Brian S. Lim, MD, MCR, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center/University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine, in Riverside, California, USA writes about this VideoGIE case "Weaving through the twists and turns of the fish bone case: demonstration of 2 different indications for endoscopic suturing in a single case of esophageal …
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YAG laser lithotripsy for impacted stone
Ryosuke Tonozuka, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Tokyo Medical University in Tokyo, Japan presents this VideoGIE case, "Holmium: YAG laser lithotripsy through an EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy route." Treatment of biliary calculi in patients with surgically altered anatomy is often challenging despite the development of balloon enteroscopy (BE). This video showed holmium: YAG …
Clipping and transection of a crossing blood vessel
Ilaria Tarantino, MD, from the Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione, in Palermo, Italy presents this video case "Clipping and transection of a crossing blood vessel during transgastric endoscopic necrosectomy." A 52-year-old woman with pancreatic insufficiency was referred to our institute for EUS-guided drainage of …
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Endoscopic management of large pancreatic stones
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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Type III choledochal cyst and anomalous pancreatobiliary junction
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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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, …
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 …
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 …
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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