Endoscopic submucosal dissection for drainage of esophageal abscess with fish bone extraction

Post written by Abel Joseph, MD, and Joo Ha Hwang, MD, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University,  Stanford, California, USA. A 49-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and pulmonary hypertension presented with severe odynophagia after accidentally ingesting a fish bone. Initial CT imaging revealed linear density in the upper esophagus. Although an initial endoscopy did not identify …

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Laser-assisted endoscopic removal of a foreign body impacted in the esophagus

Post written by Sugata Narayan Biswas, MD, DM, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. We often see patients who accidentally ingest various foreign bodies that get lodged in the esophagus and bear risk of esophageal perforation. Prompt diagnosis and timely removal are the key to successful management. Endoscopic removal …

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Quit screwing around: magnetic retrieval of an appendiceal foreign body

Post written by Jad P. AbiMansour, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. This video case is about a 65-year-old carpenter who had a CT scan performed for back pain and was incidentally found to have a metallic screw retained in his appendix. The surgical team referred the patient …

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ESD removal of submucosal embedded fish bone in the esophagus

Post written by Hon Chi Yip from the Division of Upper Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Surgery at Prince of Wales Hospital at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. This video demonstrated successful removal of a fish bone that was deeply embedded inside the submucosa of proximal esophagus using the endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) technique. This video …

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New single-operator digital cholangioscope for foreign body removal

Benjamin Tharian, MD, MRCP, FRACP, from the Centre for Interventional Endoscopy, Florida Hospital, in Orlando, Florida, USA presents this VideoGIE case, "Successful removal of a foreign body from a gallbladder remnant by using a new single-operator digital cholangioscope." A 34-year-old female with a history of an incomplete laparoscopic cholecystectomy developed right upper quadrant pain and …

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