Catharine M. Walsh, MD, MEd, FRCPC from The Hospital for Sick Children and the Wilson Centre for Research in Education at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada discusses her Original Article "Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Competency Assessment Tool: development of a procedure-specific assessment tool for colonoscopy." The main purpose of this study was to develop and …
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Congratulations to this year's Reviewer Award Winners! Thirty-five GIE reviewers were recognized for their superior contributions to GIE, both through completing high numbers of reviews and for submitting the highest quality of work. Thank you for donating your time and energy to the peer-review process. Your efforts help to make GIE a success. This year's winners …
Patrick Yachimski, MD, MPH from Vanderbilt University Medical Center presents this VideoGIE article titled "Endoscopic resection of an ampullary gangliocytic paraganglioma." This video case depicts endoscopic examination and resection of a subepithelial ampullary lesion, histopathologically identified following resection as a gangliocytic paraganglioma. This case represents an unusual ampullary neoplasm. While most neoplasms resected in the …
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Associate Editor Dr. Klaus Mergener highlights this article from the May issue: "Patient compliance and suboptimal bowel preparation with split-dose bowel regimen in average-risk screening colonoscopy" by Stacy B. Menees, MD, MS, H. Myra Kim, ScD, Patricia Wren, PhD, Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, PhD, Grace H. Elta, MD, Stephanie Foster, MPH, Sheryl Korsnes, MA, Brittany Graustein, …
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Many activities related to GIE took place during Digestive Disease Week this year in Chicago. Twenty-one author interviews were taped on Monday. New author interviews filmed at DDW will be featured in upcoming issues of the Journal. Thank you to all of our interviewers and authors who participated! GIE Associate Editors met for a …
Brian S. Lim, MD, MCR from Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine presents this video case titled "Over-the-scope clip for closure of persistent post-esophagectomy gastric conduit fistula." A 69-year-old man had an Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy for esophageal carcinoma. On postoperative day 6, the patient developed severe chest pain; CT …
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Francisco Baldaque-Silva, MD from Centro Hospitalar de São João in Porto, Portugal presents this video case "New transillumination auxiliary technique for peroral endoscopic myotomy." In our experience, one of the most difficult steps of the peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) technique is the achievement of a proper tunnel length that will allow a safe and effective …
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Hiroyoshi Nakanishi, MD from Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital in Ishikawa, Japan reports on his Original Article published recently in GIE titled "Detection of pharyngeal cancer in the overall population undergoing upper GI endoscopy by using narrow-band imaging: a single-center experience, 2009–2012." Narrow-band imaging (NBI) including magnifying endoscopy is very useful for the detection and diagnosis …
Vishal Ghevariya, MD from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in Elmhurst, New York presents this VideoGIE case "Esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis." Esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis (EIPD) is a condition characterized by the development of numerous epithelium lined cystic foci or diverticulum within the esophageal wall. Progressive dysphagia and chest discomfort are the most common …
Written by Julia J. Liu, MD, MSc, FASGE from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. As you open your inbox, an invitation for manuscript review catches your eye. It is your research area, but it’s been a while since you wrote your last review, or this is your …
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