Vinay Dhir, MD, Director at Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences in Mumbai, India discusses this New Methods article, "Novel ex vivo model for hands-on teaching of and training in EUS-guided biliary drainage: creation of “Mumbai EUS” stereolithography/3D printing bile duct prototype (with videos)." We wanted to create a simple yet effective teaching and training prototype …
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Ryan Law, DO from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA presents this video case "Endoscopic removal of a large common bile duct stone: more than one way to skin a cat." This video demonstrates successful removal of a "cat's eye" calculus within the common bile duct using single-balloon …
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Associate Editor Dr. John Saltzman highlights this article "Prevalence and risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries related to endoscopy" by Ridtitid et al as February's Editor's Choice. This article documents among endoscopists the high rate of work-related injuries. In a survey of 684 endoscopists who belong to the ASGE, the authors' found that 362 (53%) experienced …
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Nikhil A. Kumta, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, New York, USA presents this video case, "Salvage posterior peroral endoscopic myotomy." Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is a highly efficacious endoscopic treatment for achalasia. In this video, we present a patient who had an incomplete clinical …
Amy Tyberg, MD from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, New York, USA presents this video case, "Tamponade of a bleeding pseudocyst with a fully covered metal stent." This video describes a case of an endoscopic-ultrasound (EUS) guided pseudocyst drainage that was complicated by bleeding into the cyst cavity seen on EUS imaging. The …
Nikhil A. Kumta, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, New York, USA presents this video case, "Endoscopic necrosectomy by using a transgastric fully covered esophageal metal stent." Infected walled off pancreatic necrosis is an adverse event of pancreatitis requiring drainage and debridement for definitive management. …
Vivek Kumbhari, MD from the Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, USA presents this video case "Submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection of a giant esophageal leiomyoma." A 53-year-old woman presented for evaluation of a 2-month history of progressive dysphagia and chest pain. A chest CT …
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Amy Tyberg, MD from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, New York, USA presents this video case, "Pancreatic Necrosectomy when using a Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent." This video describes a case of a patient with pancreatic walled-off necrosis who failed endoscopic drainage using plastic pigtail stents and subsequently underwent successful endoscopic drainage with a fully-covered, …
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Nikhil A. Kumta, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, New York, USA presents this video case, "Bypassing the bypass: EUS-directed transgastric ERCP for Roux-en-Y anatomy." Patients with altered anatomy from a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass pose distinct challenges to performing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). In this …
Ryan Law, DO from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, USA shares this case from the VideoGIE section "Prevention of delayed perforation after resection of a massive lateral wall duodenal polyp by using an anchored, fully-covered self-expandable metal stent." This video demonstrates successful endoscopic mucosal …
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