Lukejohn Day, MD Assistant Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine presents this discussion on his Original Article "Optimizing efficiency and operations at a California safety-net endoscopy center: a modeling and simulation approach." Improvements in endoscopy center efficiency are needed, but scant data are available. Our objective was to identify opportunities …
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Satoshi Shinozaki, MD, PhD from Jichi Medical University and Shinozaki Medical Clinic in Tochigi, Japan discusses his Original Article "Favorable long-term outcomes of repeat endotherapy for small-intestine vascular lesions by double-balloon endoscopy." The focus of this study is to evaluate the long-term outcome of patients with small intestine vascular lesions (SIVLs) bleeding after repeat double-balloon …
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As a researcher, it is critical to your reputation and career that research and scholarly organizations, funders, publishers, scholarly societies and associations, and your fellow researchers be able to quickly and unambiguously identify and attribute your work – and only your work – to you. How can you ensure that you are receiving credit and …
Ferga C. Gleeson, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota discusses her Original Article "Endoscopically identified well-differentiated rectal carcinoid tumors: impact of tumor size on the natural history and outcomes." A paucity of data pertain to the natural history and outcome of patients with incidentally identified well-differentiated rectal …
Jong Ho Moon, MD from the Digestive Disease Center and Research Institute at SoonChunHyang University School of Medicine in Bucheon/Seoul, South Korea discusses this New Methods article "A newly designed fully covered metal stent for lumen apposition in EUS-guided drainage and access: a feasibility study (with videos)" from the June issue. EUS-guided transenteric drainage by …
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Adam W. Templeton, MD from the University of Washington presents this video case titled "Scanning fiber endoscopy: a novel platform for cholangioscopy" from the VideoGIE section. In this video we demonstrate our initial experience with a novel new cholangioscope. This cholangioscope allows for improved imaging of the bile duct using otherwise standard ERCP technique and …
Venkata Sandeep Akshintala, MD from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions discusses his Original Article "A comparative evaluation of outcomes of endoscopic versus percutaneous drainage for symptomatic pancreatic pseudocysts" from the June issue. The focus of this study is to compare the outcomes of Endoscopic Drainage (ED) and Percutaneous Drainage (PD) for symptomatic pseudocysts. Symptomatic pseudocysts can …
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ASGE Standards of Practice Committee member Shabana F. Pasha, MD discusses the newest ASGE guideline: "The role of endoscopy in the patient with lower GI bleeding." This guideline is a product of the ASGE Standards of Practice Committee. It provides a summary of the existing literature on the different etiologies, classification, and clinical presentation of …
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Nikolas Eleftheriadis, MD from the Digestive Disease Center at Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital in Japan shares this video case "Acetic acid spray enhances accuracy of narrow-band imaging (NBI) magnifying endoscopy for endoscopic tissue characterization of early gastric cancer." In this video case we demonstrated a novel endoscopic technique using acetic acid chromoendoscopy in combination …
Catharine M. Walsh, MD, MEd, FRCPC from The Hospital for Sick Children and the Wilson Centre for Research in Education at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada discusses her Original Article "Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Competency Assessment Tool: development of a procedure-specific assessment tool for colonoscopy." The main purpose of this study was to develop and …
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