Seok Jeong, MD from the Digestive Disease Center at the Department of Internal Medicine at Inha University School of Medicine in Incheon, Korea shares this New Methods article titled "Development of a swine bile duct dilation model using endoclips or a detachable snare under cap-assisted endoscopy" from the August issue. In this paper, we introduce …
Tag: gastrointestinal endoscopy
Optimizing efficiency and operations at endoscopy centers
Lukejohn Day, MD Assistant Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine presents this discussion on his Original Article "Optimizing efficiency and operations at a California safety-net endoscopy center: a modeling and simulation approach." Improvements in endoscopy center efficiency are needed, but scant data are available. Our objective was to identify opportunities …
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Editor’s Choice- Web-based patient education materials and colorectal cancer screening
Associate Editor Dr. John Vargo highlights this article from the August issue: “Readability, suitability, and health content assessment of web-based patient education materials on colorectal cancer screening” by Chenlu Tian, MD, Sara Champlin, MA, Michael Mackert, PhD, Allison Lazard, MS, and Deepak Agrawal, MD. Online patient education has become a pervasive and powerful tool in …
Repeat endotherapy for small-intestine vascular lesions
Satoshi Shinozaki, MD, PhD from Jichi Medical University and Shinozaki Medical Clinic in Tochigi, Japan discusses his Original Article "Favorable long-term outcomes of repeat endotherapy for small-intestine vascular lesions by double-balloon endoscopy." The focus of this study is to evaluate the long-term outcome of patients with small intestine vascular lesions (SIVLs) bleeding after repeat double-balloon …
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Authoring a manuscript review: consider your audience
Written by Patrick Yachimski, MD, MPH from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. A manuscript review, like any other form of written communication, is intended for the consumption of a reading audience. This is a basic premise, but one which is easily overlooked or taken for granted. Before authoring a manuscript review, it is well worth reminding …
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ORCID—optimizing research discoverability
As a researcher, it is critical to your reputation and career that research and scholarly organizations, funders, publishers, scholarly societies and associations, and your fellow researchers be able to quickly and unambiguously identify and attribute your work – and only your work – to you. How can you ensure that you are receiving credit and …
Indeterminate-size rectal carcinoids
Ferga C. Gleeson, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota discusses her Original Article "Endoscopically identified well-differentiated rectal carcinoid tumors: impact of tumor size on the natural history and outcomes." A paucity of data pertain to the natural history and outcome of patients with incidentally identified well-differentiated rectal …
4-step approach to POEM
Payal Saxena, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland presents this video case titled "Peroral endoscopic myotomy: a 4-step approach to a challenging procedure" from the VideoGIE section. Our video demonstrates the techniques for performing each of the 4 steps of POEM, which are …
Perforation in colorectal stenting
Emo E. van Halsema, MSc discusses this Original Article "Perforation in colorectal stenting: a meta-analysis and a search for risk factors" from the June issue. We performed a meta-analysis of the literature to identify risk factors for perforation from colonic stent placement. A total of 86 studies published between 2005 and 2011 were selected, including …
Tract dilation with stent retrieval device
Takao Itoi, MD, PhD, FASGE from the Tokyo Medical University in Tokyo, Japan shares his VideoGIE case "Tract dilation with a stent retrieval device in EUS-guided pancreatic duct stent placement." Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided pancreatic duct (PD) stenting is always challenging. Apart from EUS-guided biliary drainage, it may be more difficult to dilate the needle tract …
