Post written by Tony He, MBBS, FRACP, and Andrew C.F. Taylor, MD, FRACP, from the Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent’s Hospital, and the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. We aimed to help inform surveillance guidelines in patients who had successful complete eradication of dysplastic Barrett’s esophagus (BE) by identifying the anatomic location, appearance, and histology …
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Diagnostic yield of random colon biopsy sampling in patients with chronic diarrhea and normal colonoscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Post written by Priyadarshini Loganathan, MD, from University Medical Associates, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA. The focus of our study was to identify the pooled diagnostic value of random colonic biopsy sampling in patients with chronic nonbloody diarrhea and a normal colonoscopy examination. There is a need to quantify the pooled …
Bile duct tissue acquisition by cholangioscopy-guided cryobiopsy technique: first-in-human application
Post written by Jan Peveling-Oberhag, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. The cryobiopsy technique is a new method for tissue extraction that allows for extraction of high tissue amounts with a minimal diameter endoscopic instrument. Forceps biopsies through the very small working channel of a cholangioscope are oftentimes unrepresentative. In this …
The Double-Max method: a novel method for gallbladder epithelial biopsy
Post written by Masanori Kobayashi, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan. Our work published in the May 2022 issue of VideoGIE describes a novel method for mapping biopsy for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma in which the external sheath of the CytomaxII double-lumen biliary cytology brush (Cook Medical, …
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A convenient and reliable method for endoscopic mapping biopsy of cholangiocarcinoma using a double-lumen cytology device
Post written by Masanori Kobayashi, MD, PhD, from the Department of Endoscopy, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan. We present a novel mapping biopsy method using a cytology device as a double-lumen sheath. With this method, it was possible to perform optimal surgery for hilar cholangiocarcinoma in a 65-year-old patient. Diagnosis of the …
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