Post written by Mitsuru Okuno, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Gifu Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan. We reported on the evaluation of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) for different self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) types in malignant distal biliary obstruction (MDBO) with a multicenter retrospective study design using propensity score—matched cohort analysis. The non-UDCA group had significantly …
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Interobserver agreement of the modified Paris classification and histology prediction of colorectal lesions in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Post written by Nayantara Coelho-Prabhu, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. This study was performed to assess the interobserver variability in application of the recommended Paris classification to describe the morphology of visible dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) colonoscopies. There is a lack of …
Underwater versus conventional EMR for nonpedunculated colorectal lesions: a randomized clinical trial
Post written by Luciano Lenz, PhD, from the Instituto do Cancer do Estado de São Paulo, and Fleury Medicina e Saude, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. The focus of our study was to compare recurrence after underwater endoscopic mucosal resection (UEMR) and after conventional endoscopic mucosal resection (CEMR) for naïve nonpedunculated lesions. This study is important …
Prophylactic EUS-guided gallbladder drainage prevents acute cholecystitis in patients with malignant biliary obstruction and cystic duct orifice involvement: a randomized trial (with video)
Post written by Carlos Robles-Medranda, MD, from the Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas, Guyaquil, Ecuador. This study focuses on the benefits of prophylactic EUS-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD) in patients with unresectable malignant biliary obstruction (MBO) and occlusion of the orifice of the cystic duct (OCD). Although acute cholecystitis (AC) will not always develop in patients with …
Closure of large mucosal defects for prevention of strictures after duodenal endoscopic submucosal dissection (with video)
Post written by Yoko Kubosawa, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Division of Research and Development for Minimally Invasive Treatment, Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. We analyzed the incidence of post–endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) strictures after wide-field duodenal ESD. Although it is known that …
Motorized spiral enteroscopy versus double-balloon enteroscopy: a case-matched study
Post written by Ravishankar Asokkumar, MBBS, FRCP, FASGE, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, and the Division of Medicine, DUKE-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore. Evaluation of the small intestine can be tedious and challenging because of its anatomical nature. For a long time, double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) has been considered the gold standard …
Computer-aided detection, mucosal exposure device, their combination, and standard colonoscopy for adenoma detection: a randomized controlled trial
Post written by Satimai Aniwan, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand. This study aimed to compare adenoma detection rate (ADR) differences among computer-aided detection (CADe), endocuff-assisted colonoscopy (EAC; Endocuff Vision ARV 110; Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, Japan), and the combination of CADe …
Impact of withdrawal time on adenoma detection rate: results from a prospective multicenter trial
Post written by Madhav Desai, MD, MPH, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Achieving an optimal adenoma detection rate (ADR), a priority quality metric for screening colonoscopy, is necessary for a high-quality colonoscopy. Studies have shown that a higher ADR is linked to a lower risk …
Diagnostic yield and technical performance of the novel motorized spiral enteroscopy compared with single-balloon enteroscopy in suspected Crohn’s disease: a prospective study (with video)
Post written by Partha Pal, MD, DNB, MRCP (UK), from the Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India. In this study, we compared single-balloon enteroscopy with motorized spiral enteroscopy in suspected Crohn’s disease (CD) in a prospective manner. We aimed to compare the technical success, diagnostic yield, depth of maximal insertion, enteroscopy time, …
Effectiveness of prophylactic clipping in preventing postpolypectomy bleeding in aspirin users: a propensity-score analysis
Post written by Louis H.S. Lau, MBChB, and Francis K. L. Chan, MD, from the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, and the Institute of Digestive Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR. This study focused on examining the benefit of prophylactic clipping after colonoscopic polypectomy or endoscopic resection in high-risk …