Post written by Parit Mekaroonkamol, MD, Sunil Dacha, MD, and Qiang Cai, MD, PhD, from Emory University School of Medicine. Gastric per-oral endoscopic pyloromyotomy (GPOEM) is an emerging endoscopic procedure for treatment of gastroparesis. Due to its novelty, the existing data on its safety and efficacy is lacking. The purpose of our study was to …
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Associate Editor, Dr. Lisa Strate, highlights this article from the August issue “The colonoscopist's guide to the vocabulary of colorectal neoplasia: histology, morphology, and management” by Douglas K. Rex, MD, Cesare Hassan, MD, and Michael J. Bourke, MD This is a wonderfully comprehensive yet concise guide to the vocabulary regarding colonoscopy with polypectomy and its …
Post written by Madhav Desai, MD, MPH, from the University of Kansas Medical Center. Proximal or right-sided colon lesions are often missed even after a meticulous screening colonoscopy and can often contribute to interval colon cancer. Cap-attached colonoscopy has the potential to increase yield in the right side of colon. Our goal was to assess …
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Post written by Malay Sharma from the Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital. We present a case of acute cholangitis due to biliary ascariasis mimicking biliary stent on ultrasonography. Biliary ascariasis is not commonly seen in western countries, hence the reason for showcasing this video. A 50-year-old-man presented with acute cholangitis. He underwent multiple ERCP procedures with …
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Post written by Bing Hu, MD, and Toshio Uraoka, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China. This video presents a case in which EGD showed a huge mass in the duodenum. There was a Forrest-type 2B ulcer at the distal end. CT and EUS characteristics were consistent for lipoma. On …
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Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Michael Wallace, highlights this article from the July issue “Colorectal cancer screening: Recommendations for physicians and patients from the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer” by Douglas K. Rex, MD, et al. Colorectal cancer screening is likely the single most common activity performed by gastroenterologists in the United States. Every few years, …
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Post written by Yu Bai, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is widely used for bowel preparation; however, it is reported that up to 20 to 25% of patients have inadequate bowel preparation, so the methods to improve the quality of bowel preparation …
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Post written by Omar Mousa, MBBS, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic Florida. A 34-year-old woman with invasive gastric adenocarcinoma underwent total gastrectomy with en bloc splenectomy, distal esophagectomy, subtotal pancreatectomy, and intraoperative percutaneous jejunal tube placement. An esophagojejunostomy anastomosis (EJA) dehiscence was suspected 7 days after the initial procedure when the …
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Post written by Yuga Komaki and Atsushi Sakuraba from the Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at The University of Chicago Medicine. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the risk of colorectal cancer in various chronic liver diseases compared to the general population. We also assessed whether the risk would change with …
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Post written by Árpád V. Patai, MD, from Semmelweis University, 2nd Department of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary. Although post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP) is the most frequent complication of ERCP and mortality of severe PEP is high, ERCP is still inevitable in our therapeutic armamentarium, so it is fundamental to assess the efficacy of all potential preventive measures, …
Continue reading Indomethacin and diclofenac in the prevention of post-ERCP pancreatitis
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