Pancreatoscopy for pancreatic duct stones

Douglas G. Adler, MD, FASGE from the University of Utah School of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, presents this video case titled "Pancreatoscopy for Pancreatic Duct Stones." The video demonstrates the case of a man with visualized pancreatic duct stones on a CT scan that were discovered during an evaluation for pancreatic-type pain. Standard ERCP techniques …

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Endoscopic outcomes in early esophageal cancer

Sachin Wani, MD, from the University of Colorado and Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, USA discusses his Original Article "Comparison of endoscopic therapies and surgical resection in patients with early esophageal cancer: a population-based study" from the February issue. The aims of this study were to use the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results …

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Colon capsule endoscopy after incomplete colonoscopy

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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Editor’s Choice- Cost-effectiveness of endoscopic surveillance

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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Spectroscopic diagnosis of esophageal dysplasia

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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Managing large duodenal lipoma by duodenoscope

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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Endoscopic closure of gastric perforation

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 …

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Editor’s Choice- Diagnostic accuracy of mucinous pancreatic cysts

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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Novel endoscopic retrieval

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 …

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