Chan Hyuk Park, MD and Jun Chul Park, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Institute of Gastroenterology at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, Republic of Korea discuss their article "Impact of carcinomatosis and ascites status on long-term outcomes of palliative treatment for patients with gastric outlet obstruction …
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Srinadh Komanduri, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, USA presents this case from the VideoGIE series, "Control of immediate post-EMR bleeding by using monopolar hemostatic forceps." The video depicts a case of a significant post-polypectomy arterial bleed and the appropriate management of this adverse event. …
Phillip S. Ge, MD and V. Raman Muthusamy, MD from the Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA discuss their Original Article, "Plastic biliary stent patency in patients with locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma receiving downstaging chemotherapy." Malignant biliary obstruction due to pancreatic cancer is a challenging clinical …
Rodrigo de Rezende Zago, MD from Hospital Sírio-Libanês and Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz in São Paulo, Brazil presents this VideoGIE case "Adult ileocolic intussusception: endoscopic treatment." This case demonstrates a 21-year-old woman with abdominal pain who was diagnosed with ileocolic intussception on CT scan. We decided to perform colonoscopy with anterograde bowel cleaning due to …
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. …
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