ASGE Standards of Practice committee member, Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, FASGE, discusses this recent guideline from the ASGE, "The role of endoscopy in dyspepsia." The focus of this guideline was to review the prevalence, diagnosis, and medical and endoscopic management of dyspepsia. Dyspepsia is one of the most common complaints for visits to gastroenterology practices. …
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Nonneoplastic polypectomy during screening colonoscopy
Mary A. Atia, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic Arizona in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA discusses this Original Article, "Nonneoplastic polypectomy during screening colonoscopy: the impact on polyp detection rate, adenoma detection rate, and overall cost." The frequency of non-neoplastic polypectomy (NNP) is tissue constituting normal colonic mucosa or lymphoid aggregates. …
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Editor’s Choice: Mucosal healing in IBD
Associate Editor Lisa Strate, MD, MPH recommends this article from the August issue: "Assessment of mucosal healing in inflammatory bowel disease: review" by Parambir S. Dulai, MBBS, Barrett G. Levesque, MD, MS, Brian G. Feagan, MD, Geert D’Haens, MD, PhD, and William J. Sandborn, MD. Mucosal healing has been shown to correlate with treatment outcomes …
Postcholecystectomy refractory biliary leaks
Jorge Canena, MD, PhD, from the Center of Gastroenterology, Hospital Cuf Infante Santo, in Lisbon, Portugal discusses this Original Article "A non-randomized study in consecutive patients with postcholecystectomy refractory biliary leaks who were managed endoscopically with the use of multiple plastic stents or fully covered self-expandable metal stents (with videos)." We compared the clinical effectiveness …
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Endoscopic cell sheet transplantation device
Masanori Maeda, PhD, from the Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, in Tokyo, Japan describes this New Methods article "Endoscopic cell sheet transplantation device developed by using a 3-dimensional printer and its feasibility evaluation in a porcine model." This paper describes the development of a new device and method for …
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ADR varies during colonoscopy training
Sascha C. van Doorn, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Academic Medical Centre at the University of Amsterdam in Amsterdam, the Netherlands discusses this Original Article "Adenoma detection rate varies greatly during colonoscopy training." During endoscopy training of gastroenterology fellows (GI-fellows), the most important competency for colonoscopy is safe cecal intubation. …
PEG tube placement in the United States
Lukejohn W. Day, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, in San Francisco, California, USA describes his Original Article "Practice variation in PEG tube placement: trends and predictors among providers in the United States." Enteral access placement is performed by a variety of providers and specialties …
Editor’s Choice: Double-balloon enteroscopy in Crohn’s disease
GIE Associate Editor Dr. David Schwartz recommends this Original Article from the July issue, "Double-balloon enteroscopy in Crohn’s disease: findings and impact on management in a multicenter retrospective study" by Semrad et al. In this article, the authors present a multicenter retrospective study looking at the impact of double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) in the management of …
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Visibility during endoscopic hemostasis
Jun Chul Park, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, in Seoul, Korea discusses this article "Factors that affect visibility during endoscopic hemostasis for upper GI bleeding: a prospective study." In our study, we attempted to determine the factors that might be …
Wet suction technique
Rajeev Attam, MD, from the Southern California Permanente Group, Kaiser Permanente, in Downey, California, USA discusses this Original Article "'Wet suction technique (WEST)': a novel way to enhance the quality of EUS-FNA aspirate. Results of a prospective, single-blind, randomized, controlled trial using a 22-gauge needle for EUS-FNA of solid lesions." Wet suction technique involves replacement …
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