Nikhil A. Kumta, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, New York, USA presents this video case, "Transoral incisionless fundoplication for treatment of refractory GERD after peroral endoscopic myotomy." Medical management of gastroesophageal reflux disease with proton pump inhibitors is effective in 70-80% of patients. For …
Post-ERCP pancreatitis
Yousuke Nakai, MD, PhD from the Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine at The University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan discusses his Original Article, "Risk factors for post-ERCP pancreatitis in wire-guided cannulation for therapeutic biliary ERCP." This study was an analysis of risk factors for post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP) in wire-guided cannulation (WGC) for therapeutic …
Reintervention for an occluded metal stent
Tsukasa Ikeura, MD, PhD from the Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, in Osaka, Japan shares this video case from the VideoGIE section, "Reintervention for an occluded metal stent under the guidance of peroral direct cholangioscopy by using an ultra-slim enteroscope." A patient who had undergone partial gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy for gastric …
Endoscopic hemostatic forceps for uterine cervical bleeding
Hideki Kobara, MD, PhD and Yasuhiro Goda, MD from the Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University in Kagawa, Japan presents this video case, "Application of endoscopic hemostatic forceps for uterine cervical bleeding." In our present video, first-ever application of endoscopic hemostatic forceps for active cervical bleeding is described. This idea is …
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Meet the Editor- Dr. Michael Wallace
With the start of 2015, we have a new group of Associate Editors at the helm of GIE! Get to know the new editorial team in our Meet the Editor series. First, we welcome Editor-in-Chief, Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Endoscopedia: What are your GI areas of focus? MW: …
Management of pancreatic collections with novel stent
Dr. Sujievvan Chandran from the Department of Gastroenterology, Austin Health Melbourne in Victoria, Australia discusses his Original Article "Management of pancreatic collections with a novel endoscopically placed fully covered self-expandable metal stent: a national experience (with videos)." The purpose of this study was to evaluate a recently developed lumen-apposing, fully covered self-expandable metal stent (FCSEMS) …
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EUS-guided transesophageal drainage
Joan B. Gornals, MD, PhD at the Endoscopy Unit, Department of Digestive Diseases at the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL in Barcelona, Spain presents this VideoGIE case, "EUS-guided transesophageal drainage of a mediastinal abscess using a diabolo-shaped lumen-apposing metal stent." In this video, we demonstrate the successful use of a self-expanding metal stent specifically designed for …
Small-intestinal volvulus after subtotal colectomy
Jennifer M. Kolb from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York shares this video case "Small-intestinal volvulus after subtotal colectomy visualized during colonoscopy." We present an unusual case of a 61-year-old female with chronic intermittent abdominal pain and distension months after laprascopic cholecystectomy and subtotal colectomy with ileosigmoid anastamosis. Colonoscopy revealed …
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Biliary stent for hemobilia caused by portal biliopathy
Mahesh Kumar Goenka, MD, DM, FACG, FASGE from the Institute of Gastroenterology, Department of Interventional Radiology at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals in Kolkata, India shares this VideoGIE case "Fully covered self-expandable metal biliary stent for hemobilia caused by portal biliopathy." Overt bleeding from an ampulla after plastic biliary stent removal in portal biliopathy is a life …
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Successful removal of intrahepatic bile duct stones
Syed Mujahid Hassan, FCPS and colleagues from the Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Civil Hospital Karachi, in Karachi, Pakistan present this video case "Successful removal of intrahepatic bile duct stones by using a combination of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and direct peroral cholangioscopy." This video demonstrates the successful removal of intrahepatic …
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