Post written by Giuseppe Vanella, MD, from the Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy and Endosonography Division, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. Our article presents a prospective, single-center experience with EUS-guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE) for malignant gastric outlet obstruction and a matched comparison with a contemporary prospective cohort treated by enteral stenting. At the study’s onset, prevailing evidence on …
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Comparing per-pass performance of 2 types of needles for EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy sampling of pancreatobiliary masses in a randomized trial
Post written by Mehdi Mohamadnejad, MD, from the Liver and Pancreatobilliary Diseases Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. This randomized trial compared per-pass performance of 2 types of fine-needle biopsy (FNB) needles for the detection of malignancy in solid pancreatobiliary mass lesions. In these lesions, the optimal number of …
Diagnostic accuracy of convolutional neural network–based machine learning algorithms in endoscopic severity prediction of ulcerative colitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Post written by Vinay Jahagirdar, MD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. The focus of our study was to assess the pooled diagnostic accuracy parameters of deep machine learning by means of convolutional neural network (CNN) algorithms in predicting the severity of ulcerative colitis …
Suprapapillary placement of plastic versus metal stents for malignant biliary hilar obstructions: a multicenter, randomized trial
Post written by Yoshihide Kanno, MD, from Sendai City Medical Center, Sendai, Japan. This study focused on the outcomes of the suprapapillary placement of plastic versus metal stents for unresectable malignant hilar obstructions. No randomized studies had evaluated the outcomes of suprapapillary plastic stents in comparison with metal stents. The removability of plastic stents is a …
Predictors of stricture after non-circumferential endoscopic submucosal dissection of the esophagus and single-dose triamcinolone injection immediately after the procedure
Post written by Muneaki Miyake, MD, from the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan. The focus of our study was to identify predictors of stricture after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of the esophagus with local triamcinolone (TA) injection. Local TA injection is widely used to prevent stricture formation after ESD of the …
Cold snare versus cold forceps polypectomy for endoscopic resection of diminutive polyps: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Post written by Faisal Kamal, MD, from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. In this study, our focus was to compare cold snare polypectomy with cold forceps polypectomy for endoscopic resection of diminutive colorectal polyps by conducting a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. The practices for resection of diminutive colorectal polyps vary among endoscopists. The …
Comparing clinical success and procedural difficulty between treatment-naïve and treatment-refractory patients with esophageal motility disorders during peroral endoscopic myotomy
Post written by Raymond E. Kim, MD, from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. The primary focus of our study was to compare the difficulty and success rate of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) in treatment-naïve cases versus treatment-refractory patients with esophageal motility disorders. There is a prevailing belief that treatment-refractory cases, which …
Prospective multicenter assessment of the impact of EUS-guided gastroenterostomy on patient quality of life in unresectable malignant gastric outlet obstruction
Post written by Manuel Pérez-Miranda, MD, PhD, from the Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, Valladolid, Spain. Our study focuses on the short-term impact of EUS-guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE) on quality of life (QoL) in patients with malignant gastric outlet obstruction (GOO). Available EUS-GE case series rely on the achievement of a full diet or reintervention rates …
Usefulness of texture- and color-enhancement imaging for identifying the bleeding point in a patient with post–endoscopic sphincterotomy bleeding
Post written by Yuki Tanisaka, MD, PhD, from Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan. A 61-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for obstructive jaundice because of unresectable pancreatic cancer. We performed endoscopic sphincterotomy before fully covered self-expandable metallic stent placement. The following day, the patient presented with tarry stools. Endoscopic examination was performed …
Long-term outcomes of local resection versus surgical resection for high-risk T1 colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Post written by Yuxiang Chen, MM, and Kai Deng, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Sichuan University–Oxford University Huaxi Gastrointestinal Cancer Centre, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. Our study was performed as a systematic retrieval of data from existing studies and pooled …
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