Post written by Ahmad Madkour, MD, from the Endemic Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo, Hassan Atalla, MD, from the Hepatology and Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, and Amr Elfouly, MD, from the Endemic Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. We present a novel anatomically guided approach to assist experienced endoscopists in …
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Expanding the role of pneumatic dilation for nonachalasia patients: a comparative study
Post written by Nikita Desai, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The focus of our study was to evaluate the treatment efficacy of pneumatic dilation (PD) for the disorders of esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction (EGJOO) and postfundoplication esophagogastric junction obstruction (PF-EGJO) and to assess attitudes about training in …
Antireflux band mucosectomy: a novel minimally invasive approach for the treatment of refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease
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 …
Outcomes of ER and metachronous cancer after ER for adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction
Post written by Seiichiro Abe, MD, PhD, from the Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Endoscopic resection (ER) is a minimally invasive treatment option for superficial adenocarcinoma (EA). We recently demonstrated that lymphovascular involvement, a poorly differentiated histology, and lesion size were independent risk factors for metastasis in patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma. Patients …
Aberrant innermost longitudinal muscle bundles at the esophagogastric junction during POEM
Nikolas Eleftheriadis, MD, and colleagues from the Digestive Disease Center at Showa University Northern Yokohama in Japan present this video case of an in vivo observation of aberrant innermost longitudinal muscle bundles in front of the circular muscle layer at the level of esophagogastric junction during peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM). In this video case, we …
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