Shiva Kumar, MD, MS, FASGE from the Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE reports on this video case, "Colonic Dieulafoy’s lesion." An 85-year-old male presented with transfusion dependent anemia secondary to recurrent episodes of rectal bleeding. Given …
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Colonoscopy insertion pain: water exchange vs water immersion
Sergio Cadoni, MD from the Digestive Endoscopy Unit at S. Barbara Hospital in Iglesias, Italy discusses this Original Article "A randomized, controlled trial comparing real-time insertion pain during colonoscopy confirmed water exchange to be superior to water immersion in enhancing patient comfort." Water immersion (WI) and water exchange (WE) entail infusion of water to distend …
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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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Editor’s Choice: Longitudinal assessment of colonoscopy quality indicators
Associate Editor Mimi Canto, MD, MHS, FASGE, highlights this Original Article "Longitudinal assessment of colonoscopy quality indicators: a report from the Gastroenterology Practice Management Group" by Lyndon V. Hernandez, MD, MPH, Thomas M. Deas, MD, Marc F. Catalano, MD, Nalini M. Guda, MD, Lin Huang, MD, Scott R. Ketover, MD, Kyle P. Etzkorn, MD, Kumar G. …
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Psychomotor recovery after procedural sedation
Akira Horiuchi, MD from the Digestive Disease Center at Showa Inan General Hospital in Komagane, Japan discusses his Technical Review article "Special topics in procedural sedation: clinical challenges and psychomotor recovery" from the September issue. The aim of this review is to provide the reader with an overview of the current knowledge concerning assessing and …
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Learning curve for achieving competency in colonoscopy
Robert Enns, MD and Neal Shahidi, MD from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada discuss their article "Establishing the learning curve for achieving competency in performing colonoscopy: a systematic review" from the September issue. The focus of our systematic review was to establish training requirements for achieving competency in performing colonoscopy …
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Editor’s Choice- Surveillance risk index for advanced neoplasia
Editor-in-Chief Dr. Glenn Eisen highlights this article from the September issue: "A risk index for advanced neoplasia on the second surveillance colonoscopy in patients with previous adenomatous polyps" by Thomas F. Imperiale, MD, Ravi Juluri, MD, Eric A. Sherer, PhD, Elizabeth A. Glowinski, RN, Cynthia S. Johnson, MS, and Michael S. Morelli, MD. Recommendations for …
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BBPS scores and bowel preparation adequacy
Audrey Calderwood, MD, MS, FASGE from the Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, USA discusses her Original Article "Boston Bowel Preparation Scale scores provide a standardized definition of adequate for describing bowel cleanliness" from the August issue. The assessment of bowel cleanliness during colonoscopy (while not a glamorous topic!) is critical to the practice of …
Sessile serrated adenomas/polyps with cytologic dysplasia
Authors Dr. Nicholas Burgess and Dr. Michael Bourke from Westmead Hospital and the University of Sydney in Sydney, NSW, Australia discuss their Thinking Outside the Box article "Sessile serrated adenomas/polyps with cytologic dysplasia: a triple threat for interval cancer" from the August issue. Sessile serrated adenoma/polyps (SSA/P) are now recognized to play an important role …
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Disparities in colon cancer screening
Folasade P. May, MD, Mphil from University of California Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California, USA discusses her Original Article "Low uptake of colorectal cancer screening among African Americans in an integrated Veterans Affairs health care network" from the August issue. We investigated disparities in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening uptake between African Americans and non-African …
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