Post written by Yunlu Feng, MD, and Aiming Yang, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, in Beijing, China Our article reported a 34-year-old male Chinese patient who presented with feeling of incomplete defecation and abdominal pain for more than 10 years. Colonoscopy showed a single rectal ulcer. Magnetic resonance imagine showed localized rectal …
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Successful removal of esophageal submucosal tumor
Successful removal of an esophageal submucosal tumor by submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection technique Hiroyuki Aihara, MD, PhD The Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, USA In this video, we describe a case of submucosal esophageal tumor successfully removed by a submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection (STER) technique. This is a …
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Perforation closure using polyglycolic acid sheets and fibrin glue
Yoshiki Sakaguchi, MD, PhD, Yosuke Tsuji, MD, PhD, Kazuhiko Koike, MD, PhD, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, MD, PhD, and Kazuhiko Koike, MD, PhD from the University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan discuss their video case "Successful closure of a large perforation during colorectal ESD by application of polyglycolic acid sheets and fibrin glue." The shielding method with polyglycolic …
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OTSC-assisted endoscopic resection of gastric submucosal nodule
Shashideep Singhal, MD, from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas describes this video case "Over-the-scope clip-assisted endoscopic resection of gastric submucosal nodule." A 61-year-old woman with refractory dyspepsia underwent upper endoscopy, which showed an incidental gastric submucosal nodule. EUS showed a 1.4-cm nodule arising from the muscularis propria. FNA results were …
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pCLE for differential diagnosis of gastric tubular adenoma and IM
Elisa Ryoka Baba, MD, from the Institute of Cancer of the Department of Gastroenterology, University of São Paulo Medical School, in São Paulo, Brazil writes about this video case "Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy for the differential diagnosis of gastric tubular adenoma and intestinal metaplasia in a patient with severe atrophic pangastritis." We reported a 65-year-old …
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EUS-guided pancreatic drainage for recurrent pancreatitis
Amy Tyberg, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weil Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, in New York, New York, USA presents this video case "EUS-guided pancreatic drainage for recurrent pancreatitis." This case describes a 71-year-old female with recurrent pancreatitis and a tight pancreatic duct (PD) stricture that was unable to be crossed during …
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Endoscopic palliative treatment using SEMS
Adriana Vaz Safatle-Ribeiro, MD, PhD, from the Cancer Institute of São Paulo, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil presents this video case "Endoscopic palliative treatment using a metallic stent in a patient with an obstructive jejunal metastasis." The video demonstrates the insertion and deployment of an uncovered self-expandable metal stent at the midjejunum in …
Endoscopic sphincterotomy using isolated-tip needle-knife papillotome
Ryosuke Tonozuka, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan shares this video case "Endoscopic sphincterotomy using an isolated-tip needle-knife papillotome after Billroth II gastrectomy." A needle knife papillotome (NKP) has been used instead of a standard sphincterotome knife for difficult endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) in patients with a surgically altered …
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Stepwise endoscopic resection
Alejandro L. Suarez, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, USA writes about this video case "Stepwise endoscopic resection of a large gastric lipoma causing gastric outlet obstruction and GI bleeding." Lipomas of the gastrointestinal tract are slow growing tumors commonly found incidentally. …
Treating refractory esophago-cutaneous fistula
Fernando P. Marson, MD, from the Hospital Sírio Libanês in São Paulo, Brazil presents this video case "Endoscopic esophagopexy for treatment of a refractory esophago-cutaneous fistula." The video showcases an interesting way of treating a refractory esophago-cutaneous fistula that had previously failed many standard endoscopic approaches. It is important to demonstrate that the approximation of …
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