Unsedated transnasal endoscopy experience at a tertiary referral center in India

Post written by Ravi Teja Pasam, MBBS, MPH, from Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover, New Hampshire, USA. Our study focuses on the unsedated transnasal endoscopy (uTNE) experience at a tertiary care center in India. Completion rate, tolerance, and adverse events of uTNE were studied. Tolerance of uTNE was compared with that of prior peroral EGD (PO-EGD) experience. PO-EGD is …

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Effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists on gastric mucosal visibility and retained gastric contents during EGD

Post written by Ramzi Mulki, MD, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. This study focused on evaluating the impact of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) on gastric mucosal visibility and retained contents during EGD. Specifically, it investigated whether GLP-1RAs use affects visibility scores (with validated scores) and retained contents, which could …

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Mobile health technology in pediatric EGD quality indicators assessment: results from a national program of the Italian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Post written by Lorenzo Norsa, MD, PhD, from the Department of Pediatrics, Vittore Buzzi Children’s Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Salvatore Oliva, MD, PhD, from the Pediatric Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Maternal and Child Health Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, and Francesco Morotti, MD, from the Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Spedali Civili Children’s Hospital, …

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Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of a pyriform sinus-cutaneous fistula in a non-pediatric patient: thinking outside the box

Post written by iGIE iNTERNATIONAL Associate Editor Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura, MD, MSc, PhD, Post-PhD, from the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Division, Hospital Vila Nova Star, Instituto D’Or de Pesquisa e Ensino, and the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. The goal of this …

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GI bleeding in patients with left ventricular assist device: endoscopic approach and prediction model using supervised machine learning

Post written by Hassam Ali, MD, from Gastroenterology & Hepatology, East Carolina University/Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. The present study investigates GI bleeding in patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). We aimed to understand the risk factors associated with this condition and to develop a predictive model using machine learning. GI bleeding …

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Aberrant placement of functional lumen imaging probe into mediastinum during peroral endoscopic myotomy

Post written by Yusuke Fujiyoshi, MD, and Christopher Teshima, MD, MSc, PhD, from the Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Centre, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We experienced a peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) case in which the EndoFLIP (Medtronic, Inc, Shoreview, Minn, USA) catheter was inserted into the submucosal tunnel and inflated into the mediastinum, …

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Emergent endoscopic submucosal dissection for a polypoid fibroadipose tumor accidentally disgorged from the mouth: an organ-preserving minimally invasive treatment

Post written by Yuki Morita, MD, and Toshiyuki Yoshio, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan. An unusual, long polyp was detected extending from the hypopharynx to the lower thoracic esophagus of a patient. Polypoid fibroadipose tumors should be resected because they are occasionally malignant and …

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Correlation of the detection rate of upper GI cancer with artificial intelligence score: results from a multicenter trial (with video)

Post written by Shi Wang, MD, from the Department of Endoscopy, The Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China. The quality of EGD is a prerequisite for a high detection rate of upper GI lesions, especially …

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Active bleeding from downhill varices: case report and management

Post written by Aleem Azal Ali, MBBS, Sonal Jadeja, DO, and Bruno De Souza Ribeiro, MD, from the University of Florida, College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. This video manuscript describes the case of a 49-year-old man who presented in hypovolemic shock secondary to hematemesis. He had a similar presentation, 2 weeks prior, when EGD …

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Effect of individualized feedback on learning curves in EGD and colonoscopy

Post written by Samuel Han, MD, MSCS, and Sachin Wani, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA. In this study, we aimed to perform a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial examining the effect of individualized feedback on learning curves in EGD and colonoscopy among GI fellows. …

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