Post written by Ping-Hong Zhou, MD, from the Endoscopy Center and Endoscopy Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. As a novel treatment approach for achalasia, POEM has achieved satisfactory long-term effectiveness. However, there are still around 10% of patients facing treatment failure, and there are currently no clinical predictive rules that could characterize …
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Utility of EUS elastography in the diagnosis of gastric subepithelial tumors: a pilot study
Post written by In Kyung Yoo, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Cha Bundang Medical Center, Cha University College of Medicine, Seongnam-si, Korea. EUS elastography is a real-time imaging technique that displays the tissue elasticity differences between diseased and normal tissues on the conventional B-mode ultrasound images. It analyzes the degree of tissue deformation …
Usefulness of a multibending endoscope in gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection
Post written by Koichi Hamada, MD, from the Department of Minimally Invasive Surgical and Medical Oncology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima and the Department of Gastroenterology, Southern-Tohoku General Hospital, Koriyama. This case study presents a series of patients with early gastric cancer undergoing endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) using a multibending endoscope (GIF-2TQ260M; Olympus Medical Corp, Tokyo, …
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Hemostatic powder for the intraductal treatment of biliary cancer bleeding
Post written by Lorenzo Fuccio, MD, and Vito Sansone, MD, from the Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy. The patient we described is a 87-year old woman, diagnosed with a Klatskin cholangiocarcinoma which was unsuitable for curative treatments, whom obtained a complete biliary drainage only after positioning …
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Macroscopic appearance of the major duodenal papilla influences bile duct cannulation
Post written by Erik Haraldsson, MD, from the Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, and the Department of Surgery, Skaraborg Hospital, Skövde, Sweden. The focus of the study was to evaluate to what extent the various endoscopic appearances of the major duodenal papilla influence bile duct cannulation, utilizing …
A challenging case of gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection
Post written by Seiichiro Abe, MD, PhD, from the Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. A 62-year-old woman underwent screening esophagogastroduodenoscopy, and a suspicious 80-mm elevated, laterally spreading lesion was found involving the greater curvature of the upper gastric body. Biopsy showed well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma. The patient opted for endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). …
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On-site stereomicroscope quality evaluations to estimate white core cutoff lengths using EUS-FNA biopsy sampling
Post written by Kosuke Okuwaki, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. The primary aim of this prospective exploratory study was to use stereomicroscopy to estimate the stereomicroscopically visible white core (SVWC) cutoff length required for the pathological diagnosis of samples obtained using 22-gauge needles. Rapid on-site cytologic …
Use of multiple covered metal esophageal stents for treatment of Boerhaave syndrome in achalasia
Post written by Theodore W. James, MD, MSc, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. We describe the case of a 95-year old-woman with known achalasia who presented after vomiting forcefully and developing a perforation of the esophagus, also known as Boerhaave syndrome. In most scenarios, …
Transpapillary nasocystic tube placement to allow gallbladder distention for EUS-guided cholecystoduodenostomy
Post written by Theodore W. James, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. We describe a 39-year-old woman with a history of Crohn’s disease and multiple bowel resections who presented with 2.5 months of right upper-quadrant pain and found to have multiple gallstones and cystic …
Comparative accuracy of needle sizes and designs for EUS tissue sampling of solid pancreatic masses
Post written by Antonio Facciorusso, MD, PhD, from the Endoscopy Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. EUS-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) for cytology through fine-needle aspiration (FNA) or fine-needle biopsy (FNB) using specialized core needles has become a central technique in the assessment of pancreatic masses. The most important pitfall associated with this procedure is a …
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