VideoGIE now accepting Industry Education articles

VideoGIE has launched a new article type, Industry Education, with the goal of providing vetted educational content about current and upcoming endoscopic technologies. Key features will include tips and tricks showing manufacturer-approved equipment uses and settings. Accepted submissions will be posted on the VideoGIE website, hosted for 1 year with the option to renew, and …

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Environmental and health outcomes of single-use versus reusable duodenoscopes

Post written by Lyndon V. Hernandez, MD, MPH, from GI Associates and the Division of Gastroenterology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Concern about serious duodenoscope-related infection from multidrug-resistant organisms has facilitated single-use duodenoscopes (SDs) to permeate the market, promising a safer alternative to reusable duodenoscopes (RDs) by virtually eliminating this risk. Using mathematical modeling, …

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Author Discussion Series- David J. Desilets

A Report on Emerging Technology from the ASGE Technology Committee: "New devices and techniques for management of pancreatic fluid collections." David J. Desilets, MD, PhD, from the Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, and Tufts University School of Medicine, writes about his recently published report on "New devices and techniques for management of pancreatic fluid collections." …

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