Post written by Carlos Robles-Medranda, MD, from the Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas (IECED, Guayaquil, Ecuador. In the present Tools and Techniques video recently published on VideoGIE, we presented our experience with a novel duodenoscope with a sterile disposable elevator cap for the performance of 700 ERCP procedures. This equipment, which has a 35% reduced …
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Post written by Arjan W. Rauwers, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Worldwide, an increasing number of duodenoscope-associated outbreaks are reported. The contributing factors to an outbreak are not well understood. We report on an investigation after the outbreak of a multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (MRKP) …
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Post written by Ivo Boškoski, MD, PhD, from the Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli, Rome, Italy, and IHU, Istitut de Chirurgie Guidée par l’Image, Strasbourg, France. This is a unique video case in which we used the Boškoski-Costamagna ERCP trainer, a duodenoscope and a specially designed pen, to write the word ERCP. This video shows to young …
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Yong Pang, MD, and colleagues from the General Hospital of Chengdu Military Region of PLA in China report on this video case "Unroofing and grasp-and-snare techniques in the management of large duodenal lipoma by duodenoscope combined with double-channel endoscope." In this video, we describe a new combined method for endoscopic resection of large duodenal lipoma. …
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