Immersion endoscopic submucosal dissection with saline pressure method for duodenal sessile serrated lesion with severe surgical scar fibrosis

Post written by Chen-Shuan Chung, MD, MSc, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan. In this case, we described a modified endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) method for management of a fibrotic duodenal neoplasm. A 77-year-old woman presented with a 2.5-cm 0-IIa lesion on a surgical …

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Comparative diagnostic performance of rapid urease test with the sweeping method versus tissue sampling method after Helicobacter pylori eradication (with video)

Post written by Choong-Kyun Noh, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea. Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with gastric diseases such as gastritis, peptic ulcers, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma, and gastric cancer. As H pylori eradication can reduce gastric cancer incidence and metachronous gastric cancer rate after …

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Mobile health technology in pediatric EGD quality indicators assessment: results from a national program of the Italian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Post written by Lorenzo Norsa, MD, PhD, from the Department of Pediatrics, Vittore Buzzi Children’s Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Salvatore Oliva, MD, PhD, from the Pediatric Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Maternal and Child Health Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, and Francesco Morotti, MD, from the Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Spedali Civili Children’s Hospital, …

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Cecal intubation rates: data from the New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry

Post written by Alexander Miller, MD, from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA, and Joseph C. Anderson, MD, from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, White River Junction VA Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont, USA, and New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry, Lebanon. We explored the association between patient, endoscopist, and examination factors and cecal …

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Endoscopic tips for intragastric balloon use for obesity: what you need to know

Post written by Carlos Paolo Francisco, MD, FPCP, FPSG, FPSDE, from Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, and St. Luke's Medical Center–Global City, Manila, Philippines. The intragastric balloon (IGB) offers a less-invasive alternative for managing obesity and its associated comorbidities, whether as a primary intervention or a bridge to bariatric surgery. Despite IGB's potential to address the …

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Beyond borders: When will Western countries follow Japanese progress in endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of superficial pharyngeal cancer?

Post written by Renata Nobre, PhD, from Sao Paulo Cancer Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Noriya Uedo, PhD, from Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan, Ryu Ishihara, PhD, from Osaka International Cancer Institute, and Fauze Maluf-Filho, MD, PhD, FASGE, from Sao Paulo Cancer Institute. This article focuses on raising awareness among Western endoscopists regarding the importance of oral and pharyngeal endoscopic evaluation of high-risk patients. …

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Two-stage endoscopic resection for a huge gastric tumor at the fornix

Post written by Nao Takeuchi, MD, from the Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Our video presents a case of two-stage endoscopic resection (TSER) for a large gastric tumor located at the fornix. The tumor, over 10 cm in size, had a villous structure, and a biopsy suggested pyloric gland adenoma. Because of …

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EUS-guided radiofrequency ablation for pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Post written by Curtis J. Wray, MD, MS, from the Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Oncology, and Nirav Thosani, MD, from the Department of Surgery, Section of Interventional Gastroenterology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA. This manuscript details our initial institutional experience using EUS-guided radiofrequency ablation (EUS-RFA) combined with systemic chemotherapy for treatment …

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Peroral cholecystoscopy–guided interventions through a lumen-apposing metal stent after EUS-guided gallbladder drainage: proof-of-concept study in a swine model

Post written by Naminatsu Takahara, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Diagnosing gallbladder neoplasms is challenging because of difficulties in direct visualization and tissue sampling of the tumor. As a result, cholecystectomy is sometimes performed as a diagnostic procedure, but it can result in unnecessary surgery, which …

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A novel approach to treating buried bumper complicating PEG gastropexy

Post written by Andrew Storm, MD, and Navtej Buttar, MD, from Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Managing buried bumper that is complicating PEG tube placement may be challenging and risky, particularly when this occurs acutely after PEG tube placement, where simple PEG tube removal to permit healing is impossible. In this case, we describe the use of OverStitch …

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