George B. Saffouri, MD, and Louis M. Wong Kee Song, MD, FASGE, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, USA share this VideoGIE case "Burn and anchor: a novel food impaction retrieval technique." Both video cases demonstrate challenging, meaty food impactions with patients unable to manage their secretions. Standard push …
Technical difficulty in colorectal ESD
Kenichiro Imai, MD from the Division of Endoscopy, Shizuoka Cancer Center in Shizuoka, Japan discusses "Preoperative indicators of failure of en bloc resection or perforation in colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection: implications for lesion stratification by technical difficulties during stepwise training." This study assessed predictors for failure of en bloc resection and perforation in colorectal endoscopic …
A new-age “rescue” lithotripsy
Suryaprakash Bhandari, MD, from the Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences, Global Hospitals, in Mumbai, India, shares this VideoGIE case "Single-operator cholangioscopy-guided holmium laser lithotripsy: the new-age 'rescue' lithotripsy." A 40-year-old woman with a large bile duct (BD) stone was referred for ERCP. Cholangiography revealed a dilated BD with a single large stone within the relative narrowing of the …
Bolster technique demonstrates hidden Schatzki rings
Caroline Jouhourian, MD from Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, USA discusses "Abdominal compression during endoscopy (the Bolster technique) demonstrates hidden Schatzki rings (with videos)." Our focus was to look at means to increase the detection rate of Schatzki rings from an endoscopic approach. Literature has shown that radiographic studies such as Barium swallow studies …
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Combined Mirizzi syndrome with Bouveret syndrome
Austin L. Chiang, MD, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, presents this video case "Combined Mirizzi syndrome with Bouveret syndrome." An 87-year-old man initially presented with hematemesis and was found on CT scan to have a large gallstone in the duodenum with a possible cholecystoduodenal fistula, both of which were also noted on …
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Incremental diagnostic yield of chromoendoscopy in IBD
Parakkal Deepak, MBBS, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, in Rochester, Minnesota, USA discusses "Incremental diagnostic yield of chromoendoscopy and outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease patients with a history of colorectal dysplasia on white-light endoscopy." The focus of our study was to evaluate whether initial and subsequent chromoendoscopy (CE) …
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Esophageal band removal
James T. Kwiatt, MD, from GI Associates, LLC in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA shares this video case "Successful removal of an esophageal band causing complete esophageal obstruction after variceal ligation." A patient was sent to our facility after having adverse events from an EGD with band ligation of esophageal varices. During the procedure the patient was …
How I perform a peer review
Written by Shyam Menon, MD, FRCP, PGDip(Epid), PGDip(Nutr Med), Consultant Gastroenterologist at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, New Cross Hospital, in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. Peer-reviewing an original paper is an exciting and rewarding process. Before I decide to accept a paper for review, I ask myself if I am the right person to be reviewing …
Editor’s choice: Incremental diagnostic yield of chromoendoscopy in IBD with history of dysplasia
GIE Associate Editor Alessandro Repici, MD, recommends this article from the May issue: "Incremental diagnostic yield of chromoendoscopy and outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease patients with a history of colorectal dysplasia on white-light endoscopy" by Parakkal Deepak, MBBS, Gregory J. Hanson, MD, Joel G. Fletcher, MD, et al. The role of careful examination with CE …
Drainage of PFCs via a lumen-apposing stent
Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, AGAF, FASGE, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA discusses this Original Article "EUS-guided drainage of peripancreatic fluid collections and necrosis by using a novel lumen-apposing stent: a large retrospective, multicenter U.S. experience (with videos)." My co-lead author …
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