Post written by Choong-Kyun Noh, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea. Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with gastric diseases such as gastritis, peptic ulcers, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma, and gastric cancer. As H pylori eradication can reduce gastric cancer incidence and metachronous gastric cancer rate after …
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Mobile health technology in pediatric EGD quality indicators assessment: results from a national program of the Italian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Post written by Lorenzo Norsa, MD, PhD, from the Department of Pediatrics, Vittore Buzzi Children’s Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Salvatore Oliva, MD, PhD, from the Pediatric Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Maternal and Child Health Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, and Francesco Morotti, MD, from the Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Spedali Civili Children’s Hospital, …
Cecal intubation rates: data from the New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry
Post written by Alexander Miller, MD, from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA, and Joseph C. Anderson, MD, from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, White River Junction VA Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont, USA, and New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry, Lebanon. We explored the association between patient, endoscopist, and examination factors and cecal …
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EUS-guided radiofrequency ablation for pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Post written by Curtis J. Wray, MD, MS, from the Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Oncology, and Nirav Thosani, MD, from the Department of Surgery, Section of Interventional Gastroenterology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA. This manuscript details our initial institutional experience using EUS-guided radiofrequency ablation (EUS-RFA) combined with systemic chemotherapy for treatment …
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Risk factors for metachronous colorectal cancer or advanced lesions after endoscopic resection of serrated polyps: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Post written by Sandra Baile-Maxía, MD, PhD, and Rodrigo Jover, MD, PhD, from Servicio de Medicina Digestiva, Hospital General Universitario Dr Balmis, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis with the aim of comparing metachronous colorectal cancer and advanced polyp …
Incomplete mucosal layer excision during EMR: a potential source of recurrent adenoma (with video)
Post written by David J. Tate, MBBS, MRCP, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, and the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia. This study primarily focuses on identifying incomplete mucosal layer excision during EMR and understanding its role as a potential risk factor for recurrence of adenoma. …
Detection of residual stones by peroral direct cholangioscopy in patients with intrahepatic stones after hepaticojejunostomy: a prospective study (with video)
Post written by Kazuyuki Matsumoto, MD, PhD, from Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan. Radiographic confirmation of the presence of stones remains a challenge in the treatment of intrahepatic bile duct stones in patients after hepaticojejunostomy (HJ). Peroral direct cholangioscopy (PDCS) enables direct observation of the bile duct and is useful for detecting and removing residual stones. However, its …
Establishment of standards for the referral of large nonpedunculated colorectal polyps: an international expert consensus using a modified Delphi process
Post written by Samir C. Grover, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FASGE, from Scarborough Health Network and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This study aimed to establish consensus-based standards for the referral of large nonpedunculated colorectal polyps (LNPCPs) for endoscopic resection. Given the complexity and risks associated with resecting LNPCPs, especially those exceeding 20 mm, comprehensive and …
General anesthesia and/or deep hypnotic state in propofol-based conscious sedation for endoscopy
Post written by Ala Sharara, MD, AGAF, FACG, FRCP, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon. The target sedation level for endoscopic procedures is conscious sedation. However, patients might progress to deeper levels of sedation, such as deep sedation and general anesthesia. To our knowledge, no study …
EUS- versus ERCP-guided biliary drainage for malignant biliary obstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Post written by Eduardo Cerchi Barbosa from the Department of Medicine, Evangelical University of Goiás, Anápolis, Brazil, and Gilmara Coelho Meine, MD, MSc, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Feevale University, Novo Hamburgo, Brazil. Periampullary cancers carry a poor prognosis and often result in malignant biliary obstruction (MBO). Despite technological advances, few cases are resectable at the …
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