The usefulness of a newly invented transparent silicon attachment: static electricity fastening tape hood

Post written by Shunya Takayanagi, MD, from NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Distal attachments placed on the endoscope tip are useful for cecal intubation of the colonoscope, detecting polyps by depressing the fold. Various diameter endoscopes need multiple types of attachment, which can be costly. Therefore, we developed a silicon attachment that adheres to the …

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Conversion of a dysfunctional choledochoduodenostomy to transpapillary drainage via a trans-lumen-apposing metal stent choledochoduodenoscopy

Post written by Joan B. Gornals, MD, PhD, from the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain. This is a case of a patient with a recurrent biliary obstruction caused by sump syndrome with dysfunctional endoscopic biliary drainage who underwent EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy (8- x 8-mm lumen-apposing metal stent [LAMS] + coaxial 7F x 5-cm pigtail) in a …

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Novel use of an endoscopic morcellator to assist in removal of a fully embedded esophageal stent

Post written by Wasseem Skef, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. We present a case of a patient with a refractory benign stricture treated with a fully covered metal stent who was lost to follow-up during the COVID-19 pandemic and developed severe progressive dysphagia …

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Endoscopic resection techniques for duodenal and ampullary adenomas

Post written by Grace E. Kim, MD, from the Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, and Uzma D. Siddiqui, MD, from the Center for Endoscopic Research and Therapeutics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. This instructional video reviews the management of duodenal polyps, including sporadic duodenal and ampullary adenomas. Although these are typically benign lesions, they …

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Complete intraperitoneal maldeployment of a lumen-apposing metal stent during EUS-guided gastroenteroanastomosis for malignant gastric outlet obstruction: rescue retrieval with peritoneoscopy through natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery

Post written by Ilaria Tarantino, MD, from the Endoscopy Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, IRCCS–ISMETT, and Giacomo Emanuele Maria Rizzo, MD, from the Endoscopy Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, IRCCS–ISMETT, and the Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences (Di.Chir.On.S.), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. A 75-year-old woman with malignant gastric outlet …

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Dilation balloon-occlusion technique for EUS-guided gastrojejunostomy

Post written by Samuel Han, MD, from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA. In this video with 2 cases, we describe a technique for performing an EUS-guided gastrojejunostomy using commonly available endoscopic devices, including an 18- to 20-mm dilation balloon (CRE Balloon Dilatation Catheter; Boston Scientific, Marlborough, Mass, USA). Upon identifying the site …

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Tunneling-free peroral endoscopic septotomy for Zenker diverticulum

Post written by Maria Manuela Estevinho, MD, and Rolando Pinho, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Vila Nova de Gaia Espinho Hospital Center, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. We report on a modified Zenker peroral endoscopic myotomy (Z-POEM) technique (tunneling-free) that was carried out on 4 patients. Initially, a mucosal incision was made over the septum …

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Loop-and-let-go technique for the management of symptomatic large colonic lipoma

Post written by Syedreza “Reza” Haider, MD, MBA, from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. In this video case, we present the successful endoscopic removal of a large colonic lipoma using the loop-and-let-go technique. The patient, a 69-year-old woman, had been experiencing intermittent bloating, abdominal pain, and constipation. During colonoscopy, a 50-mm …

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EUS-guided drainage of a segment VI liver abscess using a lumen-apposing metal stent

Post written by Carlos Robles-Medranda, MD, from the Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas (IECED), Guayaquil, Ecuador. We present a case study of an unilocular collection in the sixth segment of the liver that persisted after treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy. Because of comorbidities, full-dose anticoagulation, and high cardiovascular, surgical, and bleeding risks of percutaneous drainage, the …

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Troubleshooting impaction of a pancreatoscopy-guided retrieval basket during pancreatic duct stone removal

Post written by Samuel Han, MD, MS, from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA. We describe a case of pancreatoscopy-guided removal of a pancreatic duct stone. As electrohydraulic lithotripsy (EHL) was unsuccessful in fragmenting the large pancreatic duct stone, we used a cholangiopancreatoscopy-specific basket device to capture the stone. During removal of …

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