Post written by Yasi Xiao, MD, and Dennis Yang, MD, from the Center for Interventional Endoscopy, AdventHealth, Orlando, Florida, USA. We present a video of a 61-year-old woman with a symptomatic large subepithelial lesion (SEL) in the gastric fundus. This SEL was biopsied on EUS and found to be a leiomyoma. After multidisciplinary discussion with thoracic …
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Biliary cast syndrome in Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy anatomy
Post written by Erica Park, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA. We describe a case of a patient who underwent an orthotopic liver transplantation from a donation after circulatory death. Dehiscence of the biliary anastomosis complicated her post-transplant course, requiring return to …
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Peroral endoscopic myotomy with diverticulotomy using a double tunnel technique: finding your way to an elusive lower esophageal sphincter in spastic achalasia and epiphrenic diverticulum
Post written by Maham Hayat, MD, and Dennis Yang, MD, from the Center for Interventional Endoscopy, AdventHealth, Orlando, Florida, USA. Our case is that of an 86-year-old woman with a history of achalasia and symptomatic epiphrenic diverticulum (ED) who was referred for peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) with simultaneous diverticulotomy. Endoscopy revealed a large ED and an …
Addition of dilute epinephrine to commercially available submucosal lifting agents for cold snare EMR
Post written by William Hirsch, MD, from the Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, and Mohammad Bilal, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, University of Minnesota. Our video case details the process of adding dilute epinephrine to commercially available submucosa lifting agents. After …
Successful endoscopic removal of a retained guidewire in the intrahepatic bile duct using a novel tapered sheath dilator
Post written by Rintaro Fukuda, MD, and Naminatsu Takahara, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, and Yousuke Nakai, MD, PhD, from the Department of Endoscopy and Endoscopic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo. Retained guidewire is not a rare adverse event …
Definitive endoscopic repair of transected bile ducts after cholecystectomy using EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy and retrograde cholangioperitoneoscopy
Post written by Manuel Perez-Miranda, MD, PhD, from Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega, Valladolid, Spain. A patient with a transected bile duct after cholecystectomy presenting with high-output bile leakage was successfully treated with staged endoscopy. EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy was used first to internalize externally diverted bile flow. At a follow-up endoscopy, a cholangioscope by ERCP grasped a …
Enhancing stent length and stability with a novel through-the-scope suturing platform: a case series
Post written by Shailendra Singh, MD, and Ayowumi A. Adekolu, MD, from West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. We present a case series showing the use of a through-the-scope suturing (TTSS) system (X-Tack; Apollo Endosurgery, Austin, Tex, USA) for fixing 2 fully covered self-expandable metal stents (FCSEMSs) for creating longer stents as well as …
Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty using mixed-tooth grasping forceps as an alternative to the tissue helix
Post written by Chase Wooley, BS, from True You Weight Loss, Cary, North Carolina, USA. In this video case, we demonstrate the advantages of using a mixed-tooth grasping forceps rather than the traditional tissue helix to acquire full-thickness gastric folds during the endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) procedure. A customized animation highlights the risk of transmural tissue …
Retrograde endosonography for diagnosing imaging-occult cancer at the head of the pancreas in a patient with distal gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y reconstruction
Post written by Michael Lajin, MD, from Sharp HealthCare, San Diego, California, USA. A 73-year-old man with a history of distal gastrectomy presented with jaundice and 20-pound weight loss. Abdominal CT with intravenous contrast showed cholelithiasis and a dilated biliary tree without evidence of choledocholithiasis or neoplasm. MRCP was not possible because of shrapnel. He …
A modified approach for closing endoscopic submucosal dissection defects using clip with line pulley securing technique and endoloop
Post written by Yohei Minato, MD, from the Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. We modified the clip with line pulley suturing (CLiPS) technique using a plastic detachable snare. A clip with a string is placed at the distal margin of the mucosal defect. A second clip is then hooked onto …