Current Issue February 2012, Vol. 75, No. 2
Issue Highlights
- Strategies for training in diagnostic upper GI endoscopy: a prospective randomized trial
- Endoscopic stenting versus emergent surgery for colorectal obstruction with advanced gastric cancer
- Endoscopic band ligation for colonic diverticular hemorrhage
- Comparison of EUS-guided rendezvous and precut papillotomy techniques for biliary access
At The Focal Point
Weck clip migration into the rectum A 70-year-old man was referred for further evaluation of a submucosal rectal nodule, discovered incidentally on routine colonoscopy. Three years before the procedure, the patient underwent an uncomplicated robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer.
April 2011 DDW Abstract Issue
Read the abstracts of this year’s Digestive Disease Week, the world’s largest gathering of physicians and researchers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery.
Guideline
Read the updated Multi-Society Guideline on Reprocessing Flexible GI Endoscopes 2011, just released by ASGE and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
Special Report
A lexicon for endoscopic adverse events: report of an ASGE workshop The overall goal of the workshop was to make recommendations about the data points and menus for AEs and for risk factors that should be incorporated into endoscopy reporting systems.
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Therapeutic challenge of ERCP for biliary decompression in a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and polycystic liver disease and pancreaticoduodenectomy anatomy27 January 2012
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Anastomotic stenosis after pancreaticoduodenectomy: an endoscopic solution27 January 2012
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Temporary placement of a fully covered metal stent to tamponade bleeding from endoscopic papillary balloon dilation27 January 2012
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Metastatic risk of diminutive rectal carcinoid tumors: a need for surveillance rectal ultrasound?27 January 2012
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Human hybrid endoscopic and laparoscopic management of mass lesions of the foregut (with video)27 January 2012
Miss rate of right-sided colon examination during colonoscopy defined by retroflexion: an observational study
Missed polyps, missed opportunities
Can we improve adenoma detection rates? A systematic review of intervention studies
