Post written by Ameya Deshmukh, DO, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and Jose Nieto, DO, from the Borland Groover Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. In this video, we present a case series of 4 patients who underwent a novel endoscopic therapy for the treatment of refractory …
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Endoscopic submucosal dissection in the right lateral position for early gastric cancer in the fornix
Post written by Hiromu Fukuda, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan. In this video case, we show the usefulness of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) in the right lateral position (RLP) for early gastric cancer (EGC) in the fornix. ESD of EGC in the fornix is challenging …
EUS-guided biopsy of an intraventricular mass in a patient with ventricular tachycardia
Post written by Neal Mehta, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. This video describes EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) of an intraventricular mass in a 23-year-old woman. The patient presented with unstable ventricular tachycardia requiring cardioversion and initiation of antiarrhythmic therapy. Cardiac MRI demonstrated a 7- x 7- x 3-cm mass, with …
Pre-endoscopy coronavirus disease 2019 screening and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 nucleic acid amplification testing in the Veterans Affairs healthcare system: clinical practice patterns, outcomes, and relationship to procedure volume
Post written by Andrew J. Gawron, MD, PhD, from the National Gastroenterology and Hepatology Program, Office of Specialty Care Services, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, and the Division of Gastroenterology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. …
The Double-Max method: a novel method for gallbladder epithelial biopsy
Post written by Masanori Kobayashi, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan. Our work published in the May 2022 issue of VideoGIE describes a novel method for mapping biopsy for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma in which the external sheath of the CytomaxII double-lumen biliary cytology brush (Cook Medical, …
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Successful endoscopic resection by using gel immersion and the technique of endoscopic papillectomy for a tumor adjacent to the papilla of Vater
Post written by Tomoaki Tashima, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan. A 69-year-old woman presented with a flat elevated tumor adjacent to the papilla of Vater (POV). Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) was selected for en bloc resection of the tumor and to determine a definitive pathological diagnosis. …
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An endoscopic approach to therapy for spontaneous esophageal rupture
Post written by Andrew C. Storm, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Endoscopic suturing is a great “bridge-building” tool in endoscopy, and I’m not just talking about the tissue bridges created during endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty. The OverStitch device (Apollo OverStitch; Austin, Tex, USA) permits a therapeutic endoscopist to …
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EUS-guided embolization of refractory splenic pseudoaneurysm
Post written by Edward Villa, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Illinois at Chicago Health, Chicago, Illinois, USA. We present a case of a patient with recurrent GI bleeding with a previously treated splenic arterial pseudoaneurysm with residual pseudoaneurysm. Using an EUS-guided embolization with thrombin and cyanoacrylate glue without coils, we …
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Evolution and evidence-based adaptations in techniques for peroral endoscopic myotomy for achalasia
Post written by Eric E. Low, MD, MPH, and Rena Yadlapati, MD, MSHS, from the Division of Gastroenterology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA. Achalasia is the most well-characterized esophageal motility disorder largely because of evolving diagnostic tools and physiologic research that have been developed over the last 2 decades. With the …
Polyps seen but not removed during index colonoscopy: an underestimated inefficiency in endoscopy practice
Post written by Krish Ragunath, MD, from the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. The aim of this study was to evaluate the practice of nonremoval of polyps at index endoscopy and to try and elucidate the potential reasons for this practice. When small …
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