Robert Enns, MD and Neal Shahidi, MD from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada discuss their article "Establishing the learning curve for achieving competency in performing colonoscopy: a systematic review" from the September issue. The focus of our systematic review was to establish training requirements for achieving competency in performing colonoscopy …
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Quick tips on how to be a successful reviewer By Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, MD, MPH from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Being a peer reviewer has several important benefits. It exposes one to the editorial process and encourages critical appraisal of work. It exposes you to the cutting edge of scientific advances in …
Hiroyuki Aihara, MD, PhD from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, USA discusses his Original Article "Facilitating endoscopic submucosal dissection: the suture-pulley method significantly improves procedure time and minimizes technical difficulty compared with conventional technique: an ex vivo study (with video)" from the September issue. The main purpose of this study was to objectively …
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Authors Wajeeh Salah, MD, and Rahul Pannala, MD, from the Mayo Clinic Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, discuss this video case, "Acute duodenal diverticulitis treated with endoscopic therapy." Our video highlights a case of acute periampullary diverticulitis caused by impaction of bowel contents within the diverticular lumen. We demonstrate the technique for treating this type …
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Editor-in-Chief Dr. Glenn Eisen highlights this article from the September issue: "A risk index for advanced neoplasia on the second surveillance colonoscopy in patients with previous adenomatous polyps" by Thomas F. Imperiale, MD, Ravi Juluri, MD, Eric A. Sherer, PhD, Elizabeth A. Glowinski, RN, Cynthia S. Johnson, MS, and Michael S. Morelli, MD. Recommendations for …
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Audrey Calderwood, MD, MS, FASGE from the Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, USA discusses her Original Article "Boston Bowel Preparation Scale scores provide a standardized definition of adequate for describing bowel cleanliness" from the August issue. The assessment of bowel cleanliness during colonoscopy (while not a glamorous topic!) is critical to the practice of …
Authors Dr. Nicholas Burgess and Dr. Michael Bourke from Westmead Hospital and the University of Sydney in Sydney, NSW, Australia discuss their Thinking Outside the Box article "Sessile serrated adenomas/polyps with cytologic dysplasia: a triple threat for interval cancer" from the August issue. Sessile serrated adenoma/polyps (SSA/P) are now recognized to play an important role …
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Vivek Kumbhari, MD, FRACP from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, USA presents this video case titled "Closure of a chronic tracheoesophageal fistula by use of a cardiac septal occluder" from the VideoGIE section. In this video, we demonstrate the use of a cardiac septal occluder (Amplatzer; St Jude Medical, Plymouth, Minnesita, USA) to …
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Folasade P. May, MD, Mphil from University of California Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California, USA discusses her Original Article "Low uptake of colorectal cancer screening among African Americans in an integrated Veterans Affairs health care network" from the August issue. We investigated disparities in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening uptake between African Americans and non-African …
Authors Chenlu Tian, MD and Deepak Agrawal, MD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas report on their Original Article "Readability, suitability, and health content assessment of web-based patient education materials on colorectal cancer screening." Our study assessed the quality of popular and reputable web-based patient education materials on colorectal cancer …
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