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Through one tunnel, POEM, STER, and STED simultaneously operated

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Enqiang Linghu from the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy at Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China presents this video case. The video demonstrated 3 kinds of submucosal tunneling techniques that were simultaneously performed through 1 tunnel in a 53-year-old female patient, namely submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection (STER), submucosal tunneling endoscopic diverticulotomy (STED), and per-oral …

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Submucosal tunneling technique using insulated-tip knife in complete circumferential endoscopic submucosal dissection

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Kenichiro Imai from the Division of Endoscopy, Shizuoka Cancer Center presents this video case. We demonstrated complete circumferential colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) using an insulated-tip knife. Colonoscopy in a 70-year-old woman showed a 15-cm circumferential laterally spreading tumor (LST) in the upper rectum. Through the use of magnified endoscopy, we diagnosed non-invasive cancer, so we …

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Incidence and impact of scheduled endoscopic surveillance on recurrence after curative endoscopic resection for early gastric cancer

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Post written by Kyu Yeon Hahn and Jun Chul Park from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea The focus of our study was to identify the incidence of recurrent lesions after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric cancer (EGC) and to determine whether …

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Histologic intestinal metaplasia and endoscopic atrophy are predictors of gastric cancer development after Helicobacter pylori eradication

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Satoki Shichijo and Yoshihiro Hirata from the Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, describe this Original Article published in GIE. We reported a retrospective, endoscopy-based, long-term cohort study to elucidate the risk factors for gastric cancer development after Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication.  We assessed histologic and endoscopic findings of gastritis …

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ERCP development in the largest developing country: a national survey from China in 2013

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Lei Xin, Liang-Hao Hu, and Zhao-Shen Li from Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China describe their article published in the October issue of GIE. This study evaluated the ERCP development in the largest developing country, China, between 2006 and 2012, when the ERCP volume in developed countries decreased. In developed countries, the …

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The first European family with gastric adenocarcinoma and proximal polyposis of the stomach (GAPPS)

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Post written by Darina Kohoutova from the 2nd Department of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology, Charles University in Praha, Faculty of Medicine at Hradec Kralove, University Teaching Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic Gastric adenocarcinoma and proximal polyposis of the stomach (GAPPS) has to date been recognized in only 8 families worldwide. Recently, different point mutations within …

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A case of ampullary follicular lymphoma

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  Victoria Gomez, MD and Lady Katherine Mejia Perez, MD from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida present this video case. We describe the case of a 65-year-old man who was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma of the ampulla of Vater. He underwent an EGD for evaluation of long-standing symptoms …

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Endoscopic management of a gastrocolonic fistula

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Toufic Kachaamy, MD, from the Western Regional Medical Center at Cancer Treatment Center of America, Goodyear, Arizona, USA, present this video case "Endoscopic management of a gastrocolonic fistula." A 55-year-old man presented with dysphagia secondary to esophageal adenocarcinoma. He underwent an esophageal stent placement with significant improvement in his dysphagia. His esophageal stent migrated a month …

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Duodenoscope and linear echoendoscope surveillance cultures

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Associate Editor Fauze Maluf-Filho, MD, PhD, FASGE, highlights this Original Article from the September issue: "Surveillance of guideline practices for duodenoscope and linear echoendoscope reprocessing in a large healthcare system" by Jack Brandabur,MD, James E. Leggett, MD, Lian Wang, et al. This study demonstrates that even after adequate reprocessing of duodenoscopes and curvilinear EUS scopes, …

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Gastric endoscopic muscle biopsy

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Elizabeth Rajan, MD, FASGE from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, USA describes this New Methods article "Innovative gastric endoscopic muscle biopsy to identify all cell types, including myenteric neurons and interstitial cells of Cajal in patients with idiopathic gastroparesis: a feasibility study (with video)." The pathophysiology of some gastrointestinal neuromuscular diseases …

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