Endoscopic full-thickness resection for GI stromal tumors

Stavros N. Stavropoulos, MD and colleagues present this video case titled "Endoscopic full-thickness resection for GI stromal tumors" from the VideoGIE section. Our video demonstrates endoscopic en bloc complete resection of a 4 cm gastric GI stromal tumor (GIST) with a substrantial 2 cm extraluminal component extending into the peritoneal cavity. In this elderly patient …

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Swine model of bile duct dilation

Seok Jeong, MD from the Digestive Disease Center at the Department of Internal Medicine at Inha University School of Medicine in Incheon, Korea shares this New Methods article titled "Development of a swine bile duct dilation model using endoclips or a detachable snare under cap-assisted endoscopy" from the August issue. In this paper, we introduce …

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Optimizing efficiency and operations at endoscopy centers

Lukejohn Day, MD Assistant Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine presents this discussion on his Original Article "Optimizing efficiency and operations at a California safety-net endoscopy center: a modeling and simulation approach." Improvements in endoscopy center efficiency are needed, but scant data are available. Our objective was to identify opportunities …

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Editor’s Choice- Web-based patient education materials and colorectal cancer screening

Associate Editor Dr. John Vargo highlights this article from the August issue: “Readability, suitability, and health content assessment of web-based patient education materials on colorectal cancer screening” by Chenlu Tian, MD, Sara Champlin, MA, Michael Mackert, PhD, Allison Lazard, MS, and Deepak Agrawal, MD. Online patient education has become a pervasive and powerful tool in …

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Repeat endotherapy for small-intestine vascular lesions

Satoshi Shinozaki, MD, PhD from Jichi Medical University and Shinozaki Medical Clinic in Tochigi, Japan discusses his Original Article "Favorable long-term outcomes of repeat endotherapy for small-intestine vascular lesions by double-balloon endoscopy." The focus of this study is to evaluate the long-term outcome of patients with small intestine vascular lesions (SIVLs) bleeding after repeat double-balloon …

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Authoring a manuscript review: consider your audience

Written by Patrick Yachimski, MD, MPH from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. A manuscript review, like any other form of written communication, is intended for the consumption of a reading audience. This is a basic premise, but one which is easily overlooked or taken for granted. Before authoring a manuscript review, it is well worth reminding …

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ORCID—optimizing research discoverability

As a researcher, it is critical to your reputation and career that research and scholarly organizations, funders, publishers, scholarly societies and associations, and your fellow researchers be able to quickly and unambiguously identify and attribute your work – and only your work – to you. How can you ensure that you are receiving credit and …

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Indeterminate-size rectal carcinoids

Ferga C. Gleeson, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota discusses her Original Article "Endoscopically identified well-differentiated rectal carcinoid tumors: impact of tumor size on the natural history and outcomes." A paucity of data pertain to the natural history and outcome of patients with incidentally identified well-differentiated rectal …

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Choledochoscopic surveillance

Authors Mohit Girotra, MD and Rayburn F. Rego, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA share this case "Choledochoscopic surveillance in a patient with Hepaticolithiasi" from the VideoGIE section.  A 54-year-old Asian female with recurrent hepaticolithiasis had previously undergone a Kasai …

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