Vivek Kumbhari, MD from the Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, USA shares this VideoGIE case, "Endoscopic management of stomal stenosis after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass." A 39-year-old female was referred for management of a stomal stricture 14 years after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. She …
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Curative ESD of neoplasms in ulcerative colitis
Federico Iacopini, MD, from the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, Ospedale S. Giuseppe—ASL Roma H, Albano L, in Rome, Italy discusses this New Methods article "Curative endoscopic submucosal dissection of large nonpolypoid superficial neoplasms in ulcerative colitis (with videos)." This is the first study evaluating the feasibility and clinical impact of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for …
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Endoscopic reversal of gastric bypass
Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD, from the Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution in Baltimore, Maryland, USA describes this VideoGIE case, "Endoscopic reversal of gastric bypass for severe malnutrition after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery." A 38-year-old woman who had undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery was admitted with ongoing …
EUS-guided pseudocyst drainage
Vinay Dhir, MD, FASGE, from the Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences in Mumbai, India discusses this Original Article, "EUS-guided pseudocyst drainage: Prospective evaluation of early removal of fully covered self expandable metal stents with pancreatic ductal stenting in selected patients." The study focused on 2 aspects of pseudocyst drainage (PD). Firstly, whether it is possible …
Editor’s Choice: Reporting of colonoscopy quality associated with increase in ADR
GIE Associate Editor Amit Rastogi, MD, FASGE highlights this Original Article, "Public reporting of colonoscopy quality is associated with an increase in endoscopist adenoma detection rate." This study showed that public reporting of the adenoma detection rate (ADR) of 11 gastroenterologists resulted in significant improvement- 5% overall and 7.8% for screening colonoscopies. Also, a natural …
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Detectability of colorectal polyps by using BLI
Naohisa Yoshida, MD, PhD, from the Department of Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, in Kyoto, Japan discusses this Original Article "Improvement in the visibility of colorectal polyps by using blue laser imaging (with video)." We proved the improvement of polyp visibility by blue laser imaging (BLI) …
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Pathogenic alteration frequency by EUS FNA in malignant lymph node
Ferga C. Gleeson, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, USA discusses this Original Article, "Frequency of mitogen-activated protein kinase and phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling pathway pathogenic alterations in EUS-FNA sampled malignant lymph nodes in rectal cancer with theranostic potential." We have previously characterized EUS FNA cytology specimens by targeted …
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Salvage cryotherapy after failed radiofrequency ablation
Neil Sengupta, MD, from the Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA describes this Original Article, "Salvage cryotherapy after failed radiofrequency ablation for Barrett’s esophagus–related dysplasia is safe and effective." Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an effective and durable treatment option for patients with …
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Editor’s Choice: Outcomes after endoscopic duodenal stent placement for malignant GOO
Associate Editor Fauze Maluf-Filho, MD, PhD, FASGE, highlights this Original Article from the September issue: "Survival and clinical outcome after endoscopic duodenal stent placement for malignant gastric outlet obstruction: comparison of pancreatic cancer and nonpancreatic cancer." The literature supports the concept that patients with malignant gastric outlet obstruction with a predicted survival longer than 3 …
Ethics in publication
Michael Wallace, MD, MPH, FASGE, from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, USA and the Editor-in-Chief of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy discusses this article "Ethics in publication." This articles reviews key ethical issues that arise in publication of scientific article such as authorship, plagiarism, and text-recycling. The intense pressure to publish in academia has led to rare …
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