Associate Editor, Douglas Adler, MD, highlights this article from the June issue of GIE--"When trainees reach competency in performing ERCP: a systematic review" by Drs Neal Shahidi, George Ou, Jennifer Telford, and Robert Enns. The article critically assesses papers that have looked at ERCP training and outcomes and shows that the more rigorously you define …
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Everson L.A. Artifon, MD, FASGE from the Department of Surgery at the University of Sao Paulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil discusses his Original Article "Hepaticogastrostomy or choledochoduodenostomy for distal malignant biliary obstruction after failed ERCP: Is there any difference?" The study demonstrated that both hepaticogastrostomy (HG) and choledochoduodenostomy (CDT) are feasible to create an EUS-guided fistula …
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Vinay Dhir, MD from the Department of Endoscopy and Endosonography, Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences in Mumbai, India discusses his Original Article "Multicenter comparative evaluation of endoscopic placement of expandable metal stents for malignant distal common bile duct obstruction by ERCP or EUS-guided approach." ERCP is the procedure of choice for relief of jaundice due …
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Nikhil A. Kumta, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, New York, USA presents this video case, "Bypassing the bypass: EUS-directed transgastric ERCP for Roux-en-Y anatomy." Patients with altered anatomy from a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass pose distinct challenges to performing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). In this …
Yousuke Nakai, MD, PhD from the Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine at The University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan discusses his Original Article, "Risk factors for post-ERCP pancreatitis in wire-guided cannulation for therapeutic biliary ERCP." This study was an analysis of risk factors for post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP) in wire-guided cannulation (WGC) for therapeutic …
Adam W. Templeton, MD from the University of Washington presents this video case titled "Scanning fiber endoscopy: a novel platform for cholangioscopy" from the VideoGIE section. In this video we demonstrate our initial experience with a novel new cholangioscope. This cholangioscope allows for improved imaging of the bile duct using otherwise standard ERCP technique and …
Jorge Manuel Tavares Canena from the Center of Gastroenterology, Cuf Infanto Santo Hospital, Faculty of Medical Sciences - Nova Medical School and Department of Gastroenterology, Pulido Valente Hospital, Faculty of Medical Sciences - Nova Medical School in Lisbon, Portugal discusses his article "Predictive value of cholangioscopy after endoscopic management of early postcholecystectomy bile duct strictures …
Douglas G. Adler, MD, FASGE from the University of Utah School of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, presents this video case titled "Pancreatoscopy for Pancreatic Duct Stones." The video demonstrates the case of a man with visualized pancreatic duct stones on a CT scan that were discovered during an evaluation for pancreatic-type pain. Standard ERCP techniques …
Associate Editor Jacques Devière, MD, PhD, recommends this article from the December issue "Results of the Tokyo Trial of Prevention of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis with Risperidone-2: a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial" by Rie Uchino, MD, PhD, Hiroyuki Isayama, MD, PhD, Takeshi Tsujino, MD, PhD, Naoki Sasahira, MD, PhD, Yukiko Ito, MD, PhD, Saburo Matsubara, MD, …
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An Original Article from the July issue of GIE: "Prospective evaluation of a treatment algorithm with enhanced guidewire manipulation protocol for EUS-guided biliary drainage after failed ERCP (with video)" by Do Hyun Park, MD, PhD, Seung Uk Jeong, MD, Byung Uk Lee, MD, Sang Soo Lee, MD, PhD, Dong-Wan Seo, MD, PhD, Sung Koo Lee, …
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