Expanding the role of pneumatic dilation for nonachalasia patients: a comparative study

Post written by Nikita Desai, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The focus of our study was to evaluate the treatment efficacy of pneumatic dilation (PD) for the disorders of esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction (EGJOO) and postfundoplication esophagogastric junction obstruction (PF-EGJO) and to assess attitudes about training in …

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Successful management of a duodenal perforation using a through-the-scope suturing device after failed attempt at closure with an over-the-scope clip

Post written by Maham Hayat, MD, from the Center for Interventional Endoscopy, AdventHealth, Orlando, Florida, USA. We present a case of a patient with an indwelling percutaneous gastrojejunostomy tube with a chronic perforation in the duodenum from the tip of the displaced tube. Attempt at endoscopic closure using an over-the-scope clip was unsuccessful because of the …

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Hybrid resection of GI stromal tumor with endoscopic submucosal dissection and the full-thickness resection device

Post written by Varun Angajala, MD, MS, and Ara Sahakian, MD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. We are excited to share our hybrid resection technique for a gastric subepithelial lesion (SEL). We performed submucosal dissection to unroof and expose the surface of the …

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Comparison of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty versus surgical sleeve gastrectomy: a Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program database analysis

Post written by Anuragh R. Gudur, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Our study used a large, multicentered, bariatric-specific data registry to analyze short-term outcomes after endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) in comparison with surgical sleeve gastrectomy (SG). We also sought to examine which factors were associated with …

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Timing of colonoscopy in acute lower GI bleeding: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

Post written by Yasutoshi Shiratori, MD, MPH, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, St. Luke’s International University, and Naoki Ishii, MD, MPH, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Shinagawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Acute lower GI bleeding (ALGIB) is a primary cause of hospital admissions from the emergency department and is associated with a 3.4% mortality. …

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The interventional direct peroral cholangioscopy toolbox for endoscopic snare resection of a high-grade biliary intraductal neoplasia

Post written by Jerry Yung-Lun Chin, MBBS, FRACP, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, and the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Waikato Hospital, Te Whatu Ora, Hamilton, New Zealand. Direct peroral cholangioscopy (DPOC) is a valuable diagnostic and therapeutic tool for various biliary disorders. It also is economically favorable compared …

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Covered versus uncovered double bare self-expandable metal stent for palliation of unresectable extrahepatic malignant biliary obstruction: a randomized controlled multicenter trial

Post written by Jae Hee Cho, MD, PhD, and Seungmin Bang, MD, PhD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. A double bare metal stent (DBS) is a newly developed metal stent that is woven into a cross and hook structure with braided nitinol, and it has a …

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Letter from the new GIE Editor-in-Chief

Post written by Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, AGAF, FASGE, Director, Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy (CATE), PEAK Gastroenterology, Porter Adventist Hospital, Denver, Colorado, USA. It is my great pleasure to write to you as the new Editor-in-Chief of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. I enter into this new role with a sense of incredible excitement and optimism for the future, …

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EUS-guided jejuno-enterostomy in a patient with total gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y esophagojejunostomy to facilitate cholangioscopy with electrohydraulic lithotripsy

Post written by Yervant Ichkhanian, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA. A 67-year-old man with a history of total gastrectomy before Roux-en-Y esophagojejunostomy reconstruction in the setting of gastric adenocarcinoma presented with extensive choledocholithiasis with a benign terminal bile duct stricture. In our case, the patient underwent jejuno-enterostomy using a …

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Endoscopic full-thickness resection with retroperitoneal dissection for duodenal myogenic cyst with adjustable traction from an independently controlled snare

Post written by Ding-Ek Toh, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, and Chu-Kuang Chou, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Obesity Center, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan. This video represents a novel method to …

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