Georgios Mavrogenis, MD from Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain in Brussels, Belgium presents this video demonstration "How to prepare and use detachable snares: a video demonstration for nurses and endoscopists" from the VideoGIE section. This video demonstrates how to prepare and use detachable snares for various indications such as polypectomy and closure of large …
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Immune-mediated cholangiopathy
Shyam Menon, MD, MRCP, MRCP(Gastro), PGDip(Epid), PGDip(Nutr Med) and colleagues present this video case from the VideoGIE section, "Immune-mediated cholangiopathy." This video case describes the clinical journey of a patient who presented with weight loss, jaundice, and a biliary stricture at the liver hilum. Cholangioscopy was performed with intent to evaluate this stricture and acquire …
Active bleeding caused by portal hypertensive gastropathy
Mostafa Ibrahim, MD form the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology, and Digestive Oncology at Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, in Brussels, Belgium presents this video case "Active bleeding caused by portal hypertensive gastropathy." Portal hypertensive gastropathy is a serious adverse event of portal hypertension. It is difficult to treat due to the diffuse nature of …
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Acute duodenal diverticulitis treated with endoscopic therapy
Authors Wajeeh Salah, MD, and Rahul Pannala, MD, from the Mayo Clinic Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, discuss this video case, "Acute duodenal diverticulitis treated with endoscopic therapy." Our video highlights a case of acute periampullary diverticulitis caused by impaction of bowel contents within the diverticular lumen. We demonstrate the technique for treating this type …
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Closure of a chronic tracheoesophageal fistula
Vivek Kumbhari, MD, FRACP from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, USA presents this video case titled "Closure of a chronic tracheoesophageal fistula by use of a cardiac septal occluder" from the VideoGIE section. In this video, we demonstrate the use of a cardiac septal occluder (Amplatzer; St Jude Medical, Plymouth, Minnesita, USA) to …
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Endoscopic full-thickness resection for GI stromal tumors
Stavros N. Stavropoulos, MD and colleagues present this video case titled "Endoscopic full-thickness resection for GI stromal tumors" from the VideoGIE section. Our video demonstrates endoscopic en bloc complete resection of a 4 cm gastric GI stromal tumor (GIST) with a substrantial 2 cm extraluminal component extending into the peritoneal cavity. In this elderly patient …
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Choledochoscopic surveillance
Authors Mohit Girotra, MD and Rayburn F. Rego, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA share this case "Choledochoscopic surveillance in a patient with Hepaticolithiasi" from the VideoGIE section. A 54-year-old Asian female with recurrent hepaticolithiasis had previously undergone a Kasai …
4-step approach to POEM
Payal Saxena, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland presents this video case titled "Peroral endoscopic myotomy: a 4-step approach to a challenging procedure" from the VideoGIE section. Our video demonstrates the techniques for performing each of the 4 steps of POEM, which are …
Scanning fiber endoscopy
Adam W. Templeton, MD from the University of Washington presents this video case titled "Scanning fiber endoscopy: a novel platform for cholangioscopy" from the VideoGIE section. In this video we demonstrate our initial experience with a novel new cholangioscope. This cholangioscope allows for improved imaging of the bile duct using otherwise standard ERCP technique and …
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