Tae Il Kim, MD, PhD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, in Seoul, Korea discusses this Original Article "High-risk metachronous polyps are more frequent in patients with traditional serrated adenomas than in patients with conventional adenomas: a multicenter prospective study." Conventional adenomas (CAs) are major precursor lesions of colorectal cancer …
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Joseph A. Picoraro, MD, from the Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, in New York, New York, USA discusses this Original Article, "Gastrojejunal tube placement through an established gastrostomy via an endoscopic transgastric approach in a pediatric population." The focus of our study was to analyze the advantages and challenges of an innovative and …
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Benjamin Tharian, MD, MRCP, FRACP, from the Centre for Interventional Endoscopy, Florida Hospital, in Orlando, Florida, USA presents this VideoGIE case, "Successful removal of a foreign body from a gallbladder remnant by using a new single-operator digital cholangioscope." A 34-year-old female with a history of an incomplete laparoscopic cholecystectomy developed right upper quadrant pain and …
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Nikhil A. Kumta, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, in New York, New York, USA discusses this Original Article, "Endoscopic gallbladder drainage compared with percutaneous drainage." Our aim was to compare endoscopic gallbladder drainage (EGBD) and percutaneous gallbladder drainage (PGBD) for patients with cholecystitis who were non-surgical candidates in …
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Samir C. Grover, MD, MEd, FRCPC, from the Division of Gastroenterology, St. Michael’s Hospital, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada describes this Original Article, "Impact of a simulation training curriculum on technical and nontechnical skills in colonoscopy: a randomized trial." The optimal manner to deliver simulation-based training in endoscopy has yet to be determined. The purpose of …
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Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Michael Wallace highlights this article from the December issue, "Endoscopic gallbladder drainage compared with percutaneous drainage" by Prashant Kedia, MD, Reem Z. Sharaiha, MD, MSc, Nikhil A. Kumta, MD, et al. Gallbladder disease is a very common condition throughout the world. It is currently managed by surgery and occasionally with percutaneous drainage in …
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Shin-ei Kudo, MD, PhD, from the Digestive Disease Center, Showa University, Northern Yokohama Hospital, in Yokohama, Japan presents this Original Article "Endocytoscopic microvasculature evaluation is a reliable new diagnostic method for colorectal lesions (with video)." We clarified the efficacy of endocytoscopic vascular pattern (EC-V) for colorectal lesions. The diagnostic accuracy of EC-V was comparable to …
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Reem Z. Sharaiha, MD, MSc, from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, New York, USA, describes this Original Article, "Metal versus plastic for pancreatic pseudocyst drainage: clinical outcomes and success." Our aim was to compare fully covered self-expanding metal stents (FCSEMSs) to plastic stents for endoscopic drainage of pancreatic pseudocyst drainage in terms of …
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Yutaka Saito, MD, PhD, from the Endoscopy Division at the National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo, Japan discusses this Original Article, "Evaluation of the clinical efficacy of colon capsule endoscopy in the detection of lesions of the colon: prospective, multicenter, open study." The aims of this study were to evaluate the sensitivity of colon capsule …
Associate Editor, Prasad G. Iyer, MD, MD, MSc, FASGE, recommends this article from the November issue: "Linear-array EUS improves detection of pancreatic lesions in high-risk individuals: a randomized tandem study." This randomized study reveals intriguing information in the relative yield and miss rates of tandem radial and linear EUS examinations in high risk individuals undergoing …
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