Post written by Sagar Shah, MD, Adarsh Thaker, MD, and Alireza Sedarat, MD, from the Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. Our video submission highlights 2 cases of persistent gastrocutaneous fistulas (GCFs) after removal of long-term PEG tubes. In both patients, the fistula tract failed to close spontaneously and led …
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Endoscopic removal of a weight-loss device with stoma closure using a tack-and-suture device
Post written by Christopher McGowan, MD, MSCR, AGAF, ABOM, FASGE, from True You Weight Loss, Cary, North Carolina, USA. In this video, we describe our technique for the endoscopic removal of an AspireAssist weight-loss device (Aspire Bariatrics, King of Prussia, Penn, USA) with simultaneous prophylactic stoma closure. The device was approved by the U.S. Food and …
Novel technique for over-the-scope clip application
Brian P. Riff, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA describes this VideoGIE case, "A novel technique for over-the-scope clip application: a safer and more secure method." The video case demonstrates our preferred technique for closing persistent gastrocutaneous fistulas (GCF). …
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