Post written by Wasseem Skef, MD, from the Center for Interventional Gastroenterology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA. Prolonged wireless pH monitoring is a cornerstone in the modern diagnostic approach to gastroesophageal reflux disease, particularly in patients with unproven disease. Traditionally, wireless pH capsules are placed during sedated upper endoscopy, which …
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Self-performed transnasal esophagogastroduodenoscopy in the standing position
Post written by Shigenori Masaki, MD, from the Department of Surgery and Gastroenterology, Miyanomori Memorial Hospital, Sapporo, Japan. What if endoscopists could examine their own gastrointestinal tract? We investigated the optimal method for gastrointestinal endoscopists to perform esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) on themselves, evaluating the insertion route (transnasal vs transoral), body position, endoscope maneuverability, and monitor visibility. Gastrointestinal endoscopists …
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Gastroscope-assisted oral cavity and nasopharynx examination
Post written by Aman Yadav, MD, and Alexander Huelsen, MD, from Department of Gastroenterology & Digestive Health, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Australia. In our video, we demonstrate a simple and reproducible gastroscope-assisted method to examine the oral cavity and nasopharynx during routine EGD. With the use of a standard diagnostic gastroscope equipped with a distal cap, the oral …
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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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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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