Post written by Kanae Tao, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization, Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan. Our video case depicts the use of the newly developed proximal release-type colonic self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) for malignant lower rectal obstruction close to the anal verge. A 64-year-old man presented with …
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AI using convolutional neural networks for real-time detection of early esophageal neoplasia in Barrett’s esophagus
Post written by Jason B. Samarasena, MD, from the H. H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA. Esophageal adenocarcinoma is actually rising in this country and not going down! The visual detection of early esophageal neoplasia in BE with white-light and …
Peroral endoscopic fundoplication: a brand-new intervention for GERD
Post written by Akiko Toshimori, MD, from the Digestive Diseases Center, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Showa University Tokyo, Japan. Last year, we reported POEM+fundoplication (POEM+F). In brief, POEM+F is a combination procedure of endoscopic myotomy and NOTES fundoplication for the purpose of preventing GERD after POEM. This time, we performed NOTES fundoplication for a …
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Editor’s Choice: Deep learning algorithm detection of Barrett’s neoplasia with high accuracy during live endoscopic procedures
GIE Senior Associate Editor, Dr. Douglas G. Adler MD, FACG, AGAF, FASGE, highlights this article from the June issue “Deep learning algorithm detection of Barrett’s neoplasia with high accuracy during live endoscopic procedures” by Albert J. de Groof, MD, et al. Computer aided detection (CAD) is undergoing rapid development. It seems likely that, in the …
Effectiveness of endoscopic Doppler probe ultrasonography for identifying the source of colonic diverticular bleeding
Post written by Yasutoshi Shiratori, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Our video describes a case of colonic diverticular bleeding (CDB) in which Doppler probe ultrasonography (DOP) was used, with new systems for effective identification of stigmata of recent hemorrhage (SRH). An 89-year-old man was admitted for treatment of …
Endoscopic vacuum therapy for postoperative GI fistula
Post written by Mateus Pereira Funari, MD, Antonio Madruga Coutinho Neto, MD, Galileu Ferreira Ayala Farias, MD, Eduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de Moura, MD, PhD, Marcos Eduardo Lera dos Santos, MD, from the Clinics Hospital of the São Paulo University Medical School (HC-FMUSP), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. We describe the case of a 70-year-old male …
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Endoscopic treatment of colonic diverticular bleeding with an over-the-scope clip after failure of endoscopic band ligation
Post written by Kenji Yamazaki, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center, Gifu, Japan. We describe a case of an 86-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and colonic diverticular bleeding (CDB) who presented with severe hematochezia to a nearby medical institution. Emergency colonoscopy revealed an active diverticular hemorrhage in …
Second-generation magnetically controlled capsule gastroscopy with improved image resolution and frame rate
Post written by Zhuan Liao, MD, from the National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China. We first described an updated magnetically controlled capsule gastroscopy (MCCG-2) highlighted with improvements in frame rate, image resolution, field of view, battery life, and data transmission compared to first generation …
ESD of a large duodenal neuroendocrine tumor adjacent to the pyloric ring
Post written by Sonmoon Mohapatra, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Peter’s University Hospital/Rutgers—RWJ Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. A 62-year-old morbidly obese (BMI 62) man with multiple comorbid conditions was found to have a 1.5-cm subepithelial duodenal lesion in the anterior wall of the duodenal bulb, located within 1 …
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The suture pulley countertraction method for challenging rectal ESD
Post written by Phillip S. Ge, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. The video describes a 54-year-old woman who underwent a screening colonoscopy at which time a rectal neuroendocrine tumor was removed in piecemeal fashion, with positive lateral and deep margins. …
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