Post written by Wai K. Leung, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. This study aimed to determine whether the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted real-time detection could reduce colorectal adenoma miss rate during colonoscopy. Previous studies showed that up to 26% of adenomas could be missed …
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Efficacy and safety of cold-snare endoscopic mucosal resection for colorectal adenomas 10 to 14 mm in size
Post written by Yohei Yabuuchi, MD, and Kenichiro Imai, MD, from the Division of Endoscopy, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan. Recently, cold-snare endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), which combines submucosal injection and cold-snare polypectomy, has been adapted in a piecemeal fashion as a safe and effective procedure for colorectal polyps of 10 mm or more. However, …
An organ-sparing approach: endoscopic submucosal hydrodissection followed by appendectomy to remove giant synchronous adenomas in a patient with prior left hemicolectomy
Post written by Felipe Ramos-Zabala, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, HM Montepríncipe University Hospital, HM Hospitales Group, Boadilla del Monte, and the Department of Clinical Sciences. School of Medicine, University of CEU San Pablo, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain. In this video case report, we present a patient who had a previous left …
Safety and efficacy of cap-assisted EMR for sporadic nonampullary duodenal adenomas
Post written by Laith H. Jamil, MD, from the Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. The focus of the study was to assess the efficacy and safety of using a transparent hard straight plastic cap with an outer diameter of 13.9 or 14.9 mm and a crescent-shaped snare for endoscopic removal of sporadic non-ampullary …
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Missed adenomas with behind-folds visualizing colonoscopy technologies
Post written by Eelco C. Brand from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. The efficacy of screening and surveillance colonoscopy is reduced by the occurrence of interval-/post-colonoscopy colorectal cancer. One of the factors associated with the occurrence of interval-/post-colonoscopy colorectal cancer is the fact that polyps and adenomas …
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GIE Author Interview Series- Kenneth Binmoeller
Editor-in-Chief Dr. Glenn Eisen interviews Dr. Kenneth Binmoeller about his article "'Underwater' EMR of sporadic laterally spreading nonampullary duodenal adenomas (with video)" from the September issue. Read the article abstract here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOyFfuhA4Ig The information presented in Endoscopedia reflects the opinions of the authors and does not represent the position of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy …
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