How to Lie with Statistics: A Field Guide for GIE Reviewers Written by Lyndon Hernandez, MD, MPH, FASGE, Chair of the GIE Editorial Review Board There is a reason why the FDA and major medical journals insist that the primary endpoint of a study be specified, even before the study is initiated. This is because …
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New method reported using hemostatic powder to treat acute variceal bleeding
Mostafa Ibrahim, MD, from the Theodor Bilharz Research Institute in Cairo, Egypt, discusses his New Methods article titled "Endoscopic treatment of acute variceal hemorrhage by using hemostatic powder TC-325: a prospective pilot study" from the November issue. Emergency endoscopic treatment for acute variceal bleeding (AVB) sometimes cannot be offered in every center because of the …
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Editor’s Choice: EUS-guided coil versus cyanoacrylate therapy
Associate Editor Mimi Canto, MD, MHS, FASGE, highlights this Original Article "EUS-guided coil versus cyanoacrylate therapy for the treatment of gastric varices: a multicenter study (with videos)" by Rafael Romero-Castro, MD, PhD,* Mark Ellrichmann, MD,* Carlos Ortiz-Moyano, MD, PhD, Jose Carlos Subtil-Inigo, MD, PhD, Felix Junquera-Florez, MD, Joan B. Gornals, MD, Alejandro Repiso-Ortega, MD, Juan …
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Study aims to establish predictive validity of the Narrow-Band Imaging International Colorectal Endoscopic (NICE) classification
Shinji Tanaka, MD, PhD, from the Department of Endoscopy at Hiroshima University Hospital in Hiroshima, Japan, discusses his Original Article "Endoscopic prediction of deep submucosal invasive carcinoma: validation of the Narrow-Band Imaging International Colorectal Endoscopic (NICE) classification" from the October issue. Using the Narrow-Band Imaging International Colorectal Endoscopic (NICE) classification, we can detect submucosal …
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) safe and effective for the treatment of gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE)
Srinadh Komanduri, MD, from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois shares some take-home points from his article "Radiofrequency ablation for refractory gastric antral vascular ectasia" from the October issue. Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is a cause of upper GI bleeding and chronic anemia. Although upper endoscopy with argon plasma …
Report on Emerging Technology: Magnets in the GI tract
Klaus Gottlieb, MD, MBA, a Clinical Professor of Medicine at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., shares highlights from the ASGE Report on Emerging Technology “Magnets in the GI tract." Produced by the ASGE Technology Committee, the focus of this Emerging Technology Report is magnet related techniques and devices that are of interest to the …
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Call for submissions- March 2014 Colorectal Cancer issue
The March 2014 issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy will again be devoted to topics pertaining to colorectal cancer to highlight National Colorectal Cancer Awareness month. Because of this, we are requesting manuscripts to fill this issue of the journal. We are particularly interested in original and review articles related to the endoscopic and clinical aspects, delivery …
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Hemostatic powder used as a rescue therapy
Antonino Granata, MD, from the Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and High Specialization Therapies- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Palermo, Italy, discusses his recently published video from the VideoGIE section of the September issue. In this video titled "Hemostatic powder as rescue therapy in a patient with H1N1 influenza with uncontrolled colon bleeding," a 51-year-old …
Editor’s Choice- Glenn Eisen
Editor-in-Chief, Glenn Eisen, MD, MPH, recommends the article “'Underwater' EMR of sporadic laterally spreading nonampullary duodenal adenomas (with video)" by Kenneth F. Binmoeller, MD, Janak N. Shah, MD, Yasser M. Bhat, MD, and Steve D. Kane, BS from the September issue. Dr. Binmoeller and colleagues have evaluated a novel technique of "underwater" EMR without prior …
Meet the Editor- G.S. Raju
G.S. Raju, MD, FACG, FASGE, is the CME Editor and Co-Editor of VideoGIE. He joins us from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Endoscopedia: What are your GI areas of focus? GSR: Colon cancer prevention. Endoscopedia: What is your favorite part about working on the Journal? GSR: Working with an excellent …
