Gastroscope-assisted oral cavity and nasopharynx examination

Post written by Aman Yadav, MD, and Alexander Huelsen, MD, from Department of Gastroenterology & Digestive Health, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Australia. In our video, we demonstrate a simple and reproducible gastroscope-assisted method to examine the oral cavity and nasopharynx during routine EGD. With the use of a standard diagnostic gastroscope equipped with a distal cap, the oral …

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Ultrathin endoscope equipped with ultrasonic miniprobe for upper GI US in a porcine model

Post written by Hanchao Pan, MM, from the Department of Gastroenterology, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China. A 1.4-mm diameter EUS miniprobe catheter system (20 MHz and 30 MHz) was designed and fabricated. This system can be compatible with the existing ultrathin gastroscope working channel. Miniprobe ultrasonography through the ultrathin gastroscope can be realized …

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Trick for endoloop positioning before polypectomy

Darina Kohoutova, MD, PhD,(1,2) and Bjorn J. Rembacken, MD,(2) present this VideoGIE case "Trick for endoloop positioning before polypectomy by using a double-channel gastroscope." As post-polypectomy bleeding is the most common adverse event of polypectomy, various preventive techniques for how to decrease this risk have been developed for daily endoscopy practice. Placement of ligating loop …

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