Effectiveness of prophylactic clipping in preventing postpolypectomy bleeding in aspirin users: a propensity-score analysis

Post written by Louis H.S. Lau, MBChB, and Francis K. L. Chan, MD, from the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, and the Institute of Digestive Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR. This study focused on examining the benefit of prophylactic clipping after colonoscopic polypectomy or endoscopic resection in high-risk …

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A novel less-invasive therapy for a bleeding eroded artery in a giant duodenal ulcer: principles and technical description

Post written by iGIE iNTERNATIONAL Associate Editor Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura, MD, MSc, PhD, from the Instituto D’Or de Pesquisa e Ensino, Hospital Vila Nova Star, and the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Our study presents a novel use …

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Computer-assisted detection versus conventional colonoscopy for proximal colonic lesions: a multicenter, randomized, tandem-colonoscopy study

Post written by Wai K. Leung, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. A meta-analysis reported that up to 26% of colorectal adenomas could be missed during colonoscopy. Computer-assisted detection (CADe) has been shown to enhance colorectal adenoma and polyp detection. However, it remains uncertain whether CADe …

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Outpatient flexible endoscopic diverticulotomy for the management of Zenker’s diverticulum: a retrospective analysis of a large single-center cohort

Post written by Christopher Teshima, MD, PhD, from the Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy and Endoscopic Oncology, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We evaluated the outcomes of 240 patients who underwent endoscopic therapy for Zenker’s diverticulum over a 6-year study period at our center. …

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Novel simulator of endoscopic hemostasis with actual endoscope and devices

Post written by Takeshi Kanno, MD, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, and the Department of Education and Support for Regional Medicine, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan. Simulators capable of reproducing spurting bleeding that can be used to acquire endoscopic hemostasis with actual devices in a clinical setting have been …

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Underwater EMR for the diagnosis of diffuse infiltrative gastric cancer

Post written by Yushi Kawakami, MD, from the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan. It was suspected that a 75-year-old woman had advanced infiltrative gastric cancer. However, endoscopic forceps biopsy specimens did not reveal adenocarcinoma. She was referred to our institute for further examination and treatment. To obtain sufficient submucosal specimens, underwater …

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Evaluation of safety, efficacy, and ease of use for screening and surveillance colonoscopy by using a single-use colonoscope with wide-angle field of view

Post written by Nathan Gluck, MD, PhD, from the Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Gastroenterology Department, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and Tel-Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel. We studied a novel single-use colonoscope with an extended 200º field of view, enabling view behind colonic folds and eliminating concerns related to reprocessing of devices. Lesions …

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Emergent endoscopic submucosal dissection for a polypoid fibroadipose tumor accidentally disgorged from the mouth: an organ-preserving minimally invasive treatment

Post written by Yuki Morita, MD, and Toshiyuki Yoshio, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan. An unusual, long polyp was detected extending from the hypopharynx to the lower thoracic esophagus of a patient. Polypoid fibroadipose tumors should be resected because they are occasionally malignant and …

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Editor’s Choice: Identification of patients with malignant biliary strictures using a cholangioscopy-based deep learning artificial intelligence (with video)

GIE Senior Associate Editor David L. Diehl, MD, highlights this article from the February issue: “Identification of patients with malignant biliary strictures using a cholangioscopy-based deep learning artificial intelligence (with video)” by Neil B. Marya, MD, et al. The assessment of indefinite biliary strictures is difficult because results of intraductal biopsy and cytologic brushing can be inconclusive. It …

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Endoscopic adventitial dissection of a rectal GI stromal cell tumor

Post written by Hao Dang, BSc, and Jurjen J. Boonstra, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. Endoscopic submucosal dissection has allowed the endoscopist to perform en bloc resection of various types of GI neoplasms, including subepithelial tumors (SETs). However, submucosal dissection is not feasible for SETs …

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