GIE Associate Editor Dr. David Schwartz recommends this Original Article from the July issue, "Double-balloon enteroscopy in Crohn’s disease: findings and impact on management in a multicenter retrospective study" by Semrad et al. In this article, the authors present a multicenter retrospective study looking at the impact of double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) in the management of …
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Shugo Fujibayashi, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan shares this video case "Intraductal cholangioscopic visualization of moving Fasciola hepatica." A 75-year-old Japanese male visited a private hospital with abdominal pain and jaundice in October 2013. Because magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography showed a filling defect …
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Jun Chul Park, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, in Seoul, Korea discusses this article "Factors that affect visibility during endoscopic hemostasis for upper GI bleeding: a prospective study." In our study, we attempted to determine the factors that might be …
Georgios Mavrogenis, MD, from the Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, in Brussels, Belgium describes this VideoGIE case "Recanalization of a complete postradiation esophageal obstruction with endoscopic submucosal dissection techniques." This video presents the management of a 30 cm post radiation esophageal obstruction by means of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) techniques. …
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Rajeev Attam, MD, from the Southern California Permanente Group, Kaiser Permanente, in Downey, California, USA discusses this Original Article "'Wet suction technique (WEST)': a novel way to enhance the quality of EUS-FNA aspirate. Results of a prospective, single-blind, randomized, controlled trial using a 22-gauge needle for EUS-FNA of solid lesions." Wet suction technique involves replacement …
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 …
Tsukasa Ikeura, MD, PhD, from the Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan shares this New Methods article titled "Fluorescence cytology with 5-aminolevulinic acid in EUS-guided FNA as a method for differentiating between malignant and benign lesions (with video)." 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), a photosensitizer, is metabolized into protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) in the …
Michelle T. Long, MD, from the Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA discusses this article "Female authorship in major academic gastroenterology journals: a look over 20 years." This was a retrospective study to determine the representation of female physicians among authors of original research in major US gastroenterology journals. …
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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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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 New Methods article "Intraprocedural fluoroscopy to determine the extent of the cardiomyotomy during per-oral endoscopic myotomy (with video)." One of the major technical challenges in performing per-oral endoscopic myotomy …
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