Post written by Margaret G. Keane, MBBS, MSc, from the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baltimore, Maryland. In our video, we describe the case of a 52-year-old man who was referred to our institution for the management of a 1.5-cm semi-pedunculated polyp that was found during a routine screening colonoscopy. The polyp …
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Post written by Masami Omae, MD, from the Division of Medicine, Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. We report a case of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) using a new off-the-shelf traction device that is easy to deploy and enables easier access to the submucosa during ESD. Several devices …
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Post written by Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura, MD, MSc, PhD, from the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. We highlight a cost-effective modified endoscopic vacuum therapy (EVT) technique for the management of gastrointestinal transmural defects and demonstrate the step-by-step process …
Post written by Takashi Muramoto, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. We presented endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for a tumor located completely within a colonic diverticulum using a traction device in the video. The lesion was a flat-elevated tumor completely located within a colonic diverticulum in the …
Post written by Kurato Miyazaki, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Division of Research and Development for Minimally Invasive Treatment, Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Red dichromatic imaging (RDI) is a recently developed novel image-enhanced endoscopy that enables one to visualize blood vessels …
Post written by Catherine Vozzo, DO, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy is gaining traction amongst the advanced endoscopy and hepatology community. It is safe and effective at delivering adequate liver biopsy specimens. In this tools and techniques article, we describe the variety of needles and …
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Post written by Pichamol Jirapinyo, MD, MPH, from the Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. The current treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) remains limited to weight loss via lifestyle modification. While bariatric surgery can be considered in otherwise eligible patients who suffer from obesity with concomitant NASH, less than 2% of …
Post written by Jun Arimoto, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Omori Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. A novel multifunctional snare (SOUTEN; Kaneka Medics, Tokyo, Japan) was introduced to enable successful hybrid ESD procedures. Although this multifunctional snare was introduced for hybrid ESD, hybrid ESD involves partial submucosal dissection, and we have previously reported …
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Post written by Corey O’Brien, MD, from the Department of Hospital Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The case involved an elderly woman with locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma. She was recently admitted for malignant gastric outlet obstruction and underwent successful placement of a gastrojejunal LAMS. She was readmitted shortly thereafter with occlusion of the …
Post written by Yugo Suzuki, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. This is the first report to show the utility and feasibility of removing surgical staples during endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for residual gastric cancer in the remnant stomach. The surgical staples were removed using the Dual Knife, and we electrified …
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