Post written by Andrew C. Storm, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Acute cholecystitis (AC) is a common disease, and while gallbladder removal surgery is one of the most commonly performed operations, some patients are not candidates for surgery. Left untreated, patients with AC can develop gangrene and gallbladder perforation, …
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Artificial intelligence in the diagnosis of gastric precancerous conditions by image-enhanced endoscopy
Post written by Honggang Yu, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, the Key Laboratory of Hubei Province for Digestive System Disease, and the Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Digestive Disease Minimally Invasive Incision, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. In this study, we conducted a deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) system to detect …
Cholangioscopy in primary sclerosing cholangitis
Post written by Sooraj Tejaswi, MD, MSPH, FASGE, from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California. This is a case series of 5 patients, demonstrating several unique and varied benign features of PSC. We describe a novel phenotypic classification of benign features, whereby we categorize findings into …
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Efficacy and histologic accuracy of underwater versus conventional endoscopic mucosal resection for large (>20 mm) colorectal polyps
Post written by Saurabh Chandan, MD, from the Gastroenterology and Hepatology, CHI Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Underwater endoscopic mucosal resection (U-EMR) is a simple and easy-to-learn technique for resection of colorectal lesions. It eliminates the need of using submucosal injection to “lift” the lesion prior to resection. The main aim of our …
Disposable digital percutaneous cholangioscope-aided retrieval of a plastic biliary stent after failed retrieval at ERCP
Post written by Sooraj Tejaswi, MD, MSPH, from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California. We describe the collaborative effort of the use of the novel short cholangioscope-aided percutaneous retrieval of a plastic biliary stent after being unable to retrieve the stent during ERCP. The patient was …
Evaluating the impact of frailty on periprocedural adverse events and mortality among patients with GI bleeding
Post written by Camilo J. Acosta, MD David Goldberg, MD Sunil Amin, MD, MPH, from the Department of Medicine, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA and Division of Digestive Health and Liver Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA. Frailty is common and has been extensively studied as a …
Nonsurgical rescue after basket-stone impaction by endoscopic cutting of a metallic lithotripter and laser lithotripsy
Post written by Toshiaki Terauchi, MD, from the Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital, Utsunomiya, Japan. This report presents a 64-year-old male who underwent successful rescue using a nonsurgical endoscopic approach to remove an impacted mechanical lithotripter basket, due to a 17-mm common bile duct stone. The basket impaction occurred at an outside hospital, and …
Impact of margin status on outcomes after endoscopic resection of well-differentiated duodenal neuroendocrine tumors
Post written by Shruti Mony, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The focus of our study was to assess the recurrence patterns after endoscopic resection of nonampullary duodenal neuroendocrine tumors [DNETs]. Specifically, we wanted to identify the risk factors, effect of positive histologic margins, and optimal surveillance strategies including …
GIE September Podcast
Dr. Doug Adler, GIE Senior Associate Editor, chats with Dr Saurabh Chandan about his article "Efficacy and histologic accuracy of underwater versus conventional endoscopic mucosal resection for large (>20 mm) colorectal polyps: a comparative review and meta-analysis" from the September issue. Our guest for the September 2021 GIE Podcast is Dr Saurabh Chandan, Assistant Professor, …
The pocket-creation method facilitates gastric ESD and overcomes challenging situations
Post written by Masafumi Kitamura, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan. Gastric ESD using the PCM can be performed with a uniform strategy, regardless of the location of the lesion, and it is more straightforward for the operator than conventional methods. We here present 2 representative cases …
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