Validation of a pre-endoscopy risk score for predicting the presence of gastric intestinal metaplasia in a U.S. population

Post written by Mimi C. Tan, MD, MPH, from the Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. Gastric cancer is thought to develop via a progression from gastric atrophy and gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM) in the setting of Helicobacter pylori infection. Although several risk factors for GIM have …

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A successful case of an endoscopic submucosal dissection using a combination of the pocket-creation method and traction with a spring-and-loop with clip for early gastric cancer with severe ulcer scarring

Post written by Fumisato Sasaki, MD, PhD, from Digestive and Lifestyle Diseases, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan. The pocket-creation method (PCM) has been reported as a useful method in endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). On the other hand, the spring-and-loop with clip (S-O clip; Zeon Medical, Tokyo, Japan) is a useful …

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Maximizing limited space: usefulness of percutaneous cricothyrotomy and super-soft hood for hypopharyngeal endoscopic submucosal dissection

Post written by Marc Julius H. Navarro, MD, from the Digestive Diseases Center, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, the Institute of Digestive and Liver Diseases, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City, and the Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Makati Medical Center, Makati City, Philippines. In this video, we present a case of en …

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Long-term outcome of cervical lymph node metastasis in superficial pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma after endoscopic submucosal dissection

Post written by Daisuke Kikuchi, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. We evaluated the risk factors of cervical lymph node metastasis (LNM) in 331 patients with superficial pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (PSCC) without a history of chemoradiotherapy for PSCC who underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) at Toranomon Hospital in Tokyo, Japan. …

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New US capsule endoscopy for superficial and submucosal imaging of the esophagus: the first-in-human study

Post written by Zhuan Liao, MD, from the National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China. This study aimed to assess the feasibility and safety of the US capsule endoscopy (USCE) system. EUS is essential in diagnosing and staging esophageal subepithelial lesions and tumors. However, EUS is …

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Endoscopically guided sutured gastropexy: a novel treatment of gastric volvulus

Post written by Sanjhai L. Ramdeen, MD, from the Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, and GIE Senior Associate Editor David L. Diehl, MD, FASGE, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA. Our recent VideoGIE publication describes a minimally invasive technique for treating gastric volvulus that involved teamwork between the gastroenterology and minimally …

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Improvised dual lumen nasojejunal feeding tube with gastric decompression

Post written by Justin Ryan L. Tan, MD, from Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center, Manila, Philippines. Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) is an incapacitating condition in which the patient becomes malnourished while constantly being at risk of aspiration. A dual lumen nasojejunal tube allows simultaneous postpyloric feeding and drainage of the obstructed proximal segment. The paucity …

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Gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy for management of refractory gastroparesis in patients with gastric neurostimulator devices: a multicenter retrospective case control study

Post written by Cyrus R. Piraka, MD, FASGE, from the Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, USA. This study explores whether gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy (G-POEM) could serve as salvage therapy for refractory gastroparesis in patients who had a gastric neurostimulator (GNS) implanted. It was designed as a multicenter, retrospective, 1:2-matched case-control study comparing outcomes …

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Cholangioscopy-guided salvage retrieval of a migrated stent at a hepaticojejunostomy anastomosis using a colonoscope

Post written by Samuel Han, MD, MS, from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA. In this video, we describe the use of cholangioscopy through a colonoscope to successfully retrieve a stent that had migrated into the duct during ERCP in a patient with surgically altered anatomy (Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy). After attempting conventional methods …

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Intraductal suture leading to biliary stone formation and recurrent obstruction and cholangitis: cholangioscopy-guided forceps removal

Post written by Najib Nassani, MD, MSc, from CentraCare Interventional Endoscopy Program, St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA. We reported on the case of a 64-year-old woman who had a cholecystectomy several years ago and presented with recurrent choledocholithiasis and cholangitis despite previous ERCPs. Upon balloon sweep during ERCP, a stone attached to the bile …

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