Post written by Timothy Krill, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA. The focus of this study was to evaluate rates of adverse events in esophageal soft food impactions relative to time to endoscopy. We compared differences in outcomes between those who underwent an EGD within …
Continue reading Outcomes of delayed endoscopic management for esophageal soft food impactions
Post written by João Carlos Silva, MD, Rolando Pinho, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia e Espinho, Porto, Portugal. We present a case of a 76-year-old male patient with medical history of Parkinson disease admitted to the ER for hematemesis. On EGD, an ulcerated neoformation with a large adherent …
Post written by Akira Teramoto, MD, from the Gastrointestinal Center, Sano Hospital, Kobe, Japan. We believe that all endoscopists are very familiar with this situation; small polyps are identified during insertion phase of colonoscopy without having any intention to search for them. The clinical question, whether we should resect now or later, seems to be …
Post written by Jeremy R. Glissen Brown, MD, from the Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. In this issue of VideoGIE, we are excited to present a video primer that outlines a computer-aided detection (CADe) system that we have applied prospectively during screening …
Continue reading Introducing computer-aided detection to the endoscopy suite
Post written by Samuel Han, MD, MSCS, and Sachin Wani, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA. In this study, we aimed to perform a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial examining the effect of individualized feedback on learning curves in EGD and colonoscopy among GI fellows. …
Continue reading Effect of individualized feedback on learning curves in EGD and colonoscopy
Post written by Zaheer Nabi, MD, DNB, from the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India. In this video, we demonstrated the use of a new bipolar knife for peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) in a case with previous Heller’s myotomy. This knife uses radiofrequency energy for dissection and microwave energy for coagulation. The technique of POEM …
Post written by Kai-xuan Wang, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China. The objective of this article was to compare the diagnostic efficacy of liquid-based cytology (LBC) and smear cytology (SC) in diagnosing solid pancreatic lesions. The diagnostic efficacy of SC and LBC for cytological samples obtained …
Post written by Satoki Shichijo, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan. A 15-mm diameter laterally spreading tumor surrounded by multiple diverticula was pointed out at the ascending colon. The lesion was considered to be an indication for endoscopic resection. However, conventional endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) of the …
Continue reading Underwater EMR of a colonic adenoma surrounded by diverticula
Post written by Shou-jiang Tang, MD, from the Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. Endoscopic management of gastrointestinal fistula and leak is increasingly utilized. One of the options is to apply over-the-scope (OTS) clipping devices to close the defect. During pulling the grasped walls into the …
Continue reading Double-channel double-grasper technique in over-the-scope clip deployment
Post written by Sang Hyub Lee, MD, PhD, and Haeryoung Kim, MD, PhD, from the Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, and the Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic …
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