Post written by Audrey H. Calderwood, MD, MS, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA. Our study focuses on female representation among faculty of ASGE-sponsored courses. We evaluated different types of programs (eg, hands-on, first-year fellow, quality), program size by number of attendees, faculty role (eg, director, …
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Post written by Jose Ignacio Vargas, MD, from the Gastroenterology Department and School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and the Endoscopy Unit, Hospital Clínico Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. The focus of our study was to assess the effectiveness of the ingestion of different cleaning solutions before upper gastrointestinal in the evaluation …
Continue reading Use of N-acetylcysteine plus simethicone to improve mucosal visibility
Post written by Ara B. Sahakian, MD, from the Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA. Pancreatic fistulae are a common complication of pancreatic surgery, which often respond to conservative management or transpapillary pancreatic duct stenting. However, a small proportion of these leaks do …
Continue reading Metallic coil and N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate for closure of pancreatic duct leak
Associate Editor, Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy, highlights this article from the April issue “Association of gastric intestinal metaplasia and East Asian ethnicity with the risk of gastric adenocarcinoma in a U.S. population” by Alyssa Y. Choi, MD, et al. In the United States, gastric adenocarcinoma is the forgotten stepchild, often believed to be a disease of …
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Post written by Sunguk Jang, MD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. This article compares the efficacy and safety of covered versus uncovered metallic biliary stents in patients with malignant biliary strictures. There remains a controversy over the increased risk of cholecystitis after the placement of covered metallic stents for malignant …
Post written by Sho Suzuki, MD, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. We conducted this prospective, randomized, exploratory study to investigate the resection width and depth achieved by cold snare polypectomy (CSP) for small colorectal polyps compared to those achieved by hot snare …
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Post written by Rapat Pittayanon, MD, MSc, and Alan Barkun, MD, MSc, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital of the Thai Red Cross, Bangkok, Thailand, and the Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada. This study was focusing on prognostic …
Post written by Antti Siiki, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland. Our group (Siiki, Rinta-Kiikka, Sand, and Laukkarinen) reported the first long-term results of endoscopically inserted biodegradable stents in human bile duct. The novel stents were used in 2 indications in ERCP with a standard …
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Post written by Michael A. Scaffidi, BSc(Hon), MEd, and Catharine M. Walsh, MD, MEd, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, St. Michael’s Hospital and the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Assessment is a critical process to determine endoscopic competence. Real-time, or “live” assessment, involves an …
Post written by Michael A. Scaffidi, BSc(Hon) MEd, and Catharine M. Walsh, MD, MEd, PhD, FRCPC, from the Division of Gastroenterology, St. Michael’s Hospital and the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Assessment of gastrointestinal endoscopy competence is integral to delivering high-quality patient care. Endoscopic competence …
Continue reading Impact of experience on self-assessment accuracy of clinical colonoscopy competence
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