Rajesh N. Keswani, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago, Illinois, USA describes his article "Adverse events after surgery for nonmalignant colon polyps are common and associated with increased length of stay and costs." Most colon polyps are endoscopically resected with ease. Some polyps require additional expertise …
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Editor’s Choice: Presence of small SSPs increases rate of advanced neoplasia
Associate Editor, Dr. Lisa Strate, highlights this article from the August issue "Presence of small sessile serrated polyps increases rate of advanced neoplasia upon surveillance compared with isolated low-risk tubular adenomas" by Joshua Melson, MD, Karen Ma, MD, Saba Arshad, MBBS, et al. Large sessile serrated adenomas are associated with an increased risk of synchronous …
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pCLE for differential diagnosis of gastric tubular adenoma and IM
Elisa Ryoka Baba, MD, from the Institute of Cancer of the Department of Gastroenterology, University of São Paulo Medical School, in São Paulo, Brazil writes about this video case "Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy for the differential diagnosis of gastric tubular adenoma and intestinal metaplasia in a patient with severe atrophic pangastritis." We reported a 65-year-old …
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Pilot study: EUS forceps biopsy
Yousuke Nakai, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, in Tokyo, Japan discusses this New Methods article, "A pilot study of EUS-guided through-the-needle forceps biopsy (with video)." In this pilot study, we evaluated EUS-guided through-the-needle forceps biopsy (EUS-TTNFB), using a 0.75-mm biopsy forceps through a 19-gauge FNA …
Lumen-apposing properties of EUS-specific stents
Anthony Yuen Teoh, FRCSEd ((Gen)), from the Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, in Hong Kong discusses this Original Article "Ex vivo comparison of the lumen-apposing properties of EUS-specific stents (with video)." Several endoscopic ultrasound-specific stents have become available. Some of these stents claim lumen-apposing properties but objective …
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Endoscopic palliative treatment using SEMS
Adriana Vaz Safatle-Ribeiro, MD, PhD, from the Cancer Institute of São Paulo, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil presents this video case "Endoscopic palliative treatment using a metallic stent in a patient with an obstructive jejunal metastasis." The video demonstrates the insertion and deployment of an uncovered self-expandable metal stent at the midjejunum in …
ESD multi-tunnel dissection
Jun-Chao Wu, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, in Sichuan, China discusses this New Methods article, "Endoscopic submucosal multi-tunnel dissection for circumferential superficial esophageal neoplastic lesions (with videos)." There are some technical challenges endoscopic submucosal tunnel dissection (ESTD) in treating circumferential esophageal neoplastic lesions. Based on the development …
Endoscopic sphincterotomy using isolated-tip needle-knife papillotome
Ryosuke Tonozuka, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan shares this video case "Endoscopic sphincterotomy using an isolated-tip needle-knife papillotome after Billroth II gastrectomy." A needle knife papillotome (NKP) has been used instead of a standard sphincterotome knife for difficult endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) in patients with a surgically altered …
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Stepwise endoscopic resection
Alejandro L. Suarez, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, USA writes about this video case "Stepwise endoscopic resection of a large gastric lipoma causing gastric outlet obstruction and GI bleeding." Lipomas of the gastrointestinal tract are slow growing tumors commonly found incidentally. …
P-ESWL for stones coexisting with PPC
Zhao-Shen Li, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, in Shanghai, China discusses this Original Article, "Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is a safe and effective treatment for pancreatic stones coexisting with pancreatic pseudocysts." The focus of this study was the application of pancreatic extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (P-ESWL) in …
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