Post written by Mark Benson, MD, from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Colonoscopy is one of the most common endoscopic procedures completed throughout the world. Although rare, procedure-related perforations are one of the most feared adverse events of colonoscopy because of the potential for unfavorable patient outcomes. The focus …
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Post written by Kapil Sharma, DM, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Sarvodaya Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Faridabad, Haryana, India. We describe a novel approach to managing a case of absolute dysphagia caused by a large Zenker’s diverticulum (ZD) in an elderly man. The procedure, termed open Zenker’s-peroral endoscopic myotomy (OZ-POEM), incorporates submucosal tunneling to conduct cricopharyngeal …
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Post written by Kohei Ono, MD, from NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. In this video, we present a simple, easy, and robust method for closing mucosal defects after colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection using reopenable clips, nylon thread, and an endoloop in a short period. Various methods for suturing mucosal defects after endoscopic treatment have been reported, …
Post written by Natalie Wilson, MD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minneapolis, USA, and Mohammad Bilal, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA. Our video Review Article illustrates the use of percutaneous needle decompression to manage pneumoperitoneum during advanced endoscopic procedures. This video features …
Post written by Jonathan Makar, BSc, from The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Our study focuses on the impact of computer-aided detection (CADe) systems and their role in improving adenoma detection during colonoscopy. These novel artificial intelligence (AI) systems aim to address endoscopist recognition failure and improve colonoscopy performance, as they are not subject to human …
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 …
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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, …
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