Post written by Amol Bapaye, MD (MS), FASGE, MSGEI, FISG, FJGES, and Sanjana Bhagwat, MD, DNB, from Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Center, Pune, India. We highlight a case of a 74-year-old woman presenting with a 3.8- x 3.3-cm exophytic gastrointestinal stromal tumor on the lesser curvature that was treated using a unique strategy and technique. The strategy: After …
Tag: natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery
Editor’s Choice: Long-term (3-year) composite gastroesophageal reflux outcomes of peroral endoscopic myotomy with or without concomitant endoscopic fundoplication in matched cohorts of achalasia
GIE Senior Associate Editor David L. Diehl, MD, highlights this article from the February issue: “Long-term (3-year) composite gastroesophageal reflux outcomes of peroral endoscopic myotomy with or without concomitant endoscopic fundoplication in matched cohorts of achalasia” by Amol Bapaye, MD (MS), MSGEI, FISG, FASGE, FJGES, et al. To POEM or to POEM + F? In recent years, most …
NOTES in diagnosis of unexplained ascites
Fa-chao Zhi, MD from the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology; Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, China discusses this Original Article "Role of transgastric natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery in the diagnosis of ascites of unknown origin (with videos)" from the November issue. The purpose of this study was to evaluate …