Category: GIE

A path forward: underrepresented in medicine—gastroenterology

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Post written by Pegah Hosseini-Carroll, MD, FASGE, from Baptist GI and University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, and Shani W. Clay, MD, FASGE, from Wellstar Health System, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. This American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy document highlights the value of a diverse and equitable workforce. Patients benefit through more culturally attuned care that fosters understanding and better outcomes …

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Best practices for endoscopic ultrasound–guided gastroenterostomy: technical recommendations from an international modified Delphi process

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Post written by Giuseppe Vanella, MD, PhD, from IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, Michiel Bronswijk, MD, from University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven, Leuven, and Imelda General Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium, and Roy L.J. van Wanrooij, MD, PhD, from Amsterdam UMC, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. EUS-guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE) is one of the major breakthroughs in …

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Top journal reviewers to be honored at DDW

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The annual top reviewers for GIE, VideoGIE, and iGIE will be awarded at the Editors’ Reception on May 4 during Digestive Disease Week in Chicago, Illinois, USA. These 60 reviewers are being recognized for their significant number of high-quality reviews and their invaluable service to the peer-review process. The top reviewers are: Board Clinical Reviewers Yutaka Tomizawa, MD, MSc, …

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Editor’s Choice: Effectiveness of self-assembling peptide in reducing bleeding after colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection

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GIE Associate Editor Seiichiro Abe, MD, PhD, FASGE, FJGES, highlights this article from the April issue: “Effectiveness of self-assembling peptide in reducing bleeding after colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection” by Takeshi Yamamura, MD, PhD, et al. Delayed bleeding is an important adverse event after colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). It increases the burden of post-ESD monitoring and management. Yamamura et …

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Underwater versus traction-assisted endoscopic submucosal dissection for colorectal lesions: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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Post written by Roberto de Sire, MD, PhD, from the Endoscopy Unit, Gastroenterology Department, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Rozzano, and the IBD Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University Federico II, Naples, Italy. Our study explored a timely and practical question in therapeutic endoscopy: among the newer endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) strategies developed for colorectal lesions, …

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Optimal number of needle passes in endoscopic ultrasound–guided tissue sampling for genomic profiling: a randomized, noncomparative trial

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Post written by Hirotoshi Ishiwatari, MD, PhD, from the Department of Pancreatobiliary Medicine, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan. The study aimed to investigate the optimal techniques for EUS-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) to achieve successful comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) testing using commercially available assays. Matched therapy based on commercially available CGP tests plays a crucial role in improving …

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Clinical characteristics analysis of anorectal function changes after endoscopic submucosal dissection for rectal lesions

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Post written by Pin Wang, MM, from The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University and Nanjing Mei Shan Hospital and Bixing Ye, MD, Guoxin Zhang, MD, Lin Lin, MD, and Liuqin Jiang, MD, from The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. This study systematically evaluates anorectal function changes following endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for rectal lesions. We assessed incidence, characteristics, and temporal patterns of postoperative …

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Prophylactic clipping versus no clipping after endoscopic mucosal resection of large nonpedunculated colon polyps: a cost-effectiveness analysis

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Post written by Sneh Sonaiya, MD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Babu P. Mohan, MD, from the University of Central Florida School of Medicine and Orlando Gastroenterology PA, Orlando, Florida, USA. Although prophylactic clipping is commonly used after EMR of large colon polyps to reduce delayed postpolypectomy bleeding, its cost-effectiveness …

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Clinical outcomes of endoscopic submucosal dissection for residual neoplasia after incomplete resection of large nonpedunculated colorectal polyps: a large multicenter propensity match study (with video)

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Post written by Ernesto Robalino Gonzaga, MD, from Gastroenterology and Hepatology, AdventHealth Medical Group, and Dennis Yang, MD, from the Center for Interventional Endoscopy, AdventHealth, Orlando, Florida, USA. Our study evaluated the clinical outcomes of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for residual neoplasia after incomplete endoscopic resection of large nonpedunculated colorectal polyps. Specifically, we compared outcomes of ESD performed as salvage …

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Endoscopic closure devices (with videos)

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Post written by Mark Hanscom, MD, from Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA. This document from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Technology Committee is a comprehensive review of endoscopic devices available for closing transmural defects within the GI tract. Three distinct transmural defects discussed in this document include perforations, leaks, and fistulas, for which …

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