Nikhil A. Kumta, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, New York, USA presents this video case, "Bypassing the bypass: EUS-directed transgastric ERCP for Roux-en-Y anatomy." Patients with altered anatomy from a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass pose distinct challenges to performing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). In this …
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Successful EMR of large adenoma
Ryan Law, DO from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, USA shares this case from the VideoGIE section "Prevention of delayed perforation after resection of a massive lateral wall duodenal polyp by using an anchored, fully-covered self-expandable metal stent." This video demonstrates successful endoscopic mucosal …
Cholecystogastrostomy using novel anastomotic stent
Amy Tyberg, MD from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, New York, USA presents this video case, "Conversion of a percutaneous cholecystotomy tube into an internal cholecystogastrostomy by use of a novel anastomotic stent." This video describes a case of a patient with chronic cholecystitis who was deemed not a surgical candidate and underwent …
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Post-ERCP pancreatitis
Yousuke Nakai, MD, PhD from the Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine at The University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan discusses his Original Article, "Risk factors for post-ERCP pancreatitis in wire-guided cannulation for therapeutic biliary ERCP." This study was an analysis of risk factors for post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP) in wire-guided cannulation (WGC) for therapeutic …
Endoscopic hemostatic forceps for uterine cervical bleeding
Hideki Kobara, MD, PhD and Yasuhiro Goda, MD from the Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University in Kagawa, Japan presents this video case, "Application of endoscopic hemostatic forceps for uterine cervical bleeding." In our present video, first-ever application of endoscopic hemostatic forceps for active cervical bleeding is described. This idea is …
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Management of pancreatic collections with novel stent
Dr. Sujievvan Chandran from the Department of Gastroenterology, Austin Health Melbourne in Victoria, Australia discusses his Original Article "Management of pancreatic collections with a novel endoscopically placed fully covered self-expandable metal stent: a national experience (with videos)." The purpose of this study was to evaluate a recently developed lumen-apposing, fully covered self-expandable metal stent (FCSEMS) …
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Chest CT in the management of post-POEM achalasia
Ming-Yan Cai, MD and Ping-Hong Zhou, MD, PhD from the Endoscopy Center at Zhongshan Hospital at Fudan University in Shanghai, China discuss their Original Article "Thoracic CT after peroral endoscopic myotomy for the treatment of achalasia." The focus of this study was to analyze the value of routine postoperative computed tomography (CT) of the chest …
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Narrow-band imaging of intestinal lymphomas
Mikihiro Fujiya, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology at Asahikawa Medical University in Asahikawa, Japan discusses this Original Article "Decreased numbers of vascular networks and irregular vessels on narrow-band imaging are useful findings for distinguishing intestinal lymphoma from lymphoid hyperplasia." In this study, we focused on the endoscopic features of intestinal malignant lymphoma using narrow-band …
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Cold snare resection of a nonpolypoid lesion >45 mm
Roberto Augusto Barros, MD and María José Monteverde, MD from the Department of Digestive Endoscopy, Ambulatory Gastroenterology Center (CEGA), in Campana, Buenos Aires, Argentina share this video case "Cold snare resection of a nonpolypoid lesion >45 mm." We show a a cold snare mucosectomy of a non granular laterally spreading tumor (LST) larger than 45 mm, …
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Confocal laser endomicroscopy
Shailendra Chauhan MD, AGAF, FASGE from the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida, USA discusses the latest Status Evaluation Report from the ASGE Technology committee titled "Confocal laser endomicroscopy." This report is a comprehensive review of confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) written by the ASGE Technology Committee. It describes the technology, its current …
