Hybrid resection of GI stromal tumor with endoscopic submucosal dissection and the full-thickness resection device

Post written by Varun Angajala, MD, MS, and Ara Sahakian, MD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. We are excited to share our hybrid resection technique for a gastric subepithelial lesion (SEL). We performed submucosal dissection to unroof and expose the surface of the …

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Endoscopic full-thickness resection with retroperitoneal dissection for duodenal myogenic cyst with adjustable traction from an independently controlled snare

Post written by Ding-Ek Toh, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, and Chu-Kuang Chou, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Obesity Center, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan. This video represents a novel method to …

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Endoscopic full-thickness resection of gastric ulceration with persistent low-grade dysplasia using full-thickness resection device

Post written by Natalie Wilson, MD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical Center, and Mohammad Bilal, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, and Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. In this case, we describe the successful resection of a 15-mm partially healed …

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Successful endoscopic full-thickness resection of an exophytic subepithelial lesion with double scope traction technique

Post written by Yuto Shimamura, MD, from Digestive Diseases Center, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Our video demonstrates a case of successful endoscopic resection of an exophytic subepithelial lesion in the stomach by applying a double scope traction technique. The creation of a mucosal opening followed by dissection of the lesion was performed …

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Endoscopic full-thickness resection of a stomach gastrointestinal stromal tumor using a dedicated full-thickness resection device

Post written by Dennis Yang, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. We present a case of a 60-year-old man with a 15-mm gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) in the stomach. The patient elected for resection instead of surveillance. After multidisciplinary discussion, the decision was to proceed with endoscopic removal. …

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Endoscopic full-thickness resection of a gastric GI stromal tumor

Post written by Vincent Huberty, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology, and Digestive Oncology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. This is a video case report of a 76-year-old woman diagnosed with a 23-mm gastric GIST located in the fundus, on the greater curvature. Workup (including fine-needle aspiration, bite-to-bite biopsies, and EUS) …

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Endoscopic full-thickness resection of a gastric subepithelial tumor

Post written by Shashideep Singhal, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA. An 81-year-old man was complaining of GERD. An EGD showed an incidental gastric body nodule. An EUS revealed a 1.5-cm by 1.4-cm submucosal tumor extending into the muscularis propria. Cytology from FNA showed spindle cells, suggestive …

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