Nah Kyum Lee, MD, and Do Hyun Park, MD, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, in Seoul, South Korea present this VideoGIE case "EUS-guided trans-aortic fine-needle aspiration for intra-abdominal plasmacytoma in a patient with multiple myeloma." Our video case describes EUS-guided trans-aortic fine-needle aspiration (FNA) for …
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Flexible endoscopic Zenker’s diverticulotomy
Alan H. Tieu, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, USA shares this video case "Flexible endoscopic Zenker’s diverticulotomy." We demonstrate a technique of flexible endoscopic diverticulotomy for management of Zenker’s diverticulum (ZD). A 73-year-old male presents with dysphagia, regurgitation, …
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Endoscopic features of lymphoproliferative diseases
Georgios Mavrogenis, MD, from the Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, in Brussels, Belgium describes this VideoGIE case "Endoscopic features of lymphoproliferative diseases." This video presents a case series of common and rare lymphomas of the GI tract. Diagnosis of lymphomas is challenging. Lymphoproliferative disorders of the GI tract are rare …
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Ruptured varix: tips to tackle the demon
Vishal Ghevariya, MD, from Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, California, USA describes this video case "Ruptured varix: tips to tackle the demon." A 36-year-old man with alcohol induced liver cirrhosis presented with hematemesis. After initial resuscitation, an upper endoscopy was performed. Several columns of Grade III varices were noted in the esophagus. Two fibrin …
Drainage of infected pancreatic necrosis
Amy Tyberg, MD, from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, New York, USA shares this video case "Drainage of infected pancreatic necrosis by using 2 lumen-apposing metal stents, a nasocystic drain, and hydrogen peroxide." This case describes a 55-year-old man with an infected, 16cm walled-off necrotic pancreatic fluid collection. Standard cystgastrostomy into the proximal …
Pediatric therapeutic endoscopy
Christopher J. DiMaio, MD, FASGE from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, New York, USA presents this VideoGIE case "Pediatric therapeutic endoscopy: endoscopic management of a congenital duodenal web." This video demonstrates a case of successful endoscopic management of a congential duodenal web in an 8-year-old girl who presented with …
“Unchaining” a stuck early gastric cancer
Andres Sanchez-Yague, MD, from Hospital Costa del Sol in Marbella, Spain shares this video case "'Unchaining' a stuck early gastric cancer by endoscopic submucosal dissection." A 67-year-old male with a past medical history of distal gastrectomy was diagnosed with a metachronous early gastric cancer at the cardia. The patient refused total gastrectomy and was referred to …
Transcutaneous endoscopic necrosectomy
Nikhil Kumta, MD, from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, New York, USA presents this VideoGIE case "Cleaning the paracolic gutter: transcutaneous endoscopic necrosectomy through a fully covered metal esophageal stent." Transgastric endoscopic necrosectomy with nasocystic lavage is accepted as one of the standards of care for the management of walled-off necrosis secondary to …
Anchor technique to prevent stent migration
Truptesh H. Kothari MD, MS from the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York, USA discusses this VideoGIE case "Anchor technique: prevention of intraluminal stent migration with the help of loop and clips." Our video describes one of the various methods to anchor the intraluminal stent from migration. A 50-year-old male with Roux-en-Y …
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EUS-guided pancreatic duct access and wire placement
Rajeev Attam, MD, from Kaiser Permanente, Downey, in Los Angeles, California, USA presents this video case "EUS-guided pancreatic duct access and wire placement to facilitate dorsal duct cannulation after failed ERCP." A 62-year-old woman was referred to us for management of recurrent pancreatitis in a setting of pancreatic divisum. Imaging confirmed pancreatic divisum and revealed mildly …
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