Konstantinos Triantafyllou, MD, PhD at the Hepatogastroenterology Unit at Athens University, Attikon University General Hospital in Athens, Greece, summarizes his Original Article "Colon capsule endoscopy is feasible to perform after incomplete colonoscopy and guides further workup in clinical practice." The purpose of this study was to prospectively investigate the feasibility of colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) following …
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Robert Enns, MD recommends this original article from the February issue "Cost-effectiveness of endoscopic surveillance of non-dysplastic Barrett’s esophagus" by Louisa G. Gordon, PhD, George C. Mayne, PhD, Nicholas G. Hirst, MHealthEcon, Timothy Bright, MBBS, PhD, David C. Whiteman, MBBS, PhD, for the Australian Cancer Study Clinical Follow-Up Study, and David I. Watson, MBBS, PhD. …
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Max Almond, MB, ChB, DM, from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester, United Kingdom, discusses his original article "Endoscopic Raman spectroscopy enables objective diagnosis of dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus" from the January issue. This study evaluated a novel endoscopic diagnostic probe for use in patients with Barrett's esophagus. Up to 57% of Barrett's-associated dysplasia may be missed …
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Yong Pang, MD, and colleagues from the General Hospital of Chengdu Military Region of PLA in China report on this video case "Unroofing and grasp-and-snare techniques in the management of large duodenal lipoma by duodenoscope combined with double-channel endoscope." In this video, we describe a new combined method for endoscopic resection of large duodenal lipoma. …
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Shashideep Singhal, MD, and colleagues from the Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York present this video case titled "Endoscopic closure of gastric perforation using Over-the-Scope Clip: a surgery-sparing approach." A 61-year-old woman with history of diabetes mellitus, sarcoidosis, and chronic oral steroid therapy presented for EGD for evaluation of dysphagia. The patient was found …
Ananya Das, MD, FASGE, highlights this article from the January issue "Performance characteristics of molecular (DNA) analysis for the diagnosis of mucinous pancreatic cysts" by Mohammad Al-Haddad, MBBS, MSc, FASGE, John DeWitt, MD, FASGE, Stuart Sherman, MD, FASGE, C. Max Schmidt, MD, PhD, Julia K. LeBlanc, MD, MPH, Lee McHenry, MD, Gregory Coté, MD, MS, …
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Bipan Chand, MD, FASGE, and colleagues from the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, in Maywood, Illinois, USA discuss their video-based case titled "Complete endoscopic/transgastric retrieval of eroded gastric band: a novel technique" from December's VideoGIE section. This video case shows a unique endoscopic way of removing an eroded gastric band, offering viewers a …
Stephen Kim, MD, a third year GI fellow at the UCLA Medical Center and current co-editor of the Fellows’ Corner, provides an abbreviated history of the Fellows’ Corner column. In January 2005, the first Fellows’ Corner column was published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy while under the direction of Editor-in-Chief, George Triadafilopoulos, MD. From the onset, the …
Ala Sharara, MD, from the American University of Beirut Medical Center in Beirut, Lebanon shares some insights about his Original Article "Sugar-free mentholyptus drops improve the palatability and bowel cleansing effect of PEG-Electrolyte solution" from the December issue. Colon preparations are generally poorly tolerated and, consequently, serve as an impediment to colorectal cancer screening and …
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