Long-term prognosis and risk factors associated with post-ERCP pneumobilia in patients with common bile duct stones

Post written by Enqiang Linghu, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China. This investigation comprehensively assesses the long-term outcomes of patients experiencing post-ERCP pneumobilia and identifies the risk factors associated with post-ERCP pneumobilia. Post-ERCP pneumobilia is not uncommon, and its occurrence often indicates disruption of the …

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Top tips for successful endoscopic hemorrhoid banding (with video)

Post written by Waqar Qureshi, MD, FASGE, from Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. With the proper technique, nonsurgical hemorrhoid treatment is safe and effective and performed in the office. Historically, training of gastroenterologists has lacked focus on benign anorectal disease and its diagnosis and management. Symptomatic hemorrhoids are extremely common, particularly after age 50 …

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Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty as an early tool against obesity: a multicenter international study on an overweight population

Post written by Vitor Ottoboni Brunaldi, MD, MSc, PhD, from the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Surgery and Anatomy Department, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil. This study investigated the efficacy of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) in inducing weight …

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Safety and adverse events of EUS-guided gallbladder drainage using lumen-apposing metal stents and percutaneous cholecystostomy tubes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Post written by Umar Hayat, MD, MPH, from Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. EUS-guided gallbladder drainage using lumen-apposing metal stents (EUS-GBD-LAMSs) and percutaneous cholecystostomy for gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) are the alternative treatment modalities in high-risk surgical patients with acute cholecystitis (AC). This study aimed to compare the safety of these procedures for …

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Analyzing methods for reducing recurrence rates after EMR of large nonpedunculated colorectal polyps: an indirect pairwise comparison

Post written by Dhruvil Radadiya, MD, from the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA. The focus of our study was to compare EMR with snare tip soft coagulation (STSC), EMR with argon plasma coagulation (APC), and underwater EMR (U-EMR) techniques routinely used for resection of large nonpedunculated polyps indirectly with each other with …

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Artificial intelligence–assisted real-time monitoring of effective withdrawal time during colonoscopy: a novel quality marker of colonoscopy

Post written by Wai K. Leung, MD, from the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. In this study, we developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-based quantitative measurement for effective withdrawal time (EWT) during colonoscopy. This measurement also takes into consideration the quality of the images obtained during colonoscope withdrawal. Standard withdrawal time, a simple measurement …

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Fully covered versus partially covered self-expandable metal stents for palliation of distal malignant biliary obstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Post written by Giuseppe Vanella, MD, from the Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy and Endosonography Division, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, and Chiara Coluccio, MD, from the Gastroenterology Department, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy. Our study delves into the pivotal topic of biliary stent selection in the management of distal malignant biliary obstruction (dMBO). Specifically, we compared outcomes of …

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Defining “true acid reflux” after peroral endoscopic myotomy for achalasia: a prospective cohort study

Post written by Aniruddha Pratap Singh, MD, DM, Neeraj Singla, MD, DM, Ekant Budhwani, MD, Wladyslaw Januszewicz, MD, PhD, Zaheer Nabi, MD, DNB, Nitin Jagtap, MD, DNB, Rakesh Kalapala, MD, DNB, Sundeep Lakhtakia, MD, DM, Santosh Darisetty, DA, Sana Fathima Memon, MBA, Duvuur Nageshwar Reddy, MD, DM, and Mohan Ramchandani, MD, DM, from the Asian Institute …

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Novel miniature transendoscopic telerobotic system for endoscopic submucosal dissection (with videos)

Post written by Xiuli Zuo, MD, PhD, from Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China. The focus of my study includes medical mechatronics, balloon enteroscopy, inflammatory bowel diseases, and early GI cancer diagnosis and endoscopic treatment. It is known that using a conventional endoscope to perform endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is difficult because of the 1-handed …

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Diagnostic utility of CT angiography compared with endoscopy in patients with acute GI hemorrhage

Post written by Jason Erno, MD, and Don C. Rockey, MD, from the Digestive Disease Research Core Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. This cohort study examined patients with acute GI bleeding who underwent CT angiography (CTA) and compared its accuracy with that of subsequent endoscopy. CTA has gained great popularity as …

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