Progressive learning in endoscopy simulation training improves clinical performance

Post written by Samir C. Grover, MD, MEd, FRCPC, from the Division of Gastroenterology, St. Michael’s Hospital Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We aimed to improve existing simulation-based training curricula for teaching novices how to perform colonoscopy using progressive learning. We recognized that a theory-based approach to designing a curriculum in …

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The use of a LAMS for a short malignant duodenal stricture

Post written by Dennis Yang, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. A 59-year-old man with newly diagnosed metastatic pancreatic cancer was referred for endoscopic treatment of concomitant gastric outlet obstruction and malignant biliary obstruction. Endoscopy revealed a severe type I stricture. ERCP was performed with successful placement of …

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EUS-guided biliary drainage for internalization of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage

Post written by Ryan Law, DO, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. We present a case of a 59-year-old man with stage IV colorectal cancer with extensive metastatic disease to his liver who underwent EUS-guided internalization of his percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) catheter utilizing an EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy …

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Endoscopic jejunojejunostomy by use of a lumen-apposing self-expandable metal stent

Post written by Armin Küllmer, MD, from the Department of Medicine I, Klinikum Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany. We proudly present our video of an endoscopic jejunojejunostomy in order to bypass an obstructed efferent loop after subtotal gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y reconstruction. The endoscopic anastomosis was made using a lumen-apposing stent. The patient suffered from daily vomiting and …

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In “hot” pursuit of an evasive gallbladder

Post written by Lady Katherine Mejia Perez, MD, and Victoria Gomez, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida. We report an interesting case of a 75-year-old woman with decompensated cirrhosis with recurrent calculous cholecystitis who was being managed with an indwelling percutaneous cholecystostomy tube (PCT) due to poor surgical candidacy. …

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EUS-guided coiling of hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm in 2 stages

Post written by Malay Sharma, MD, DM, from the Jaswant Rai Specialty Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. A 20-year-old man presented with right-upper quadrant abdominal pain for 2 months. He had undergone Ultrasound (US)-guided aspiration of a liver abscess 2 months previous. US of the abdomen showed a hepatic artery aneurysm. CT angiography (abdomen) confirmed …

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Safety and efficacy of cap-assisted EMR for sporadic nonampullary duodenal adenomas

Post written by Laith H. Jamil, MD, from the Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. The focus of the study was to assess the efficacy and safety of using a transparent hard straight plastic cap with an outer diameter of 13.9 or 14.9 mm and a crescent-shaped snare for endoscopic removal of sporadic non-ampullary …

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EUS-guided cyanoacrylate glue injection for treatment of anourethral fistula

Post written by Malay Sharma, MD, DM, from the Jaswant Rai Specialty Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. A 35-year-old man presented with recurrent urinary tract infection requiring multiple courses of antibiotics for the past 15 years. He had undergone surgery for an imperforate anus at birth, and an anal stricture developed, which required repeated bougienage …

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Diagnostic performance of Japan NBI Expert Team classification for non-, superficially, and deeply invasive colorectal neoplasia

Post written by Shinji Tanaka, MD, PhD, FASGE, FACG, from the Endoscopy and Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University. JNET classification is composed of four types (Type 1, 2A, 2B, and 3) with two NBI magnifying findings, surface pattern and vessel pattern. Type 1, 2A, 2B, and 3 are supposed to …

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EUS of bile-duct hydatid membrane

Post written by Malay Sharma, MD, DM, from the Jaswant Rai Specialty Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. A 28-year-old Indian man presented with acute cholangitis. Transabdominal ultrasonography showed a right-lobe liver cyst and dilated common bile duct (CBD). EUS was performed with a linear echoendoscope before ERCP to ascertain the cause of cholangitis. Linear EUS …

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