Post written by Adolfo Parra-Blanco, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, and Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, and George S.D. Gordon, PhD, from the Optics and Photonics Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. The aim of this prospective study …
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Submucosal tunneling endoscopic septum division for esophageal diverticulum with a median follow-up of 39 months: a multicenter cohort study
Post written by Ping-Hong Zhou, MD, FASGE, from the Endoscopy Center and Endoscopy Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, and Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Endoscopy, Shanghai, China. In this study, we primarily focused on the safety and efficacy of submucosal tunneling endoscopic septum division (STESD) for patients with esophageal diverticulum and STESD’s impact on patients’ …
Improving diagnostic accuracy and appropriate indications for surgery in pancreatic cystic neoplasms: the role of EUS
Post written by Stefano Crippa, MD, PhD, from the Division of Pancreatic Surgery, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, and Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, Fabio Giannone, MD, from the Division of Pancreatic Surgery, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, and the Department of General, Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, and …
Novel articulating through-the-scope traction device
Post written by Hiroyuki Aihara, MD, PhD, Director, Endoscopic Tissue Resection Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Current techniques and devices for traction in endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) own inherent limitations such as technical complexity, lack of adjustability, or demanding preparation. Recently, a single-operator, through-the-scope, articulating …
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Successful minimally invasive management of adverse events following EUS-guided gallbladder drainage in a suboptimal surgical patient
Post written by Bianca L. Di Cocco, MD, from the Division of Internal Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA. In this video case report, we show how endoscopic techniques can be used to treat adverse events during EUS-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GB). The patient was a 44-year-old woman with cholelithiasis …
Top tips for endoscopic drainage and debridement of walled-off pancreatic necrosis (with videos)
Post written by Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, AGAF, FASGE, Director of the Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy (CATE), Porter Adventist Hospital, PEAK Gastroenterology, Centura Health, Denver, Colorado, USA. This Top Tips article is designed to give readers a lot of really useful and practical information in a very short amount of text. Access, drainage, and …
Possibility of ultrathin endoscopy in radial incision and cutting for esophageal strictures
Post written by Mako Koseki, MD, and Daisuke Kikuchi, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. In this video, we present a case of a refractory esophageal stricture caused by anastomosis of gastric tube reconstruction for advanced esophageal carcinoma. We treated the stricture with radial incision and cutting (RIC) using ultrathin endoscopy. …
EUS-guided gastrojejunostomy for management of malignant gastric outlet obstruction in a patient with Roux-en-Y anatomy
Post written by Rishi Pawa, MD, FACG, from the Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. A 56-year-old man with a medical history of metastatic duodenal adenocarcinoma, status postpartial gastrectomy, and duodenectomy with Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy (GJ) presented with gastric outlet obstruction. Endoscopy revealed an ulcerated stricture at the gastrojejunal anastomosis, with biopsies confirming recurrent …
Effectiveness of prophylactic clipping in preventing postpolypectomy bleeding in oral anticoagulant users: a propensity-score analysis
Post written by Louis H.S. Lau, MBChB, and Raymond S.Y. Tang, MD, from the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics and the Institute of Digestive Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The focus of this study was to examine the benefit of prophylactic clipping after colonoscopic polypectomy in high-risk patients using oral anticoagulants. Postpolypectomy …
Long-term treatment of an ischemic jejunal stricture: Is stenting a viable option?
Post written by Andrew Canakis, DO, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. In this video case report, we describe endoscopic management of a long, ulcerated, ischemic jejunal stricture in a patient with an extensive surgical history for weight loss and colon cancer who presented with chronic …
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