Endoscopic treatment of nonoperable large postsurgical esophageal fistulas: retrospective analysis of a single tertiary center cohort

Post written by Sebastian Petruzzella, MSc, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, CHUV, Lausanne’s University Hospital, Lausanne, and the Department of Surgery, Hôpital Riviera-Chablais, Rennaz, Switzerland. Our study focused on the efficacy of endoluminal treatment of postsurgical fistulas after esophagectomy. Not all patients are fit to be reoperated on after an anastomotic leak, and surgical …

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The use of a self-assembling peptide gel for stricture prevention in the esophagus after endoscopic submucosal dissection: a U.S. multicenter prospective study (with video)

Post written by Dennis Yang, MD, from the Center for Interventional Endoscopy, AdventHealth, Orlando, Florida, USA. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has become an increasingly endorsed technique for the management of superficial neoplasia in the esophagus. The main limitation with ESD in the esophagus is the high rate of stricture formation. The aim of this multicenter …

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Successful endoscopic removal of a retained guidewire in the intrahepatic bile duct using a novel tapered sheath dilator

Post written by Rintaro Fukuda, MD, and Naminatsu Takahara, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, and Yousuke Nakai, MD, PhD, from the Department of Endoscopy and Endoscopic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo. Retained guidewire is not a rare adverse event …

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