Retroflexed ileocecal valve insertion

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, …

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Endoscopic removal of gastric band

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 …

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Managing high-risk giant gastric polyps

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 …

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Efficacy of the magnetic marking clip method

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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Drainage of obstructed gallbladder with LAMS

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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ERCP for patients with postsurgical anatomy

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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Incision therapy for unusual esophageal stricture

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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Endoscopic closure of iatrogenic duodenal perforation

Shashideep Singhal, MD, form the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Texas Health Science Center, in Houston, Texas, USA presents this video case, "Endoscopic closure of iatrogenic duodenal perforation using dual over-the-scope clips." A 44-year-old female was referred for endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) after an intraoperative cholangiogram done during laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute …

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OTSC treatment of refractory peptic ulcer bleeding

James Y. W. Lau, MD, from the Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, in Hong Kong presents this VideoGIE case, “Over-the-scope clip treatment of refractory peptic ulcer bleeding.” This video describes the use of an over-the-scope clip (OTSC) in treating the chronic peptic ulcerations with refractory bleeding that fail angiographic embolization and endoscopic …

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