Amy Tyberg, MD, from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, New York, USA presents this video case "Endoscopic optical coherence tomography as a tool to evaluate successful myotomy after a peroral endoscopic myotomy." This case describes a 51-year-old woman with achalasia who underwent a per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) with complete resolution of her symptoms …
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Pulsating pseudoaneurysm in a walled-off necrosis
Shuntaro Mukai from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Tokyo Medical University in Tokyo, Japan describes this VideoGIE case "Pulsating pseudoaneurysm in a walled-off necrosis." Our video case describes a pulsating pseudoaneurysm in the cavity of a walled-off necrosis (WON) diagnosed by endoscopy through a fully-covered biflanged metal stent (BFMS). Subsequently, the pseudoaneurysm was …
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Cholangioscopic evaluation of sectoral biliary stricture
Shyam Menon, MD, MRCP, MRCP(Gastro), PGDip (Epid), PGDip (Nutr), from the Department of Gastroenterology at the University Hospital Aintree in Liverpool, United Kingdom shares this VideoGIE case "Cholangioscopic evaluation of a sectoral biliary stricture." This video case demonstrates the application of a multidisciplinary approach to the management of a complex biliary stricture. A patient was …
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Endoscopic removal of eroded gastric lap band
Christopher J. DiMaio, MD, FASGE from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, New York, USA shares this VideoGIE case "Mechanical lithotriptor-assisted endoscopic removal of an eroded gastric lap band." Our case involved a patient who experienced partial erosion of a gastric lap band into the stomach. Initial attempt at removing …
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Fistula closure using a ventricular septal occluder
Vivek Kumbhari, MD from the Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, USA shares this video case "Closure of a large, persistent enterocutaneous fistula by use of a ventricular septal occluder." We demonstrate the use of a ventricular septal occluder (Amplatzer; St Jude Medical, Plymouth, …
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Cholecystoduodenostomy and duodenal stenting
Ryan Law, DO, from Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago, Illinois, USA presents this video case "Cholecystoduodenostomy and duodenal stenting for relief of biliary and gastric outlet obstruction." Our case describes the placement of a lumen-apposing stent into the gallbladder followed by placement of an uncovered metal duodenal stent for palliation in a …
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Making EUS-guided biliary drainage safer
Vivek Kumbhari, MD from the Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, USA shares this video case "EUS-guided biliary drainage made safer by a combination of hepaticogastrostomy and antegrade transpapillary stenting." A 61-year-old male presented with malignant biliary obstruction secondary to locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma. …
Antegrade biopsy by using a trans-catheter technique
Takeshi Ogura, MD, PhD from the Second Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College in Osaka, Japan shares this VideoGIE case "Antegrade biopsy by using a trans-catheter technique through EUS-guided hepaticojejunostomy." In our video, we described technical tips of antegrade biopsy and blushing cytology through endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticojejunostomy. First, we punctured the intrahepatic bile duct …
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Antegrade transpapillary placement of a metal biliary stent
Payal Saxena, MD from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse at RPA in Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia describes this VideoGIE case "EUS-guided biliary drainage with antegrade transpapillary placement of a metal biliary stent." EUS-guided biliary drainage with antegrade transpapillary metallic stent is demonstrated in 2cases of malignant, biliary obstruction. …
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Single-session, transgastric ERCP
Rajeev Attam, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA describes this VideoGIE case "Single-session, transgastric ERCP using sutured gastropexy for treatment of pancreatic duct leak in a patient with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass anatomy and pancreatic divisum." Our video case describes transgastric ERCP in a patient with Roux-en-Y …
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