Post written by Vikas Sengar, MD, DM, Alok Gupta, MD, DM, and Arun Khanduri, MD, DM, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Medihelp Hospital, Kanpur, India. As gastroenterologists practicing in India, we frequently encounter patients with worms in the gut. They may be as tiny as pinworms and as huge as Taenia (tapeworms). They suck blood and food materials and sometimes block the …
Continue reading Pancreatoscopy-assisted removal of Ascaris from main pancreatic duct
Post written by Julien D. Schulberg, MBBS, PhD, and Michael A. Kamm, MBBS, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent’s Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The focus of this study was to evaluate the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of intensive endoscopic therapy for treating symptomatic Crohn’s disease—related strictures. It compares standard …
Post written by Sukit Pattarajierapan, MD, from the Surgical Endoscopy Colorectal Division, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. A 60-year-old man presented with intermittent abdominal pain. An abdominal CT scan showed colocolonic intussusception of the sigmoid with a 50-mm polypoid mass as the leading point. We performed a colonoscopy and found a giant …
Post written by Maria Valeria Matteo, MD, from Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. This study is a prospective, multicenter, international, observational postmarket registry aimed at assessing the safety and efficacy of the Endomina triangulation platform (Endo Tools Therapeutics, Gosselies, Belgium) for endoscopic gastroplasty in treating obesity. It specifically evaluates …
Post written by Darshan Parekh, MS, from Mumbai Institute of Gastroenterology, Mumbai, India, and Ken Ohata, MD, PhD, from NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. An 80-year-old man underwent resection of an approximately 30-mm ampullary tumor by endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). Post-ESD biliary and pancreatic diversion was attempted, but the ampullary opening could not be visualized in the post-ESD ulcer. Hence, …
Post written by Koen van der Ploeg, MD, MSc, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Endoscopes are exposed to a high load of GI flora during endoscopic procedures. Consequently, an extensive reprocessing protocol, including high-level disinfection, is performed after each …
Post written by Takayoshi Tsuchiya, MD, PhD, FJGES, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. This study focuses on the long-term outcomes of the EUS-guided balloon-occluded gastrojejunostomy bypass (EPASS) technique for malignant gastric outlet obstruction (GOO). EPASS is a novel procedure developed by our team at Tokyo Medical University that combines a …
Post written by Amol Bapaye, MD (MS), FASGE, FJGES, FISG, MSGEI, from the Shivanand Desai Center for Digestive Disorders, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Center, Pune, India. Our patient had a tight wrap after laparoscopic Heller myotomy and fundoplication for achalasia cardia. Repeat balloon dilatation of the lower esophageal sphincter had failed to provide adequate symptom response. …
Post written by Jeevithan Sabanathan, MBBS, from Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and Logan Hospital, Brisbane, and Thomas J. Williams, MBBS, from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, and Logan Hospital. Cold piecemeal EMR (C-EMR) has continued to gain popularity because of its simplicity and exceptional safety profile. The near-zero risk of perforation and clinically significant postpolypectomy bleeding …
Post written by Michael Lajin, MD, from Sharp HealthCare, San Diego, California, USA. A 55-year-old man with chronic calcific pancreatitis presented with abdominal pain and 12-pound weight loss. Abdominal CT and MRCP showed a large burden of calcified obstructive pancreatic duct (PD) stones above the papilla resulting in upstream PD dilatation measuring 19 mm. We discussed the …
endoscopedia.com 