Lyndon V. Hernandez, MD, MPH from GI Associates in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin discusses his New Methods article "A pilot study of endoluminal US for stool liquefaction" from the March issue. The purpose of this study was to find out if ultrasound can efficiently liquefy stools. It is difficult to clear …
Tag: gastrointestinal endoscopy
Cold snare polypectomy in anticoagulated patients
Akira Horiuchi, MD from Showa Inan General Hospital in Komagane, Japan writes about his Original Article "Removal of small colorectal polyps in anticoagulated patients: a prospective randomized comparison of cold snare and conventional polypectomy" from the March issue. No delayed bleeding occurred after cold snare polypectomy whereas endoscopic hemostasis for immediate and delayed bleeding was required …
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EUS-guided hepatogastrostomy
Vishal Ghevariya, MD from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York shares this video case titled "EUS-guided hepatogastrostomy with double stenting." Minimally invasive biliary drainage techniques have recently gained popularity among interventional endoscopy services. We present the technique of hepatogastrostomy creation for malignant biliary obstruction in a 54-year-old man with biliary stricture …
ADR and adenoma/colonoscopy quality metric
Charles J. Kahi, MD, MSCR from Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana reports on this Original Article "Improving measurement of the adenoma detection rate and adenoma per colonoscopy quality metric: the Indiana University experience." The adenoma detection rate (ADR) is a validated marker of colonoscopy quality. However, there are concerns about its potential …
Editor’s Choice- Safety in the GI endoscopy unit
Associate Editor Brian C. Jacobson, MD, MPH recommends this article from the ASGE Ensuring Safety in the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit Task Force titled "Guidelines for safety in the gastrointestinal endoscopy unit" featured in the March issue. In recent years, regulatory agency surveyors have cited endoscopy units in the United States over long-accepted practices. Many of these issues …
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Video demonstration of rendezvous technique
Mavrogenis Georgios, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology at the Grand Hôpital de Charleroi in Charleroi, Belgium presents this video demonstration of a rendezvous technique for the treatment of malignant esophagorespiratory fistula. This video case demonstrates the rendezvous technique in 2 difficult cases of complex esophageal stenosis with multiple fistulae. The rendezvous technique needs the …
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Predictive value of cholangioscopy
Jorge Manuel Tavares Canena from the Center of Gastroenterology, Cuf Infanto Santo Hospital, Faculty of Medical Sciences - Nova Medical School and Department of Gastroenterology, Pulido Valente Hospital, Faculty of Medical Sciences - Nova Medical School in Lisbon, Portugal discusses his article "Predictive value of cholangioscopy after endoscopic management of early postcholecystectomy bile duct strictures …
EUS-Guided Drainage of Pseudocyst
Payal Saxena, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, USA presents this video case "EUS-Guided Drainage of a Giant Hemorrhagic Pseudocyst by a Through-the-scope Esophageal Metal Stent." A 78-year-old man with hemorrhagic transformation of a 17cm pseudocyst was hemodynamically unstable requiring splenic artery embolization. …
ESD through a gastrostomy
Shinji Kitamura, MD, and colleagues from the Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology at the Institute of Health Biosciences at the University of Tokushima Graduate School in Tokushima City, Japan share this video case titled "Endoscopic submucosal dissection through a gastrostomy for early gastric cancer in patients with pharyngeal stenosis." This report describes the safety and …
Introducer-type percutaneous gastrostomy system
Mavrogenis Georgios, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology at the Grand Hôpital de Charleroi in Charleroi, Belgium presents this video demonstration of the introducer-type percutaneous gastrostomy system.This video describes the Pexact gastrostomy system. We made efforts to present in detail all the steps of this procedure. Not all endoscopists are familiarized with this technique. We …
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