Ferga C. Gleeson, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota discusses her Original Article "Endoscopically identified well-differentiated rectal carcinoid tumors: impact of tumor size on the natural history and outcomes." A paucity of data pertain to the natural history and outcome of patients with incidentally identified well-differentiated rectal …
Category: Investigations
Perforation in colorectal stenting
Emo E. van Halsema, MSc discusses this Original Article "Perforation in colorectal stenting: a meta-analysis and a search for risk factors" from the June issue. We performed a meta-analysis of the literature to identify risk factors for perforation from colonic stent placement. A total of 86 studies published between 2005 and 2011 were selected, including …
Tract dilation with stent retrieval device
Takao Itoi, MD, PhD, FASGE from the Tokyo Medical University in Tokyo, Japan shares his VideoGIE case "Tract dilation with a stent retrieval device in EUS-guided pancreatic duct stent placement." Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided pancreatic duct (PD) stenting is always challenging. Apart from EUS-guided biliary drainage, it may be more difficult to dilate the needle tract …
Metal stents for lumen apposition for EUS-guided drainage
Jong Ho Moon, MD from the Digestive Disease Center and Research Institute at SoonChunHyang University School of Medicine in Bucheon/Seoul, South Korea discusses this New Methods article "A newly designed fully covered metal stent for lumen apposition in EUS-guided drainage and access: a feasibility study (with videos)" from the June issue. EUS-guided transenteric drainage by …
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Comparing endoscopic vs percutaneous drainage
Venkata Sandeep Akshintala, MD from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions discusses his Original Article "A comparative evaluation of outcomes of endoscopic versus percutaneous drainage for symptomatic pancreatic pseudocysts" from the June issue. The focus of this study is to compare the outcomes of Endoscopic Drainage (ED) and Percutaneous Drainage (PD) for symptomatic pseudocysts. Symptomatic pseudocysts can …
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New Tools for Identifying Plagiarism in Academic Publishing
iThenticate, CrossCheck, EES…How do they fit into the GIE picture? The GIE online submission system, EES (Elsevier Editorial System), now automatically runs every submitted article through CrossCheck. CrossCheck is powered by iThenticate originality detection software, so for those of us who use EES, CrossCheck can be thought of as a very handy version of iThenticate. …
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Acetic acid spray enhances accuracy of NBI
Nikolas Eleftheriadis, MD from the Digestive Disease Center at Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital in Japan shares this video case "Acetic acid spray enhances accuracy of narrow-band imaging (NBI) magnifying endoscopy for endoscopic tissue characterization of early gastric cancer." In this video case we demonstrated a novel endoscopic technique using acetic acid chromoendoscopy in combination …
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Competency Assessment Tool
Catharine M. Walsh, MD, MEd, FRCPC from The Hospital for Sick Children and the Wilson Centre for Research in Education at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada discusses her Original Article "Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Competency Assessment Tool: development of a procedure-specific assessment tool for colonoscopy." The main purpose of this study was to develop and …
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Endoscopic resection of an ampullary gangliocytic paraganglioma
Patrick Yachimski, MD, MPH from Vanderbilt University Medical Center presents this VideoGIE article titled "Endoscopic resection of an ampullary gangliocytic paraganglioma." This video case depicts endoscopic examination and resection of a subepithelial ampullary lesion, histopathologically identified following resection as a gangliocytic paraganglioma. This case represents an unusual ampullary neoplasm. While most neoplasms resected in the …
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Editor’s Choice- Bowel preparation and patient compliance
Associate Editor Dr. Klaus Mergener highlights this article from the May issue: "Patient compliance and suboptimal bowel preparation with split-dose bowel regimen in average-risk screening colonoscopy" by Stacy B. Menees, MD, MS, H. Myra Kim, ScD, Patricia Wren, PhD, Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, PhD, Grace H. Elta, MD, Stephanie Foster, MPH, Sheryl Korsnes, MA, Brittany Graustein, …
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