Closure in antireflux mucoplasty using anchor prong clips: dead space–eliminating technique

Post written by Kazuki Yamamoto, MD, PhD, from the Digestive Diseases Center, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. This study features the dead space—eliminating technique (DET) as a novel closure method during antireflux mucoplasty (ARM-P) for proton pump inhibitor refractory—dependent GERD. Other techniques such as antireflux mucosectomy and antireflux mucosal ablation have shown effectiveness in meta-analyses, …

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Salvage endoscopic resection for perforation site recurrence of colonic polyp

Post written by Deepak Madhu, MD, MRCP, DM, from the Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. A 79-year-old patient underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for resection of a colonic polyp. The resection was complicated by an intraprocedural perforation, which an endoscopic omental patch closed. A surveillance endoscopy performed 1 year later showed …

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Endoscopic submucosal dissection with versus without traction for pathologically staged T1B esophageal cancer: a multicenter retrospective study

Post written by Abel Joseph, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, and Kornpong Vantanasiri, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Our study delves into endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for treating T1b esophageal cancer (EC). Specifically, we compared 2 approaches: ESD with traction (Tr-ESD), which uses …

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Editor’s Choice: Endoscopic submucosal dissection with versus without traction for pathologically staged T1B esophageal cancer: a multicenter retrospective study

GIE Associate Editor Seiichiro Abe, MD, PhD, FASGE, FJGES, highlights this article from the May issue: “Endoscopic submucosal dissection with versus without traction for pathologically staged T1B esophageal cancer: a multicenter retrospective study” by Abel Joseph, MD, et al. Guidelines recommend staging endoscopic resection for a visible neoplastic lesion in Barrett’s esophagus and noncircumferential esophageal …

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Laparoscopy-assisted nonexposed endoscopic full-thickness resection for local resection after endoscopic submucosal dissection

Post written by Deepak Madhu, MD, MRCP, DM, from NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. An 83-year-old man with severe comorbidities underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric cancer. Histologic analysis of the resected specimen showed that vertical margins were positive, and the tumor had deep submucosal invasion. In light of severe comorbidities, a multidisciplinary decision …

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A strategy combining endoscopic hand-suturing with clips for closure of rectal defects after endoscopic submucosal dissection with or without myectomy (with video)

Post written by Guiqi Wang, MD, from the Department of Endoscopy, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. This study retrospectively reviewed data from patients who underwent closure of rectal defects using endoscopic hand-suturing (EHS) with clips (EHS-Clips) at the Cancer Hospital …

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Successful management of bile duct injury with duodenal perforation using endoscopic naso-pancreatic drainage and fully covered self-expandable metallic stent deployment

Post written by Haruka Okada, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. We reported a case in which simultaneous bile duct injury with massive bile leakage and duodenal retroperitoneal perforation during endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for a large periampullary adenoma were successfully managed by …

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Implementation of endoscopic submucosal dissection in Europe: survey after 10 ESD Expert Training Workshops, 2009 to 2018

Post written by Frieder Berr, MD, PhD, from the Department of Medicine I and Institute of Pathophysiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. Annual hands-on endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) courses (3.3 days; Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, 2009-2018) were conducted by leading Japanese experts to prime a senior endoscopist from 135 tertiary referral centers across Europe (plus …

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Endoscopic Mucosal Incisional, Closure, ResectiON (E-MICRON): a novel technique for safe and efficient en bloc foregut resection

Post written by Talia F. Malik, MD, from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, USA. In this study, we introduce a novel technique, “Endoscopic Mucosal Incisional, Closure, ResectiON (E-MICRON),” for safe and efficient en bloc resection of large gastric intramucosal lesions. Endoscopic submucosal dissection is recommended for en …

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Treatment of Bouveret syndrome with stone fragmentation using an endoscopic submucosal dissection knife

Post written by Fiona Milne, MD, from Queen's University, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Our case describes a 61-year-old man with a 3-decade history of recurrent cholecystitis who presented with Bouveret syndrome. A CT scan showed a 5-cm obstructing gallstone in the proximal duodenum. Surgery was considered to be high risk, given medical comorbidities. …

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