Post written by Ho Seung Lee, MD, Gunn Huh, MD, and Do Hyun Park, MD, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, and the Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. This study evaluated the real-world clinical impact of EUS-guided tissue acquisition in patients with suspected …
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Endoscopic ultrasound—guided ethanol lavage as a novel therapeutic modality for symptomatic simple renal cysts
Post written by Yoonchan Lee, MD, Tae Jun Song, MD, PhD, and Dong-Wan Seo, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. Simple renal cysts are among the most common incidental findings on abdominal imaging, present in roughly one-half of individuals older than 50 years. Although the vast majority of these …
Precipitation-based versus filtration-based liquid-based cytology in endoscopic ultrasound—guided fine-needle biopsy specimens of solid pancreatic masses: a prospective, randomized trial (with video)
Post written by Jae Hee Cho, MD, PhD, and Sung Ill Jang, MD, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, and See Young Lee, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South …
Endoscopic management of a complex gastrocolojejunal fistula following endoscopic ultrasound–guided gastrojejunostomy
Post written by Mayank Goyal, MBBS, from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, and Mayo Clinic, Rochester, and Manik Aggarwal, MBBS, and Ryan Law, DO, from the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. This video demonstrates endoscopic management of a complex gastrocolojejunal fistula that developed following EUS-guided gastrojejunostomy (EUS-GJ) in a patient with gastric outlet obstruction secondary to necrotizing pancreatitis. Severe inflammation …
Contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound versus conventional endoscopic ultrasound–guided fine-needle biopsy with macroscopic on-site evaluation for solid pancreatic lesions: a multicenter randomized trial
Post written by Charing C.N. Chong, MBChB, from the Department of Surgery, and Raymond S.Y. Tang, MD, from the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. In this multicenter randomized controlled study, we aimed to compare the diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced EUS (CE-EUS) and conventional EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy (FNB) with macroscopic on-site evaluation …
Management of parastomal variceal bleeding with endoscopic ultrasound–guided coiling and human thrombin/fibrinogen injection
Post written by Sanjeevani Tomar, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, AdventHealth, Abdullah Abbasi, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, and Center for Interventional Endoscopy, AdventHealth, Saurabh Chandan, MD, from Advanced Endoscopy, Houston Methodist West Hospital, Houston, Texas, and Center for Interventional Endoscopy, AdventHealth, and Mustafa A. Arain, MD, from the Center for Interventional …
Best practices for endoscopic ultrasound–guided gastroenterostomy: technical recommendations from an international modified Delphi process
Post written by Giuseppe Vanella, MD, PhD, from IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, Michiel Bronswijk, MD, from University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven, Leuven, and Imelda General Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium, and Roy L.J. van Wanrooij, MD, PhD, from Amsterdam UMC, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. EUS-guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE) is one of the major breakthroughs in …
Application of a novel endoscopic ultrasound–guided motorized fine needle for liver and pancreatic lesion biopsy
Post written by Carlos Robles-Medranda, MD, FASGE, AGAF, from Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas, Guayaquil, Ecuador. This video presents 2 clinical cases demonstrating the use of a second-generation motorized fine-needle biopsy (mFNB) device (Precision-GI; Limaca Medical, Ein Ha Emeq, Israel) for EUS-guided tissue acquisition in hepatic and pancreatic lesions. The first case involves a 56-year-old woman with …
Optimal number of needle passes in endoscopic ultrasound–guided tissue sampling for genomic profiling: a randomized, noncomparative trial
Post written by Hirotoshi Ishiwatari, MD, PhD, from the Department of Pancreatobiliary Medicine, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan. The study aimed to investigate the optimal techniques for EUS-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) to achieve successful comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) testing using commercially available assays. Matched therapy based on commercially available CGP tests plays a crucial role in improving …
Endoscopic ultrasound—guided duodenojejunostomy for a duodenal duplication cyst presenting with duodenal obstruction
Post written by Shanshan Shen, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. A 50-year-old woman with refractory vomiting and severe electrolyte imbalance was diagnosed with a cystic-communicating duodenal duplication causing duodenal obstruction. As the patient declined surgical intervention, we performed EUS-guided duodenojejunostomy (EUS-DJ). Under the guidance …
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