Vivek Kumbhari, MD from the Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, USA shares this VideoGIE case, "Endoscopic management of stomal stenosis after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass." A 39-year-old female was referred for management of a stomal stricture 14 years after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. She …
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Curative ESD of neoplasms in ulcerative colitis
Federico Iacopini, MD, from the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, Ospedale S. Giuseppe—ASL Roma H, Albano L, in Rome, Italy discusses this New Methods article "Curative endoscopic submucosal dissection of large nonpolypoid superficial neoplasms in ulcerative colitis (with videos)." This is the first study evaluating the feasibility and clinical impact of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for …
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Managing staple line leaks after sleeve gastrectomy
Vivek Kumbhari, MD from the Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, USA presents this VideoGIE case, "Novel technique for the management of staple line leaks after sleeve gastrectomy." A 32-year-old male presented for management of late proximal staple line leaks following sleeve gastrectomy …
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EUS-guided pseudocyst drainage
Vinay Dhir, MD, FASGE, from the Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences in Mumbai, India discusses this Original Article, "EUS-guided pseudocyst drainage: Prospective evaluation of early removal of fully covered self expandable metal stents with pancreatic ductal stenting in selected patients." The study focused on 2 aspects of pseudocyst drainage (PD). Firstly, whether it is possible …
EUS-guided gastrojejunostomy for managing GOO
Vivek Kumbhari, MD from the Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, USA shares this VideoGIE case, "EUS-guided gastrojejunostomy for management of complete gastric outlet obstruction." An 86-year-old female presents for management of gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) secondary to locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma. An …
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Editor’s Choice: Reporting of colonoscopy quality associated with increase in ADR
GIE Associate Editor Amit Rastogi, MD, FASGE highlights this Original Article, "Public reporting of colonoscopy quality is associated with an increase in endoscopist adenoma detection rate." This study showed that public reporting of the adenoma detection rate (ADR) of 11 gastroenterologists resulted in significant improvement- 5% overall and 7.8% for screening colonoscopies. Also, a natural …
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Detectability of colorectal polyps by using BLI
Naohisa Yoshida, MD, PhD, from the Department of Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, in Kyoto, Japan discusses this Original Article "Improvement in the visibility of colorectal polyps by using blue laser imaging (with video)." We proved the improvement of polyp visibility by blue laser imaging (BLI) …
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Suture material in the CBD causing recurrent stones
Omair Atiq, MD, and Deepak Agrawal, MD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, in Dallas, Texas, USA, share this VideoGIE case, "Suture material in the common bile duct causing recurrent stones." We presented a case of an elderly female with recurrent episodes of …
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EUS-guided transgastric drainage of peripancreatic collection
Juan J. Vila, MD, from the Biliary and Pancreatic Diseases Unit, Endoscopy Unit, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra in Pamplona, Spain presents this VideoGIE case, "EUS-guided transgastric drainage of a peripancreatic collection containing an arterial bypass graft." This video case describes drainage of an infected pancreatic collection in a patient with previous abdominal vascular surgery because …
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Pathogenic alteration frequency by EUS FNA in malignant lymph node
Ferga C. Gleeson, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, USA discusses this Original Article, "Frequency of mitogen-activated protein kinase and phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling pathway pathogenic alterations in EUS-FNA sampled malignant lymph nodes in rectal cancer with theranostic potential." We have previously characterized EUS FNA cytology specimens by targeted …
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