Post written by Ryan Law, DO, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. The focus of this manuscript was very simple. I aimed to identify what I believe are the most important pearls for successful endoscopic management of patients with biliary hilar obstruction. The goal was to simplify this topic into …
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Post written by Yosuke Minoda, MD, PhD, from the Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, and the Department of Endoscopic Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan. This study presents a new method to differentiate a GI stromal tumor (GIST) from a non-GIST in gastric subepithelial lesions (SELs) …
Congratulations to the 2023 GIE, VideoGIE, and iGIE Reviewer Award Winners, who will be recognized at the Editors’ Reception on May 8 at Digestive Disease Week in Chicago, Illinois, USA. These distinguished reviewers are being honored for their superior contributions to the journals through completing high numbers of reviews and submitting the highest quality of …
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Post written by Hoonsub So, MD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea, Sung Woo Ko, MD, PhD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Eunpyeong St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, and Do Hyun Park, MD, PhD, from the Department of …
Post written by Namyoung Park, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Woo Hyun Paik, MD, PhD, from the Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Jae Hee Cho, MD, PhD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Institute …
GIE Associate Editor Seiichiro Abe, MD, PhD, FASGE, FJGES, highlights this article from the April issue: “Computer-aided characterization of early cancer in Barrett’s esophagus on i-scan magnification imaging: a multicenter international study” by Mohamed Hussein, MRCP, et al. Magnifying virtual chromoendoscopy is helpful in differentiating between dysplastic and nondysplastic lesions in patients with Barrett’s esophagus (BE), …
Post written by Bing Hu, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The focus of this study was to train an artificial intelligence (AI) system that could detect and delineate the extent of superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and precancerous lesions under nonmagnified narrow-band imaging (NBI) and to …
Post written by Mohamed Hussein, MRCP, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. We aimed to develop a computer-aided characterization system that could support the diagnosis of dysplasia in Barrett’s esophagus on magnification endoscopy. We also strived to assess the speeds of the networks in making this …
Post written by Mitsuru Okuno, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Gifu Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan. We reported on the evaluation of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) for different self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) types in malignant distal biliary obstruction (MDBO) with a multicenter retrospective study design using propensity score—matched cohort analysis. The non-UDCA group had significantly …
Post written by Nayantara Coelho-Prabhu, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. This study was performed to assess the interobserver variability in application of the recommended Paris classification to describe the morphology of visible dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) colonoscopies. There is a lack of …
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