Post written by Ravishankar Asokkumar, MBBS, MRCP, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, and DUKE-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore. We described a case demonstrating the endoscopic closure technique of a large iatrogenic gastric perforation presenting in a delayed fashion. The perforation was closed using multiple over-the-scope clips, and we avoided surgery. …
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Post written by Hassan Atalla, MSc, and Arata Sakai, MD, PhD, from the Hepatology and Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt, and the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. A 60-year-old man with history of Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy for …
Post written by Nao Fujimori, MD, PhD, from the Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Hemobilia is a rare but life-threatening adverse event related to pancreato-biliary diseases, transhepatic percutaneous, or endoscopic interventions. The rupture of the pseudoaneurysm after a plastic stent or self-expandable metallic stents (SEMSs) …
Post written by Shuichi Miyamoto, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hakodate Municipal Hospital, Hakodate, and the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. Recently, the effectiveness of traction-assisted ESD has been reported, and there are various devices for applying countertraction. These …
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Post written by Wai K. Leung, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. This study aimed to determine whether the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted real-time detection could reduce colorectal adenoma miss rate during colonoscopy. Previous studies showed that up to 26% of adenomas could be missed …
Post written by Felipe Ramos-Zabala, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, HM Montepríncipe University Hospital, HM Hospitales Group, and the Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of CEU San Pablo, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain. In this video case report, we present a patient who was diagnosed with a subtle Paris 0-IIb …
Post written by Chanakyaram A. Reddy, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. The focus of the study was to provide clarification for the role in obtaining routine postoperative day (POD) 1 esophagram following peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM). POEM is a technique that has rapidly evolved over the last …
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Post written by Rui de Sousa Magalhães, MD, from the Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, and ICVS/3B’s, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Guimarães/Braga, Portugal. Our focus was the creation of a new grading scale for the evaluation of colon capsule cleansing, …
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Post written by Kavel H. Visrodia, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. In this video case series, we describe 3 distinct cases in which the use of a double-lumen cytology brush catheter to place 2 guidewires facilitated successful endoscopic interventions. The first is a case of an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography …
Post written by Shuhei Shintani, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowacho, Otsu Shiga, Japan. This report is the first video case report of the peroral pancreatoscopy (POPS) via the minor duodenum papilla for diagnosis of main duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (MD-IPMN). This case was novel in 2 …
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