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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4-step approach to POEM

Payal Saxena, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland presents this video case titled "Peroral endoscopic myotomy: a 4-step approach to a challenging procedure" from the VideoGIE section. Our video demonstrates the techniques for performing each of the 4 steps of POEM, which are …

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Transillumination auxiliary technique for POEM

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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Aberrant innermost longitudinal muscle bundles at the esophagogastric junction during POEM

Nikolas Eleftheriadis, MD, and colleagues from the Digestive Disease Center at Showa University Northern Yokohama in Japan present this video case of an in vivo observation of aberrant innermost longitudinal muscle bundles in front of the circular muscle layer at the level of esophagogastric junction during peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM). In this video case, we …

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