Vivek Kumbhari, MD from the Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, USA shares this VideoGIE case, "EUS-guided gastrojejunostomy for management of complete gastric outlet obstruction." An 86-year-old female presents for management of gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) secondary to locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma. An …
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GIE Associate Editor Amit Rastogi, MD, FASGE highlights this Original Article, "Public reporting of colonoscopy quality is associated with an increase in endoscopist adenoma detection rate." This study showed that public reporting of the adenoma detection rate (ADR) of 11 gastroenterologists resulted in significant improvement- 5% overall and 7.8% for screening colonoscopies. Also, a natural …
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Naohisa Yoshida, MD, PhD, from the Department of Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, in Kyoto, Japan discusses this Original Article "Improvement in the visibility of colorectal polyps by using blue laser imaging (with video)." We proved the improvement of polyp visibility by blue laser imaging (BLI) …
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Omair Atiq, MD, and Deepak Agrawal, MD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, in Dallas, Texas, USA, share this VideoGIE case, "Suture material in the common bile duct causing recurrent stones." We presented a case of an elderly female with recurrent episodes of …
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Juan J. Vila, MD, from the Biliary and Pancreatic Diseases Unit, Endoscopy Unit, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra in Pamplona, Spain presents this VideoGIE case, "EUS-guided transgastric drainage of a peripancreatic collection containing an arterial bypass graft." This video case describes drainage of an infected pancreatic collection in a patient with previous abdominal vascular surgery because …
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Ferga C. Gleeson, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, USA discusses this Original Article, "Frequency of mitogen-activated protein kinase and phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling pathway pathogenic alterations in EUS-FNA sampled malignant lymph nodes in rectal cancer with theranostic potential." We have previously characterized EUS FNA cytology specimens by targeted …
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Ryan Law, DO, from the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, shares this case from the VideoGIE section, "Endoscopic transhepatic cholangiography with antegrade transanastomotic stent placement in a liver transplantation patient with Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy." Our case describes the endoscopic treatment of a hepaticojejunostomy stricture in an adult patient …
Neil Sengupta, MD, from the Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA describes this Original Article, "Salvage cryotherapy after failed radiofrequency ablation for Barrett’s esophagus–related dysplasia is safe and effective." Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an effective and durable treatment option for patients with …
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Written by Sachin Wani, MD, from University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA. Contributing to the peer review process is one of the joys of academic medicine. Not only do you have the opportunity to contribute to the publication of high quality studies but on a personal level, it exposes you to the …
Hideaki Harada, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, New Tokyo Hospital, Chiba, Japan presents this VideoGIE case "Inverted frontal view method facilitates bile duct cannulation via the intact papilla in patients with Roux-en-Y anastomosis." An 85-year-old-man who had undergone total gastrectomy plus Roux-en-Y reconstruction was referred to our department with calculus-related cholangitis. We describe the …
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