Post written by Qiang Cai, MD, PhD, from the Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The focus of our study was to compare the short-term outcomes of double myotomy versus single myotomy at peroral endoscopic pyloromytomy in the treatment of gastroparesis. Peroral endoscopic pyloromytomy (POP or GPOEM) is a …
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Triaging advanced GI endoscopy procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic
Post written by Mohammad Bilal, MD, and Mandeep S. Sawhney, MD, MS, from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. In anticipation of the surge of COVID-19 cases in the United States, the Surgeon General of the United States advised hospitals to cancel all elective procedures. …
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COVID-19 pandemic and personal protective equipment shortage: protective efficacy comparing masks and scientific methods for respirator reuse
Post written by Camilla Gallo, MD, from the Center for Endoscopi Research Therapeutics and Training, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma, Rome, Italy. The abrupt outbreak of COVID-19 led many healthcare systems almost to the collapse and to the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). Rational use and successful reuse of respirators can help …
The safety and efficacy of 2% vitamin C solution spray for relief of mucosal irritation caused by Lugol chromoendoscopy
Post written by Duochen Jin, PhD, Jun Wang, MB, Qiang Zhan, MD, PhD, Keting Huang, MM, Hui Wang, MD, Guoqiang Zhang, MD, Yinghong Xu, MB, Jian Yao, MB, Rong Sun, MB, Qin Huang, MD, PhD, Feng Ye, PhD, and Guoxin Zhang, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, First …
An organ-sparing approach: endoscopic submucosal hydrodissection followed by appendectomy to remove giant synchronous adenomas in a patient with prior left hemicolectomy
Post written by Felipe Ramos-Zabala, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, HM Montepríncipe University Hospital, HM Hospitales Group, Boadilla del Monte, and the Department of Clinical Sciences. School of Medicine, University of CEU San Pablo, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain. In this video case report, we present a patient who had a previous left …
Horibe GI bleeding prediction score: a simple score for triage decision-making in patients with suspected upper GI bleeding
Post written by Masayasu Horibe, MD, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Our study validates a recently developed simple scoring system in patients with suspected upper GI bleeding, called the …
Single-operator peroral cholangioscopy cystic duct cannulation for transpapillary gallbladder stent placement
Post written by Wiriyaporn Ridtitid, MD, Panida Piyachaturawat, MD, and Rungsun Rerknimitr, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross, Bangkok, Thailand. The focus of our study was to determine the efficacy and safety of single-operator peroral cholangioscopy (SOC) for helping …
Effect of referral pattern and histopathology grade on surgery for nonmalignant colorectal polyps
Post written by Dennis Yang, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. The incidence of surgery for nonmalignant colorectal polyps has continued to rise. We aimed to evaluate referral patterns and factors associated with surgery for nonmalignant colorectal polyps at a large tertiary care center. Endoscopic resection should …
Endoscopic closure assisted by a novel traction device after duodenal ESD
Post written by Tomoaki Tashima, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan. A 58-year-old man was found to have a flat-elevated lesion of 20 mm in size in the second portion of the duodenum. We selected endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for en bloc resection because endoscopic mucosal resection …
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Impact of submucosal saline solution injection for cold snare polypectomy of small colorectal polyps
Post written by Yuichi Shimodate, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan. We compared the complete resection, which was defined if muscularis mucosa in the resected specimen was present under the tumor along more than 80% of the tumor’s horizontal dimension, rates of cold snare polypectomy with submucosal saline …
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