Post written by James Love, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Our study focused on comparing quality performance metrics between screening and surveillance colonoscopies. Although screening colonoscopies have well-established benchmarks, particularly for adenoma detection rate (ADR), surveillance procedures lack such validated metrics. This …
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Unveiling the effectiveness of Chat-GPT 4.0, an artificial intelligence conversational tool, for addressing common patient queries in gastrointestinal endoscopy
Post written by Roberta Maselli, MD, PhD, from the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Italy. This study evaluates the effectiveness and reliability of Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer 4.0 (Chat-GPT 4.0; OpenAI, San Francisco, Calif, USA) in addressing common patient queries regarding GI endoscopy. By assessing responses in terms of reliability, accuracy, and comprehensibility, the …
An unexpected finding after endoscopic management for dysplastic Barrett’s esophagus
Post written by Rajit Aziz Gilhotra, MBBS (Hons), FRACP, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, and Neal Shahidi, MD, FRCPC, PhD, from the Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, and the Digestive Health Centre, St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada. This case report shares the unusual, rare finding of esophageal squamous papillomatosis (ESP) …
Unsedated transnasal endoscopy experience at a tertiary referral center in India
Post written by Ravi Teja Pasam, MBBS, MPH, from Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover, New Hampshire, USA. Our study focuses on the unsedated transnasal endoscopy (uTNE) experience at a tertiary care center in India. Completion rate, tolerance, and adverse events of uTNE were studied. Tolerance of uTNE was compared with that of prior peroral EGD (PO-EGD) experience. PO-EGD is …
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Novel hemostatic adhesive powder to prevent delayed bleeding after endoscopic submucosal dissection in the GI tract: first U.S. multicenter experience
Post written by Maham Hayat, MD, and Dennis Yang, MD, from the Center for Interventional Endoscopy, AdventHealth, Orlando, Florida, USA. This study aimed to evaluate the use of UI-EWD (Nexpowder; Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minn, USA), a novel hemostatic powder, for prophylaxis of delayed bleeding (DB) after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) in the upper and lower GI tract. DB remains a …
Preliminary validation of the virtual bariatric endoscopic simulator
Post written by Mark A. Gromski, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, Suvranu De, ScD, from the College of Engineering, Florida A&M University-Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, and Doga Demirel, PhD, from the School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA. This study focuses on developing and validating the virtual …
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Unexpected clipping failure of a full-thickness resection device during endoscopic full-thickness resection
Post written by Yasutoshi Shiratori, MD, MPH, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Division of Gastroenterology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Endoscopic full-thickness resection (EFTR) using a full-thickness resection device (FTRD; Ovesco Endoscopy AG, Tübingen, Germany) has become a valuable technique for managing nonlifting colonic lesions, such as residual polyps after EMR, with reported high …
Prevalence and sex differences in endoscopy-related injuries: comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis
Post written by Azizullah Beran, MD, from the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the prevalence, characteristics, and burden of endoscopy-related injury (ERI). GI endoscopy is a crucial part of a gastroenterologist’s daily practice. However, it is physically demanding and increases musculoskeletal injuries. As …
Cecal intubation rates: data from the New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry
Post written by Alexander Miller, MD, from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA, and Joseph C. Anderson, MD, from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, White River Junction VA Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont, USA, and New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry, Lebanon. We explored the association between patient, endoscopist, and examination factors and cecal …
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Peroral cholecystoscopy–guided interventions through a lumen-apposing metal stent after EUS-guided gallbladder drainage: proof-of-concept study in a swine model
Post written by Naminatsu Takahara, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Diagnosing gallbladder neoplasms is challenging because of difficulties in direct visualization and tissue sampling of the tumor. As a result, cholecystectomy is sometimes performed as a diagnostic procedure, but it can result in unnecessary surgery, which …
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