Top tips for endoscopic biliary stenting for hilar obstruction

Post written by Ryan Law, DO, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. The focus of this manuscript was very simple. I aimed to identify what I believe are the most important pearls for successful endoscopic management of patients with biliary hilar obstruction. The goal was to simplify this topic into …

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“Loop-10” line-assisted clip closure method: closure of perforation in re-do peroral endoscopic myotomy

Post written by Marc Julius Navarro, MD, from the Digestive Diseases Center, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, and the Institute of Digestive and Liver Diseases, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines. In this video, we highlight how the “Loop-10” line-assisted clip closure method presented to be a feasible and effective method in achieving …

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Auxiliary diagnosis of subepithelial lesions by impedance measurement during EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy

Post written by Yosuke Minoda, MD, PhD, from the Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, and the Department of Endoscopic Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan. This study presents a new method to differentiate a GI stromal tumor (GIST) from a non-GIST in gastric subepithelial lesions (SELs) …

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Primary needle-knife fistulotomy versus rescue precut: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes

Post written by Jay Bapaye, MD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, New York, USA. Precut sphincterotomy is a technique used when attempts at gaining biliary access with the help of standard catheters, cannulotomes, and guidewires have failed. In our study, we tried to answer the question of how does a primary …

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Usefulness of the ultrathin endoscope with a newly developed knife for complex esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection

Post written by Satoki Shichijo, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan. A 62-year-old woman underwent subtotal esophagectomy for esophageal cancer, local resection of pharyngeal cancer with postoperative radiotherapy, and bilateral cervical lymph node dissection because of pharyngeal cancer metastasis. Follow-up endoscopy revealed a 10-mm brownish area in the …

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Comparison of EUS-guided ablation and surgical resection for nonfunctioning small pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: a propensity score–matching study

Post written by Hoonsub So, MD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea, Sung Woo Ko, MD, PhD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Eunpyeong St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, and Do Hyun Park, MD, PhD, from the Department of …

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In-stent radiofrequency ablation with uncovered metal stent placement for tumor ingrowth/overgrowth causing self-expandable metal stent occlusion in distal malignant biliary obstruction: multicenter propensity score–matched study

Post written by Namyoung Park, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Woo Hyun Paik, MD, PhD, from the Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Jae Hee Cho, MD, PhD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Institute …

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Editor’s Choice: Computer-aided characterization of early cancer in Barrett’s esophagus on i-scan magnification imaging: a multicenter international study

GIE Associate Editor Seiichiro Abe, MD, PhD, FASGE, FJGES, highlights this article from the April issue: “Computer-aided characterization of early cancer in Barrett’s esophagus on i-scan magnification imaging: a multicenter international study” by Mohamed Hussein, MRCP, et al. Magnifying virtual chromoendoscopy is helpful in differentiating between dysplastic and nondysplastic lesions in patients with Barrett’s esophagus (BE), …

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Artificial intelligence for detecting and delineating the extent of superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and precancerous lesions under narrow-band imaging (with video)

Post written by Bing Hu, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The focus of this study was to train an artificial intelligence (AI) system that could detect and delineate the extent of superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and precancerous lesions under nonmagnified narrow-band imaging (NBI) and to …

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Helix tack for lumen-apposing metal stent fixation in single-session EUS-directed transgastric ERCP

Post written by Kambiz S. Kadkhodayan, MD, from the Center for Interventional Endoscopy, AdventHealth, Orlando, Florida, USA. We describe the use of a helix tack system to anchor the proximal flange of a lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS) to the gastric pouch during a single-session EUS-directed transgastric ERCP (SS-EDGE). This video case also describes a reverse …

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