Ming-Yan Cai, MD and Ping-Hong Zhou, MD, PhD from the Endoscopy Center at Zhongshan Hospital at Fudan University in Shanghai, China discuss their Original Article "Thoracic CT after peroral endoscopic myotomy for the treatment of achalasia." The focus of this study was to analyze the value of routine postoperative computed tomography (CT) of the chest …
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Ryan Law, DO from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA presents this video case "Simultaneous transgastric and transcolonic debridement of walled-off pancreatic necrosis." Our video demonstrates concomitant transgastric and transcolonic debridement of pancreatic necrosis in a patient 4 weeks after an episode of severe acute pancreatitis with …
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Mikihiro Fujiya, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology at Asahikawa Medical University in Asahikawa, Japan discusses this Original Article "Decreased numbers of vascular networks and irregular vessels on narrow-band imaging are useful findings for distinguishing intestinal lymphoma from lymphoid hyperplasia." In this study, we focused on the endoscopic features of intestinal malignant lymphoma using narrow-band …
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Roberto Augusto Barros, MD and María José Monteverde, MD from the Department of Digestive Endoscopy, Ambulatory Gastroenterology Center (CEGA), in Campana, Buenos Aires, Argentina share this video case "Cold snare resection of a nonpolypoid lesion >45 mm." We show a a cold snare mucosectomy of a non granular laterally spreading tumor (LST) larger than 45 mm, …
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Shailendra Chauhan MD, AGAF, FASGE from the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida, USA discusses the latest Status Evaluation Report from the ASGE Technology committee titled "Confocal laser endomicroscopy." This report is a comprehensive review of confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) written by the ASGE Technology Committee. It describes the technology, its current …
Anthony Yuen Bun Teoh, FRCSEd (Gen) from the Department of Surgery at the Prince of Wales Hospital at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong SAR, China shares this video case from the VideoGIE section "Single-step EUS-guided puncture and delivery of a lumen-apposing stent for gallbladder drainage using a novel cautery-tipped stent delivery system." …
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Shyam Varadarajulu, MD from the Center for Interventional Endoscopy at Florida Hospital in Orlando, Florida, USA discusses his Original Article "The 25G EUS-FNA needle: Good for onsite but poor for offsite evaluation?" When rapid onsite cytology evaluation is not available, cell block is used as a technique for off-site interpretation of endoscopic ultrasound-fine needle aspiration …
Associate Editor Jacques Devière, MD, PhD recommends this Original Article from the December issue "Detection and staging of esophageal cancers within Barrett’s esophagus is improved by assessment in specialized Barrett’s units." The authors clearly address a common problem in the assessment of patients having Barrett's esophagus (BE) and dysplasia. In 2014, evaluation of these patients includes …
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Vivek Kumbhari, MD, FRACP from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, USA shares this video case "Closure methods in submucosal endoscopy" from the VideoGIE section. In this video, we demonstrate various techniques that can be used to close the mucosal entry as well as an inadvertant mucosotomy during submucosal endoscopy. Endoscopic clips are widely …
Hiroki Endo, MD, PhD from the Division of Gastroenterology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine in Yokohama, Japan discusses his Original Article "Risk factors for small-bowel mucosal breaks in chronic low-dose aspirin users: data from a prospective multicenter capsule endoscopy registry." The aim of this capsule endoscopy study was to evaluate the risk factors for …
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