Post written by Guiqi Wang, MD, from the Department of Endoscopy, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. This study retrospectively reviewed data from patients who underwent closure of rectal defects using endoscopic hand-suturing (EHS) with clips (EHS-Clips) at the Cancer Hospital …
Category: Investigations
Long-term prognosis and risk factors associated with post-ERCP pneumobilia in patients with common bile duct stones
Post written by Enqiang Linghu, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China. This investigation comprehensively assesses the long-term outcomes of patients experiencing post-ERCP pneumobilia and identifies the risk factors associated with post-ERCP pneumobilia. Post-ERCP pneumobilia is not uncommon, and its occurrence often indicates disruption of the …
Enhanced accuracy for classification of video capsule endoscopy images using multiple deep learning convolutional neural networks
Post written by David R. Cave, MD, PhD, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Video capsule endoscopy was first introduced in 2001. A major inhibitor to its widespread use has been that reading the output video takes significant time. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) provides an opportunity to help the reader decrease time …
Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty as an early tool against obesity: a multicenter international study on an overweight population
Post written by Vitor Ottoboni Brunaldi, MD, MSc, PhD, from the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Surgery and Anatomy Department, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil. This study investigated the efficacy of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) in inducing weight …
Implementation of endoscopic submucosal dissection in Europe: survey after 10 ESD Expert Training Workshops, 2009 to 2018
Post written by Frieder Berr, MD, PhD, from the Department of Medicine I and Institute of Pathophysiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. Annual hands-on endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) courses (3.3 days; Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, 2009-2018) were conducted by leading Japanese experts to prime a senior endoscopist from 135 tertiary referral centers across Europe (plus …
Safety and adverse events of EUS-guided gallbladder drainage using lumen-apposing metal stents and percutaneous cholecystostomy tubes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Post written by Umar Hayat, MD, MPH, from Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. EUS-guided gallbladder drainage using lumen-apposing metal stents (EUS-GBD-LAMSs) and percutaneous cholecystostomy for gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) are the alternative treatment modalities in high-risk surgical patients with acute cholecystitis (AC). This study aimed to compare the safety of these procedures for …
Analyzing methods for reducing recurrence rates after EMR of large nonpedunculated colorectal polyps: an indirect pairwise comparison
Post written by Dhruvil Radadiya, MD, from the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA. The focus of our study was to compare EMR with snare tip soft coagulation (STSC), EMR with argon plasma coagulation (APC), and underwater EMR (U-EMR) techniques routinely used for resection of large nonpedunculated polyps indirectly with each other with …
Artificial intelligence–assisted real-time monitoring of effective withdrawal time during colonoscopy: a novel quality marker of colonoscopy
Post written by Wai K. Leung, MD, from the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. In this study, we developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-based quantitative measurement for effective withdrawal time (EWT) during colonoscopy. This measurement also takes into consideration the quality of the images obtained during colonoscope withdrawal. Standard withdrawal time, a simple measurement …
Fully covered versus partially covered self-expandable metal stents for palliation of distal malignant biliary obstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Post written by Giuseppe Vanella, MD, from the Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy and Endosonography Division, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, and Chiara Coluccio, MD, from the Gastroenterology Department, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy. Our study delves into the pivotal topic of biliary stent selection in the management of distal malignant biliary obstruction (dMBO). Specifically, we compared outcomes of …
Defining “true acid reflux” after peroral endoscopic myotomy for achalasia: a prospective cohort study
Post written by Aniruddha Pratap Singh, MD, DM, Neeraj Singla, MD, DM, Ekant Budhwani, MD, Wladyslaw Januszewicz, MD, PhD, Zaheer Nabi, MD, DNB, Nitin Jagtap, MD, DNB, Rakesh Kalapala, MD, DNB, Sundeep Lakhtakia, MD, DM, Santosh Darisetty, DA, Sana Fathima Memon, MBA, Duvuur Nageshwar Reddy, MD, DM, and Mohan Ramchandani, MD, DM, from the Asian Institute …
