Beyond the scope: the transition from visual artificial intelligence to embodied humanoid robotics in flexible gastrointestinal endoscopy

Post written by Yichen Wang, MD, MSc, Vivek Kumbhari, MBChB, PhD, and Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Today’s endoscopic artificial intelligence (AI) can see, but it cannot act. Our perspective examines what may arrive next: embodied or physical, AI that can interpret the …

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Flexible endoscopic treatment for ZD

Sauid Ishaq, FRCP, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Russells Hall Hospital, Birmingham City University in Birmingham, United Kingdom discusses this systematic review and meta-analysis: "Flexible endoscopic treatment for Zenker's diverticulum: a systematic review and meta-analysis." The aim of this systematic review was to pool the results of endoscopic treatment of Zenker's diverticulum (ZD) in terms …

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Endoscopic hemostatic forceps for uterine cervical bleeding

Hideki Kobara, MD, PhD and Yasuhiro Goda, MD from the Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University in Kagawa, Japan presents this video case, "Application of endoscopic hemostatic forceps for uterine cervical bleeding." In our present video, first-ever application of endoscopic hemostatic forceps for active cervical bleeding is described. This idea is …

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