Joseph A. Picoraro, MD, from the Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, in New York, New York, USA discusses this Original Article, "Gastrojejunal tube placement through an established gastrostomy via an endoscopic transgastric approach in a pediatric population." The focus of our study was to analyze the advantages and challenges of an innovative and …
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Benjamin Tharian, MD, MRCP, FRACP, from the Centre for Interventional Endoscopy, Florida Hospital, in Orlando, Florida, USA presents this VideoGIE case, "Successful removal of a foreign body from a gallbladder remnant by using a new single-operator digital cholangioscope." A 34-year-old female with a history of an incomplete laparoscopic cholecystectomy developed right upper quadrant pain and …
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Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD, from the Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, USA presents this VideoGIE case "EUS-guided rescue of early dislodgement of a lumen-apposing stent." A 74-year-old man presented with cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis. The patient underwent an ERCP with biliary sphincterotomy and placement …
Nikhil A. Kumta, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, in New York, New York, USA discusses this Original Article, "Endoscopic gallbladder drainage compared with percutaneous drainage." Our aim was to compare endoscopic gallbladder drainage (EGBD) and percutaneous gallbladder drainage (PGBD) for patients with cholecystitis who were non-surgical candidates in …
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Dennis Yang, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York, New York, USA presents this video case "EUS-guided ethanol ablation of symptomatic pancreatic insulinomas." In this video, we describe the technique of EUS-guided ethanol ablation and evaluate its safety and efficacy for the treatment of patients with …
Samir C. Grover, MD, MEd, FRCPC, from the Division of Gastroenterology, St. Michael’s Hospital, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada describes this Original Article, "Impact of a simulation training curriculum on technical and nontechnical skills in colonoscopy: a randomized trial." The optimal manner to deliver simulation-based training in endoscopy has yet to be determined. The purpose of …
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Shailendra Chauhan, MD, AGAF, FASGE, from the University of Florida College of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutriton in Gainesville, Florida, USA discusses this ASGE Technology committee document, "Enteroscopy." This document is an update to a previous ASGE Technology committee document titled "Enteroscopes." This document is a comprehensive technical review of currently available enteroscopy …
Vinay Dhir, MD, from the Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences, Global Hospitals, in Mumbai, India presents this VideoGIE case, "Immediate control of acute intracystic arterial hemorrhage after EUS-FNA by EUS-guided fine-needle injection." This video describes stopping of intra-arterial bleeding following EUS-guided cyst aspiration by utilizing EUS-guided FNA (EUS-FNA). This 60-year-old patient was referred to us …
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Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Michael Wallace highlights this article from the December issue, "Endoscopic gallbladder drainage compared with percutaneous drainage" by Prashant Kedia, MD, Reem Z. Sharaiha, MD, MSc, Nikhil A. Kumta, MD, et al. Gallbladder disease is a very common condition throughout the world. It is currently managed by surgery and occasionally with percutaneous drainage in …
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Shin-ei Kudo, MD, PhD, from the Digestive Disease Center, Showa University, Northern Yokohama Hospital, in Yokohama, Japan presents this Original Article "Endocytoscopic microvasculature evaluation is a reliable new diagnostic method for colorectal lesions (with video)." We clarified the efficacy of endocytoscopic vascular pattern (EC-V) for colorectal lesions. The diagnostic accuracy of EC-V was comparable to …
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