Endoscopic band ligation in the treatment of gastric antral vascular ectasia

Post written by Babu P. Mohan, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Utah Health School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Treatment of GAVE is traditionally done by endoscopic thermal therapy like argon plasma coagulation (APC) or radiofrequency ablation (RFA). However, recently, endoscopic band ligation has been reported as an …

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Endoscopic-mediated, biliary hydrodynamic injection mediating clinically relevant levels of gene delivery in pig liver

Post written by Robert L. Kruse, MD, PhD, from the Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Viral-based approaches predominate the field of gene therapy for rare diseases but suffer many limitations including anti-vector immune responses and high cost of manufacturing. Our study focused on developing a novel nonviral …

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Gastric neoplasms in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis: endoscopic and clinicopathologic features

Post written by Yusaku Shimamoto, MD, from the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan. Gastric neoplasms in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) patients were classified into 4 types based on endoscopic findings. Then, their clinical, histopathologic, and genetic features were investigated. Gastric neoplasms in patients with FAP are endoscopically and histopathologically characteristic …

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Detection of elusive polyps using a large-scale artificial intelligence system

Post written by Dan M. Livovsky, MD, from the Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Digestive Diseases Institute, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. Our study aimed to evaluate the performance of a newly developed AI-based system for polyp detection, DEEP2 (DEEP DEtection of Elusive Polyps) on the detection of elusive polyps, …

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The use of the cap and underwater technique as an aid in endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Post written by Fernando Lander Mota, MD, from the Department of Digestive Endoscopy, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil. Here we describe 4 cases where the use of cap and underwater technique was decisive in the management of gastrointestinal bleeding of different etiologies. The attachment of a simple transparent plastic cap allowed us to push aside …

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Usefulness of a newly designed laser-cut metal stent with an anchoring hook and thin delivery system for EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy in experimental settings

Post written by Masayuki Kitano, MD, PhD, from the Second Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan. We developed a partially covered self-expandable metal stent with a thin delivery system (7.2 Fr) that has 2 advantages for EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-HGS). First, using a thin delivery system with a tapered tip, the stent can …

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POEM: 10-year outcomes from a large, single-center U.S. series with high follow-up completion and comprehensive analysis of long-term efficacy, safety, objective GERD, and endoscopic functional luminal assessment

Post written by Stavros N. Stavropoulos, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, NYU-Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, New York, USA. Our study aimed to provide a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of long-term POEM outcomes from the largest prospective database of POEM procedures in the U.S. (currently at ~800 POEMs, with the longest and most complete …

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Use of peroral cholangioscopy to screen for neoplastic bile duct lesions in patients with bile duct stones

Post written by Il Sang Shin, MD Jong Ho Moon, MD, PhD Yun Nah Lee, MD, PhD, from the Digestive Disease Center and Research Institute, Departments of Internal Medicine, SoonChunHyang University School of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea.    Although cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) has very high mortality rates due to its late detection, satisfactory screening methods of CCA have …

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Expert consensus on endoscopic papillectomy using a Delphi process

Post written by Jeska A. Fritzsche, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology & Metabolism, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The focus of our study was to assess the expected wide variety in daily practice of endoscopic papillectomy and to achieve further consensus among international experts by using a …

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