscopic evaluation, which revealed a large circumferential laterally …
Post written by Andrew C. Storm, MD, from Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. I hope you will scope out our manuscript in GIE, “Transmural gallbladder drainage using a novel endosonographic-guided suture (with video),” by Jad P. AbiMansour and our colleagues. Since that preclinical study, the EndoFix device (Softac Medical Technologies Inc, Plainville, Mass, USA) …
Post written by Taranika Sarkar Das, MD, from The Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, and Matheus Franco, MD, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition at the University of Texas Health San Antonio and UT Health San Antonio’s Multispecialty and Research Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, USA. We present a case of a 67-year-old man with prior T3N1M0 rectal …
Post written by Chawin Lopimpisuth, MD, from the Department of Medicine, University of Miami/Jackson Health System, Miami, Florida, and Sean Bhalla, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colorado, USA. This study aimed to compare the safety of covered self-expandable metal stents (CSEMSs) versus uncovered self-expandable metal stents (USEMs) in the management …
Post written by Amol Bapaye, MD (MS), MSGEI, FISG, FASGE, FJGES, from Shivanand Desai Center for Digestive Disorders, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Center, Pune, India. The objective of this study was to perform a retrospective comparison of long-term (3-year) gastroesophageal reflux (GER) rates in a matched cohort of patients with achalasia cardia who underwent only peroral …
Post written by Georgios Mavrogenis, MD, from the Third Space Endoscopy Unit, Mediterraneo Hospital, Athens, Greece. Resection of submucosal tumors by means of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) or submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection (STER) is associated with several technical challenges. In particular, access to the tumor base is often limited because of firm attachment to the muscularis propria. …
Post written by Ka-Kin Sze, FHKCP, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Tuen Mun Hospital, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong SAR, China. We present a case of a patient who had an over-the-scope clip (OTSC) in situ for more than 2 years. A decision was made to remove the OTSC using the …
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GIE Senior Associate Editor David L. Diehl, MD, highlights this article from the February issue: “Long-term (3-year) composite gastroesophageal reflux outcomes of peroral endoscopic myotomy with or without concomitant endoscopic fundoplication in matched cohorts of achalasia” by Amol Bapaye, MD (MS), MSGEI, FISG, FASGE, FJGES, et al. To POEM or to POEM + F? In recent years, most …
Post written by iGIE Editor-in-Chief Linda Lee, MD, FACG, FASGE, from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. We are absolutely thrilled to share that iGIE has been accepted for indexation in PubMed. This is a tremendous milestone for our young journal, and what a wonderful way to ring in 2026! iGIE began just over …
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