Post written by Jie Tian, PhD, from the CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, School of Medicine and Engineering, Beihang …
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Water-assisted colonoscopy: an international modified Delphi review on definitions and practice recommendations
Post written by Sauid Ishaq, FRCP, PhD, from Russell Hall, Dept. of Gastroenterology, and Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom. The focus of the study was to get consensus among experienced colonoscopists (experts and non-experts in WAC) on definitions and practice of water immersion (WI), water exchange (WE), and UWR. Water-assisted colonoscopy (WAC) and underwater …
Safety and efficacy of peroral endoscopic myotomy with standard myotomy versus short myotomy for treatment-naïve patients with type II achalasia
Post written by Deliang Liu, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China. The study focus on comparing the outcomes between standard myotomy versus short myotomy for the management of treatment-naïve patients with type II achalasia. Numerous studies demonstrated that POEM was a safe and effective …
Outcomes of thermal ablation of the defect margin after duodenal endoscopic mucosal resection
Post written by Mayenaaz Sidhu, MBBS, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Westmead Hospital, and Westmead Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) for large (>10-mm), sporadic, non-ampullary duodenal laterally spreading lesions (LSLs) is established as an effective treatment. However, one of the major limitations of EMR is the issue …
Does provider gender matter in endoscopy? An international perspective
Post written by Pascale Anglade, MD, MBA, from the Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Studies have shown that physician gender can be a factor in patient-related outcomes. The goal of our perspective article was to review the current understanding, both in the U.S. and internationally, of patient-provider gender …
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Comparing a conventional and a spring-and-loop with clip traction method of endoscopic submucosal dissection for superficial gastric neoplasms
Post written by Mitsuru Nagata, MD, from the Department of Endoscopy, Shonan Fujisawa Tokushukai Hospital, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa, Japan. A spring-and-loop with clip (SLC; S–O clip; Zeon Medical, Tokyo, Japan) has been developed as a traction device for endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). Its great advantage is that it can provide traction in any direction. We hypothesized …
Gender dynamics in education and practice of gastroenterology
Post written by Loren Galler Rabinowitz, MD, from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA. This study focuses on the impact of gender dynamics on teaching and learning endoscopic skills as well as on gastroenterologists’ experiences in the endoscopy suite. As more women join the field of gastroenterology, the …
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Students of peer review: Where are you in your S-curve? The S-curve illustrates how we tailor the mentorship program to your own learning curve. Progress is slow in the initial phase, but this is followed by almost exponential growth in learning. The wide spectrum of how individuals take on specific tasks is often overlooked—some acquire skills quicker, …
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Automated software-assisted diagnosis of esophageal squamous cell neoplasia using high-resolution microendoscopy
Post written by Mimi C. Tan, MD, MPH, from the Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. High-resolution microendoscopy (HRME) is an ‘optical biopsy’ technology that provides sub-cellular imaging of esophageal mucosa at the time of endoscopy. The endoscopist is able to assess nuclear size, crowding, and pleomorphisms …
Vascularity can distinguish neoplastic from non-neoplastic bile duct lesions during digital single-operator cholangioscopy
Post written by Carlos Robles-Medranda, MD, from the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Accurately diagnosing indeterminate biliary lesions on clinical practice is a challenging task. Endoscopists may use Digital single operator cholangioscopy (DSOC) to evaluate those lesions, acquire histologic specimens, and to guide clinical management. Various DSOC classification systems and …
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