Congratulations to the 2024 GIE, VideoGIE, and iGIE Reviewer Award Winners, who will be honored at the Editors’ Reception on May 20 during Digestive Disease Week in Washington, DC, USA. These reviewers are being awarded for their excellent contributions to the journals through completing high totals of reviews at the highest quality. They are thanked …
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Post written by Chae Min Michelle Lee, MD, MEng, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Numerous trials have been conducted to examine the role of artificial intelligence (AI) assistance in polyp detection during colonoscopy. Available AI detection tools rely …
GIE Associate Editor Seiichiro Abe, MD, PhD, FASGE, FJGES, highlights this article from the May issue: “Endoscopic submucosal dissection with versus without traction for pathologically staged T1B esophageal cancer: a multicenter retrospective study” by Abel Joseph, MD, et al. Guidelines recommend staging endoscopic resection for a visible neoplastic lesion in Barrett’s esophagus and noncircumferential esophageal …
Post written by Marietta Iacucci, MD, PhD, FASGE, AGAF, from APC Microbiome Ireland, College of Medicine and Health, University College of Cork, Cork, Ireland. Patients with long-standing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have an increased risk of dysplastic lesions. Therefore, consensus and guidelines recommend performing regular surveillance colonoscopy using dye or virtual chromoendoscopy to enhance lesion identification …
Post written by Wanqing Xie, PhD, from the Department of Intelligent Medical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. We studied the lesion classification of small-bowel Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcer severity grading in terms of depth, size, and …
Post written by Mingyan Cai, MD, PhD, FASGE, from the Endoscopy Center and Endoscopy Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. In this study, we developed and validated an automatically optimized radiomics modeling system (AORMS) based on EUS images to diagnose small GI stromal tumors (GISTs) (<2 cm) from non-GISTs and predict those with high …
Post written by Guiqi Wang, MD, from the Department of Endoscopy, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. This study retrospectively reviewed data from patients who underwent closure of rectal defects using endoscopic hand-suturing (EHS) with clips (EHS-Clips) at the Cancer Hospital …
Post written by Enqiang Linghu, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China. This investigation comprehensively assesses the long-term outcomes of patients experiencing post-ERCP pneumobilia and identifies the risk factors associated with post-ERCP pneumobilia. Post-ERCP pneumobilia is not uncommon, and its occurrence often indicates disruption of the …
Post written by Waqar Qureshi, MD, FASGE, from Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. With the proper technique, nonsurgical hemorrhoid treatment is safe and effective and performed in the office. Historically, training of gastroenterologists has lacked focus on benign anorectal disease and its diagnosis and management. Symptomatic hemorrhoids are extremely common, particularly after age 50 …
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Post written by Vitor Ottoboni Brunaldi, MD, MSc, PhD, from the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Surgery and Anatomy Department, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil. This study investigated the efficacy of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) in inducing weight …
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