Post written by Prakash Zacharias, MD, DM, and Mathew Philip, MD, DM, from the Lisie Institute of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Transplantation, Lisie Hospital, Kochi, India. This article highlights the application of a third-space endoscopic technique to restore luminal continuity in a patient with complete esophageal obstruction at the postcricoid region. We successfully created a neo-lumen by performing submucosal tunneling from …
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Endoscopic freehand full-thickness resection of a gastric leiomyosarcoma initially diagnosed as gastric leiomyoma on endoscopic ultrasound—guided fine-needle biopsy
Post written by Michael Yulong Wu, BMedSt, MD, MSurg, from Port Macquarie Private Hospital, Port Macquarie, and Port Macquarie Gastroenterology, Thrumster, and Stuart Kostalas, MBBS (Hons 1), MM (Clin Epi), MSc (Oxon), MBiostatistics, FRACP, from Port Macquarie Private Hospital, Port Macquarie, Port Macquarie Gastroenterology, Thrumster, and UNSW Rural Clinical Campus, University of New South Wales, Port Macquarie, Australia. This …
Scar incision and endoscopic balloon dilation for severe benign esophageal strictures
Post written by Naoya Tada, MD, PhD, Akira Dobashi, MD, PhD, and Kazuki Sumiyama, MD, PhD, from the Department of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Our video demonstrates a combined technique of scar incision and endoscopic balloon dilation (EBD) for severe benign esophageal strictures following endoscopic submucosal dissection or esophagectomy. After identifying areas of severe fibrosis, we selectively …
Management of an inadvertent insertion of a biliary plastic stent into the portal vein: a dreaded ERCP adverse event
Post written by Rashid Abdel-Razeq, MD, and Hassan Siddiki, MD, MS, MEd, from Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. This article describes a case of an inadvertent biliary stent insertion into the portal vein. A multidisciplinary hybrid endoscopic and percutaneous approach successfully removed the stent and closed the biliovascular fistula without surgical intervention. It was important to showcase this video …
A station-wise approach to liver anatomy for linear EUS
Post written by Dario Ligresti, MD, from the Digestive Endoscopy Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy, and Radhika Chavan, MD, DNB, FISG, FASGE, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, Pune, India. Our video demonstrates a structured, station-wise approach for identifying liver anatomy during linear EUS. Liver segments are described from …
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Cap-suction pseudopolyp formation during underwater mucosal resection for intra-appendiceal lesions
Post written by Laura Gutiérrez-Rios, MD, Raquel Muñoz-González, MD, and Hugo Uchima, MD, PhD, from the Endoscopy Unit, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain. This video case series demonstrates the feasibility of cap-suction pseudopolyp formation during underwater EMR for en bloc resection of intra-appendiceal lesions. Two patients without prior appendectomy were successfully treated using a colonoscope fitted with …
Endoscopic repair of Strasberg type D bile duct injury following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: an unconventional approach
Post written by Ahmad Abdulraheem, MD, and Angela Koomson, MD, from the Department of Medicine, MedStar Georgetown Washington Hospital Center, and Abdalla Khouqeer, MD, Ahmad Al-Dwairy, MD, and Walid Chalhoub, MD, from the Gastroenterology Section, Department of Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. The video describes a case of severe bile duct injury managed solely with ERCP. The patient presented with acute cholecystitis due to …
Endoscopic management of active arterial bleeding in walled-off necrosis collection
Post written by Matthew Eganhouse, MD, and Ajaypal Singh, MD, from the Division of Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. In our recently published video case, we describe, to our knowledge, the first time endoscopic hemostasis was achieved from active arterial bleeding within a walled-off necrosis (WON) cavity. Our patient, a 45-year-old woman, initially underwent EUS-guided cystgastrostomy …
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Peroral endoscopic tumor resection of recurrent hypopharyngeal fibrovascular polyp
Post written by Yohei Nishikawa, MD, PhD, from Digestive Diseases Center, Showa Medical University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. We present a case of a 56-year-old woman with a recurrent fibrovascular polyp (FVP) in the hypopharynx. She previously underwent an incomplete resection, and the residual tumor continued to grow, leading to progressive dysphagia. We performed …
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Pleural connection treated with stent plus endobronchial valve
Post written by Mayank Goyal, MD, from the the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, and Navtej Buttar, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. We report the case of a 34-year-old man with a complex surgical history who developed a refractory esophagopleural fistula (EPF) …
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