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

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

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

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)

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)

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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Clinical impact of routine esophagram after peroral endoscopic myotomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Post written by Ernesto Robalino Gonzaga, MD, from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Gastroenterology, AdventHealth Medical Group, Orlando, Florida, Saurabh Chandan, MD, from Houston Methodist West Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA, and the Center for Interventional Endoscopy, AdventHealth, and Dennis Yang, MD, from the Center for Interventional Endoscopy, AdventHealth. Our study evaluates whether a routine esophagram after peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) …

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Clinical impact of combination of lesion-border findings and pit patterns for identifying invasive versus noninvasive neoplastic lesions in ulcerative colitis

Post written by Yurie Kawabata, MD, from Digestive Disease Center, Showa Medical University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan. Our study focuses on evaluating whether assessing lesion-border findings (“distinct” vs “indistinct” borders) using indigo carmine chromoendoscopy can help identify cases in which Kudo’s pit pattern analysis is truly reliable for predicting the invasion depth of lesions in patients …

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GIE accepting applications for its next Editor-in-Chief

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has announced the search for its next Editor-in-Chief of its flagship publication, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (GIE). The journal reviews and selects the best articles pertaining not just directly to endoscopy but also to studying conditions broadly relevant to the GI and hepatology community, where endoscopy is a part of …

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Transmural gallbladder drainage using a novel endosonographic-guided suture (with video)

Post written by Andrew C. Storm, MD, from Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. I hope you will scope out our manuscript in GIE, “Transmural gallbladder drainage using a novel endosonographic-guided suture (with video),” by Jad P. AbiMansour and our colleagues. Since that preclinical study, the EndoFix device (Softac Medical Technologies Inc, Plainville, Mass, USA) …

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Postprocedural cholecystitis following covered self-expandable metal stent placement in patients with distal malignant biliary obstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Post written by Chawin Lopimpisuth, MD, from the Department of Medicine, University of Miami/Jackson Health System, Miami, Florida, and Sean Bhalla, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colorado, USA. This study aimed to compare the safety of covered self-expandable metal stents (CSEMSs) versus uncovered self-expandable metal stents (USEMs) in the management …

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