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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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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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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Hugo Uchima, MD, from the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Department, Centro Médico Teknon, in Barcelona, Spain shares this video case, “Lumen-apposing metal stent for the treatment of refractory gastrojejunal anastomotic stricture after laparoscopic gastric bypass.” In this video case we show how a short fibrotic stricture can be treated successfully with a lumen-apposing metal stent. Our patient …
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Kinichi Hotta, MD, from the Division of Endoscopy, Shizuoka Cancer Center, in Shizuoka, Japan describes this VideoGIE case "Early cecal cancer adjacent to the appendiceal orifice successfully treated by endoscopic submucosal dissection." The cecal tumor adjacent to the appendiceal orifice (CTAO) is considered one of the most difficult lesions to be treated by endoscopic resection. …
Alessandro Pezzoli, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Endoscopy Unit, Sant'Anna Hospital Ferrara, in Ferrara, Italy shares this video case "Capsule endoscopy diagnosis of intestinal Taenia." We present here the video of a patient suffering of occult anemia, infected by a Taenia species and diagnosed by capsule endoscopy. The patient, an 81-year-old Caucasian man, was …
James H. Tabibian, MD, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA shares this VideoGIE case "Endoluminal stenting via the suture-assisted flange engagement technique." Gastrointestinal endoscopists are now more than ever encountering clinical scenarios where they are asked to provide endoscopic diversion or bridging of a leak site with fully-covered …
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V.G. Mohan Prasad, DM, FRCP (Edin), from the VGM Hospital, Coimbatore, in Tamil Nadu, India presents this video case "Spontaneous magnetic gastrojejunal fistula caused by accidentally ingested lithium batteries." In this video, we demonstrate a case of a gastrojejunal (GJ) fistula created by accidental ingestion of lithium batteries. This young man of 25 had gulped batteries …
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