Bo-In Lee, MD, PhD from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital at The Catholic University of Korea in Seoul, Korea discusses this Original Article "Cold snare polypectomy versus cold forceps polypectomy for diminutive and small colorectal polyps: a randomized controlled trial." Cold snare should be considered first for the complete resection of colorectal polyp …
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Clinical risk scores and fecal immunochemical tests for CRC screening
Rungsun Rerknimitr, MD, Director of GI Endoscopy Excellence Center at the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand and President of the Thai Association of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (TAGE) 2014-2015, discusses this Original Article "A combination of clinical risk stratification and fecal immunochemical test results to prioritize colonoscopy screening in asymptomatic participants." The incidence of colorectal …
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Colonic Dieulafoy’s lesion
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 …
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 …
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