Post written by Kazuki Boda, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan. The focus of our study was to investigate the clinical outcomes of colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) at a regional level. Because the morbidity associated with colon carcinomas is rising in Japan, the number of ESDs for …
Continue reading Clinical outcomes of endoscopic submucosal dissection for colorectal tumors
Post written by Dan Li, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Santa Clara, California, USA. In this retrospective cohort study, we sought to investigate whether educational training significantly improved the diagnosis rate of sessile serrated adenoma (SSA) among community gastroenterologists and pathologists. In addition, we also examined patient-level predictors of SSA …
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Post written by Ping-Hong Zhou, MD, PhD, from the Endoscopy Center, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University and Endoscopy Research Institute of Fudan University, Shanghai, China. We investigated the efficacy and safety of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of colorectal submucosal tumors (SMTs) in a large series of patients and examined its long-term outcomes in our study. …
Continue reading Efficacy and safety of ESD for submucosal tumors of the colon and rectum
Associate Editor, Dr. John Saltzman, MD, FASGE, highlights this article from the February issue “Effect of scheduled second-look endoscopy on peptic ulcer bleeding: a prospective randomized multicenter trial” by Soo Jung Park, MD, PhD, et al. Rebleeding remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality among patients undergoing endoscopic therapy for upper GI bleeding. Second-look …
Continue reading Editor’s Choice: Effect of scheduled second-look endoscopy on peptic ulcer bleeding
Post written by Osamu Goto, MD, PhD, from the Division of Research and Development for Minimally Invasive Treatment, Cancer Center, Keio University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. This article is focusing on the importance of non-exposure technique in local resection for early gastric cancers. We prospectively investigated the ability of cancer cells to be detached …
Continue reading Potential for peritoneal cancer cell seeding in endoscopic full-thickness resection
Post written by Mohamed O. Othman, MD, from the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has been used successfully for treating early gastric cancer. The Japanese Gastric Cancer association had previously published the standard criteria for ESD in early gastric cancer, which included non-ulcerated differentiated …
Continue reading The incidence of lymph node metastasis in early gastric cancer
Post written by Maxime E.S. Bronzwaer, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Over the past decade endoscopic resection techniques, such as piecemeal endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), have progressed significantly to treat large and complex non-pedunculated colorectal polyps. Endoscopic resection …
Continue reading Volume of surgery for benign colorectal polyps in the last 11 years
Post written by Kotaro Shibagaki, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan. The esophageal extensive ESD causes a postoperative severe stenosis, which requires endoscopic balloon dilation. The most popular preventive procedure is perhaps an endoscopic local injection of triamcinolone acetonide (TA), but it has a big problem in …
Continue reading Esophageal triamcinolone acetonide–filling method
Post written by Yoshihiro Furuichi, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. Dual red imaging (DRI) is a novel image-enhanced endoscopy technique that can increase the visibility and predict the depth of esophageal varices (EVs). The recurrence rate of EVs after endoscopic-injection sclerotherapy (EIS) reportedly decreases by intravariceal …
Continue reading Role of dual red imaging to guide intravariceal sclerotherapy injection
Post written by Anthony Yuen Bun Teoh, FRCSEd, from the Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China. Acupuncture has been used as part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for thousands of years. However, the role of electroacupuncture (EA) in reducing sedative and analgesic requirements …
Continue reading Electroacupuncture-reduced sedative and analgesic requirements for diagnostic EUS
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