Post written by Sugata Narayan Biswas, MD, DM, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. We often see patients who accidentally ingest various foreign bodies that get lodged in the esophagus and bear risk of esophageal perforation. Prompt diagnosis and timely removal are the key to successful management. Endoscopic removal …
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Top reviewers for GIE, VideoGIE, and iGIE will be recognized at the annual Editors’ Reception on May 5 during Digestive Disease Week in San Diego, California, USA. These 60 reviewers are being honored for their outstanding contributions to the journals through completing numerous high-quality reviews. They are thanked for their invaluable service to the peer-review process. The 2025 …
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Post written by Jun Chul Park, MD, PhD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. This multicenter, randomized, noninferiority trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of CEGP-003 (CGBio, Seongnam, South Korea)—a novel hemostatic powder composed of hydroxyethylcellulose and epidermal growth factor—compared with that of conventional endoscopic treatments …
Post written by Fatih Aslan, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Advanced Endoscopy, Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. This case involved a 53-year-old woman who presented with dysphagia, chest pain, cough, and vomiting. Diagnostic evaluation revealed a 9-cm epiphrenic diverticulum along with an underlying esophageal motility disorder. We successfully treated this rare and complex condition through …
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Post written by William F. Abel, MD, from Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, Virginia, USA. Concomitant gastric outlet and biliary obstruction presents a unique challenge, as severe underlying illness often limits surgical treatment options. Our study details an observational experience to both relieve the gastric outlet obstruction and allow for biliary stenting as well as anticipated future …
Post written by Yusuke Ishida, MD, PhD, and Takehiko Koga, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Medicine, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and safety of EUS-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) in inexperienced centers. Although EUS-BD has shown high success rates in high-volume centers, its outcomes in newly adopting centers …
Post written by Azimudin Haja, MD, DM, Aniruddha Pratap Singh, DM, and Sundeep Lakhtakia, MD, DM, from AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad, India. Our case highlights the challenges faced in managing a patient with complex clinical problems several years after major surgery. The index patient who underwent curative pancreatoduodenectomy surgery 13 years ago for periampullary cancer presented with cholangitis because of a large …
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Post written by Rabia de Latour, MD, from NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York, USA. Endoscopy practice generates a large amount of waste and is a major contributor to healthcare’s carbon footprint. The goal of our society document was to provide readers with practical, impactful, and scalable action items to attempt …
Post written by Kar Wai Lau, MBBCh, BAO (Hon), MD, FRCP, from the Royal Stoke University Hospital, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom. This is a case of a patient who presented with significant upper GI bleeding with hemodynamic compromise. She had a history of alcohol excess, and there was suspicion of variceal …
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Post written by Maria Valeria Matteo, MD, from Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. This study is a prospective multicenter investigation aimed at assessing the safety, efficacy, and usability of the EndoZip suturing device (Nitinotes Ltd, Cesarea, Israel) for automatic endoscopic gastroplasty in the treatment of class 1 …
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