Rajeev Attam, MD, from Kaiser Permanente, Downey, in Los Angeles, California, USA presents this video case "EUS-guided pancreatic duct access and wire placement to facilitate dorsal duct cannulation after failed ERCP." A 62-year-old woman was referred to us for management of recurrent pancreatitis in a setting of pancreatic divisum. Imaging confirmed pancreatic divisum and revealed mildly …
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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 …
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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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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Meet another member of the GIE editorial team! Lauren Gerson MD, MSc FASGE, is a Senior Associate Editor from the California Pacific Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, in San Francisco, California, USA. Endoscopedia: What are your GI areas of focus? LG: Small bowel bleeding, gastroesophageal reflux, gastrointestinal motility disorders, cost-effectiveness analysis and meta-analysis. …
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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GIE Associate Editor Alessandro Repici, MD, recommends this article from the May issue "The role of endoscopy in inflammatory bowel disease" from the ASGE Standards of Practice committee, Amandeep K. Shergill, Jenifer R. Lightdale, David H. Bruining, et al. This is a valuable study because it is an excellent update on how endoscopy should be used …
Many activities related to GIE took place during Digestive Disease Week this year in Washington, DC. Twenty-one author interviews were taped on Monday. New author interviews filmed at DDW will be featured in upcoming issues of the Journal. Thank you to all of our interviewers and authors who participated! Be sure to read the 2015 …
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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John A. (Jerry) Evans, MD, MMSc from Wake Forest University Medical Center describes this latest document from the ASGE Standards of Practice committee titled “The role of endoscopy in the bariatric surgery patient.” This guideline updates the current recommendations on the endoscopic management of issues that come up in patients who have had or will …
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