Active bleeding caused by portal hypertensive gastropathy

Mostafa Ibrahim, MD form the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology, and Digestive Oncology at Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, in Brussels, Belgium presents this video case "Active bleeding caused by portal hypertensive gastropathy." Portal hypertensive gastropathy is a serious adverse event of portal hypertension. It is difficult to treat due to the diffuse nature of …

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Repeat endotherapy for small-intestine vascular lesions

Satoshi Shinozaki, MD, PhD from Jichi Medical University and Shinozaki Medical Clinic in Tochigi, Japan discusses his Original Article "Favorable long-term outcomes of repeat endotherapy for small-intestine vascular lesions by double-balloon endoscopy." The focus of this study is to evaluate the long-term outcome of patients with small intestine vascular lesions (SIVLs) bleeding after repeat double-balloon …

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Endoscopy in patients with lower GI bleeding

ASGE Standards of Practice Committee member Shabana F. Pasha, MD discusses the newest ASGE guideline: "The role of endoscopy in the patient with lower GI bleeding." This guideline is a product of the ASGE Standards of Practice Committee. It provides a summary of the existing literature on the different etiologies, classification, and clinical presentation of …

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New method reported using hemostatic powder to treat acute variceal bleeding

Mostafa Ibrahim, MD, from the Theodor Bilharz Research Institute in Cairo, Egypt, discusses his New Methods article titled "Endoscopic treatment of acute variceal hemorrhage by using hemostatic powder TC-325: a prospective pilot study" from the November issue. Emergency endoscopic treatment for acute variceal bleeding (AVB) sometimes cannot be offered in every center because of the …

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Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) safe and effective for the treatment of gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE)

Srinadh Komanduri, MD, from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois shares some take-home points from his article "Radiofrequency ablation for refractory gastric antral vascular ectasia" from the October issue. Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is a cause of upper GI bleeding and chronic anemia. Although upper endoscopy with argon plasma …

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Hemostatic powder used as a rescue therapy

Antonino Granata, MD, from the Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and High Specialization Therapies- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Palermo, Italy, discusses his recently published video from the VideoGIE section of the September issue. In this video titled "Hemostatic powder as rescue therapy in a patient with H1N1 influenza with uncontrolled colon bleeding," a 51-year-old …

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Meet the Editor- Ian Gralnek

Meet Dr. Ian Gralnek, MD, MSHS, FASGE, our Senior Associate Editor, from Rappaport Family Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Department of Gastroenterology, Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel.Endoscopedia: What are your GI areas of focus? IG: Endoscopic therapies in GI bleeding, endoscopic technology assessment, outcomes research.Endoscopedia: If you hadn’t gone into …

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GIE Author Interview Series- Christopher Marshall and David Cave

Authors Christopher Marshall and David R. Cave discuss their article "Timing of video capsule endoscopy relative to overt obscure GI bleeding: implications from a retrospective study" from the May issue in this video from GIE's Author Interview Series. Read the article abstract here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6TRiUp_btg The information presented in Endoscopedia reflects the opinions of the authors and does …

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