Written by Lyndon Hernandez, MD, MPH, FASGE, Chair of the GIE Editorial Review Board Early in one’s career, the more you do endoscopic procedures or publish research papers, the better and more efficient you get at it. For those fortunate enough, this resulted from a strong foundation of training during fellowship, followed by enthusiastic support …
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Postcholecystectomy refractory biliary leaks
Jorge Canena, MD, PhD, from the Center of Gastroenterology, Hospital Cuf Infante Santo, in Lisbon, Portugal discusses this Original Article "A non-randomized study in consecutive patients with postcholecystectomy refractory biliary leaks who were managed endoscopically with the use of multiple plastic stents or fully covered self-expandable metal stents (with videos)." We compared the clinical effectiveness …
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Endoscopic cell sheet transplantation device
Masanori Maeda, PhD, from the Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, in Tokyo, Japan describes this New Methods article "Endoscopic cell sheet transplantation device developed by using a 3-dimensional printer and its feasibility evaluation in a porcine model." This paper describes the development of a new device and method for …
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One-step EUS-guided gastrojejunostomy
Nobuhito Ikeuchi, MD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Tokyo Medical University in Tokyo, Japan presents this video case “One-step EUS-guided gastrojejunostomy with use of lumen-apposing metal stent for afferent loop syndrome treatment.” Afferent loop syndrome is an adverse event of several types of gastric surgery and often causes patient suffering. However, retrograde endoscopic decompression …
ADR varies during colonoscopy training
Sascha C. van Doorn, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Academic Medical Centre at the University of Amsterdam in Amsterdam, the Netherlands discusses this Original Article "Adenoma detection rate varies greatly during colonoscopy training." During endoscopy training of gastroenterology fellows (GI-fellows), the most important competency for colonoscopy is safe cecal intubation. …
Electrohydraulic lithotripsy and gallstone removal
Alireza Sedarat, MD, Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California, USA presents this VideoGIE case "Electrohydraulic lithotripsy and removal of a gallstone obstructing the duodenum: Bouveret syndrome." The case describes an elderly patient with advanced gallbladder cancer who presented with emesis and a presumptive diagnosis of …
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PEG tube placement in the United States
Lukejohn W. Day, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, in San Francisco, California, USA describes his Original Article "Practice variation in PEG tube placement: trends and predictors among providers in the United States." Enteral access placement is performed by a variety of providers and specialties …
Editor’s Choice: Double-balloon enteroscopy in Crohn’s disease
GIE Associate Editor Dr. David Schwartz recommends this Original Article from the July issue, "Double-balloon enteroscopy in Crohn’s disease: findings and impact on management in a multicenter retrospective study" by Semrad et al. In this article, the authors present a multicenter retrospective study looking at the impact of double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) in the management of …
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Cholangioscopic visualization of Fasciola hepatica
Shugo Fujibayashi, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan shares this video case "Intraductal cholangioscopic visualization of moving Fasciola hepatica." A 75-year-old Japanese male visited a private hospital with abdominal pain and jaundice in October 2013. Because magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography showed a filling defect …
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Visibility during endoscopic hemostasis
Jun Chul Park, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, in Seoul, Korea discusses this article "Factors that affect visibility during endoscopic hemostasis for upper GI bleeding: a prospective study." In our study, we attempted to determine the factors that might be …
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