Post written by Babu P. Mohan, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Utah Health School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Treatment of GAVE is traditionally done by endoscopic thermal therapy like argon plasma coagulation (APC) or radiofrequency ablation (RFA). However, recently, endoscopic band ligation has been reported as an …
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Post written by Robert L. Kruse, MD, PhD, from the Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Viral-based approaches predominate the field of gene therapy for rare diseases but suffer many limitations including anti-vector immune responses and high cost of manufacturing. Our study focused on developing a novel nonviral …
Post written by Yusaku Shimamoto, MD, from the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan. Gastric neoplasms in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) patients were classified into 4 types based on endoscopic findings. Then, their clinical, histopathologic, and genetic features were investigated. Gastric neoplasms in patients with FAP are endoscopically and histopathologically characteristic …
Post written by Dan M. Livovsky, MD, from the Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Digestive Diseases Institute, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. Our study aimed to evaluate the performance of a newly developed AI-based system for polyp detection, DEEP2 (DEEP DEtection of Elusive Polyps) on the detection of elusive polyps, …
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Post written by Fernando Lander Mota, MD, from the Department of Digestive Endoscopy, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil. Here we describe 4 cases where the use of cap and underwater technique was decisive in the management of gastrointestinal bleeding of different etiologies. The attachment of a simple transparent plastic cap allowed us to push aside …
Post written by Masayuki Kitano, MD, PhD, from the Second Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan. We developed a partially covered self-expandable metal stent with a thin delivery system (7.2 Fr) that has 2 advantages for EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-HGS). First, using a thin delivery system with a tapered tip, the stent can …
Post written by Stavros N. Stavropoulos, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, NYU-Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, New York, USA. Our study aimed to provide a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of long-term POEM outcomes from the largest prospective database of POEM procedures in the U.S. (currently at ~800 POEMs, with the longest and most complete …
Post written by Satimai Aniwan, MD, from the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Excellence Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand. Colonoscopy primarily aims to detect and remove colorectal adenomas, which is a precancerous lesion. Most postcolonoscopy colorectal cancer is attributed to the missed lesion at the previous …
Post written by Il Sang Shin, MD Jong Ho Moon, MD, PhD Yun Nah Lee, MD, PhD, from the Digestive Disease Center and Research Institute, Departments of Internal Medicine, SoonChunHyang University School of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea. Although cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) has very high mortality rates due to its late detection, satisfactory screening methods of CCA have …
Post written by Hiroyuki Aihara, MD, PhD, FASGE, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. This case video demonstrates a hybrid endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) with a novel ESD knife, followed by mucosal defect closure using an innovative endoscopic helix tacking system. A 60-year-old man …
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