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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Intraoperative laparoscopic-assisted pancreatoscopy
Toufic Kachaamy, MD and Rahul Pannala, MD present this case from the VideoGIE section "Intraoperative laparoscopic-assisted pancreatoscopy and its role in differentiating main duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm from chronic pancreatitis." This case describes the multidisciplinary management of a patient with a severely dilated pancreatic duct suspicious for main duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN). …
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EUS-guided hepaticojejunostomy
Takeshi Ogura, MD, PhD and Kazuhide Higuchi, MD, PhD from the 2nd Department of Internal Medicine at Osaka Medical College in Osaka, Japan present this video case "EUS-guided hepaticojejunostomy combined with antegrade stent placement." In our video, we described technical tips of endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticojejunostomy (EUS-HJS) combined with EUS-guided antegrade stenting. This patient was admitted …
ESD in pyloric neoplasms
Gwang Ha Kim, MD from the Department of Internal Medicine at Pusan National University School of Medicine in Busan, Republic of Korea discusses his article "Factors associated with the outcomes of endoscopic submucosal dissection in pyloric neoplasms." Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a widely accepted treatment for premalignant lesions and early cancers in the stomach. …
Hemorrhagic pancreatic necrosis drainage
Prashant Kedia, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medical College at Cornell University in New York, New York, USA shares this video case "Hemorrhagic pancreatic necrosis drainage by using an esophageal stent." This video highlights the case of a patient with infected hemorrhagic pancreatic necrosis treated with endoscopic debridement through a …
Reversal of complete rectal anastomotic stenosis
Payal Saxena, MD from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, USA shares this video case "EUS-guided rendezvous and reversal of complete rectal anastomotic stenosis after Hartmann's reversal." A 54-year-old man was found to have complete rectal anastomotic stenosis. He underwent left hemicolectomy, Hartmann’s pouch, and colostomy for management of ischemic colitis. Several months later he …
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Treatment for malignant gastric outlet obstruction
Chan Hyuk Park, MD and Jun Chul Park, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Institute of Gastroenterology at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, Republic of Korea discuss their article "Impact of carcinomatosis and ascites status on long-term outcomes of palliative treatment for patients with gastric outlet obstruction …
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