Salvage cryotherapy after failed radiofrequency ablation

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Neil Sengupta, MD, from the Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA describes this Original Article, "Salvage cryotherapy after failed radiofrequency ablation for Barrett’s esophagus–related dysplasia is safe and effective." Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an effective and durable treatment option for patients with …

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Manuscript review – “How I do it”

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Written by Sachin Wani, MD, from University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA. Contributing to the peer review process is one of the joys of academic medicine. Not only do you have the opportunity to contribute to the publication of high quality studies but on a personal level, it exposes you to the …

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Inverted frontal view method for bile duct cannulation

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Hideaki Harada, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, New Tokyo Hospital, Chiba, Japan presents this VideoGIE case "Inverted frontal view method facilitates bile duct cannulation via the intact papilla in patients with Roux-en-Y anastomosis." An 85-year-old-man who had undergone total gastrectomy plus Roux-en-Y reconstruction was referred to our department with calculus-related cholangitis. We describe the …

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Editor’s Choice: Outcomes after endoscopic duodenal stent placement for malignant GOO

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Associate Editor Fauze Maluf-Filho, MD, PhD, FASGE, highlights this Original Article from the September issue: "Survival and clinical outcome after endoscopic duodenal stent placement for malignant gastric outlet obstruction: comparison of pancreatic cancer and nonpancreatic cancer." The literature supports the concept that patients with malignant gastric outlet obstruction with a predicted survival longer than 3 …

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Ethics in publication

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Michael Wallace, MD, MPH, FASGE, from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, USA and the Editor-in-Chief of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy discusses this article "Ethics in publication." This articles reviews key ethical issues that arise in publication of scientific article such as authorship, plagiarism, and text-recycling. The intense pressure to publish in academia has led to rare …

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EUS-guided gastroduodenostomy for GOO

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Ryan Law, DO, from the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, presents this VideoGIE case, "EUS-guided gastroduodenostomy for gastric outlet obstruction related to chronic pancreatitis." We present a patient with gastric outlet obstruction from chronic pancreatitis who underwent EUS-guided gastroduodenostomy to relieve her obstruction. Her CT scan demonstrated …

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Newly designed plastic stent for EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy

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Junko Umeda, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan discusses this New Methods article "A newly designed plastic stent for EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy: a prospective preliminary feasibility study (with videos)." EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-HGS) for the creation of a fistula between the stomach and the left intrahepatic bile duct is an …

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Removal of large impacted pancreatic stone

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Chang-Il Kwon, MD, and Stuart Sherman, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA present this VideoGIE case, "Large impacted pancreatic stone removed with single-operator pancreatoscopy and electrohydraulic lithotripsy." In patients with obstructive chronic calcific pancreatitis, endoscopic decompression of the main pancreatic duct with stone removal is an …

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Metachronous colorectal cancers

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Silvia Sanduleanu, MD, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, GROW, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, in Maastricht, The Netherlands discusses this Original Article, "Metachronous colorectal cancers result from missed lesions and non-compliance with surveillance." Worldwide, the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) still increases with …

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Endoscopic incision and cutting procedure for colorectal anastomotic stricture

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Fabio Shiguehissa Kawaguti, MD, from the Cancer Institute, São Paulo University Medical School, in São Paulo, Brazil share this VideoGIE case, "Endoscopic radial incision and cutting procedure for a colorectal anastomotic stricture." We present a patient with rectal cancer that was treated by surgical resection and temporary ileostomy and presented colorectal anastomotic stricture at the …

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