Suryaprakash Bhandari, MD, from the Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences in Mumbai, India shares this video case, "Endoscopic management of large pancreatic stones in patient after lateral pancreaticojejunostomy." A 38-year-old female presented with moderate to severe intensity central abdominal pain radiating to back for 2 years. She was diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis with intracanalar stones …
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Alexander Schlachterman, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, USA shares this video case, "Type III choledochal cyst and anomalous pancreatobiliary junction." A 34-year-old male with 2 episodes of acute recurrent pancreatitis was referred for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to further evaluate 5 cm intraduodenal dilation …
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Emmanuel Coronel, MD and colleagues from the Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, USA share this video case "The 'Moonsault' maneuver: retroflexed ileocecal valve insertion." In this video we describe a different technique to achieve ileal intubation. We reach the cecum using a pediatric colonoscope (PCF-H190L/I, Olympus, …
Shashideep Singhal, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at The University of Texas at Houston Medical School in Houston, Texas, USA presents this VideoGIE case, "Endoscopic removal of gastric band by use of a stent-induced erosion technique." A 51-year-old woman with vertical band gastroplasty presented with epigastric abdominal pain and emesis. An …
Douglas A. Howell, MD, FASGE, from the Maine Medical Center, Interventional Endoscopy, in Portland, Maine, USA shares this VideoGIE case "Combined volume reduction with the loop-and-leave technique permits safe endoscopic management of high-risk giant gastric polyps." Giant inflammatory or reactive polyps occur in the upper GI tract. Hyperplastic polyps have a <2% malignant risk. These …
Bora Keum, MD, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Gastrointestinal Medical Instrument Research, Korea University College of Medicine, in Seoul, Korea shares this VideoGIE case, "Efficacy of the magnetic marking clip method for preoperative localization of GI tumor." Various endoscopic localization methods for surgical resection of GI …
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Benjamin Tharian, MD, MRCP (UK), FRACP, from the Center for Interventional Endoscopy, Florida Hospital, in Orlando, Florida, USA shares this VideoGIE, “Drainage of obstructed gallbladder with use of lumen-apposing metal stent.” We demonstrate the technique of EUS-guided fine needle aspiration of a gallbladder mass and drainage of a symptomatic obstructed gallbladder (from invasive cancer), as …
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Matheus Cavalcante Franco, MD, MSc, from the Cancer Institute of São Paulo, University of São Paulo, in São Paulo, Brazil shares this VideoGIE case, "ERCP with balloon-overtube–assisted enteroscopy in postsurgical anatomy." We reported a video case of a 59-year-old man, with past surgical history of partial gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y anastomosis due to peptic ulcer complication. …
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Jörg G. Albert, MD, from the Department of Medicine I, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, in Frankfurt, Germany shares this VideoGIE case, “‘Cutting the wire’ as a troubleshooter for a Dormia basket impacted in the common bile duct.” Incarceration of a bile duct stone may be a challenge for the endoscopist – but to jam a Dormia …
Milan S. Bassan, MBBS, FRACP, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Liverpool Hospital, in Liverpool and University of New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia presents this VideoGIE case, "Incision therapy for an unusual esophageal stricture." This is a case of a refractory benign esophageal stricture due to typhoid. As bougie and balloon dilation had …
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