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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Diagnosis of Whipple's disease by EUS-guided-FNA and endoscopic biopsy at the same procedure30 January 2012
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Successful EUS-guided FNA through a colonic stent array for diagnosis of an extraluminal pelvic malignancy causing colonic obstruction30 January 2012
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A randomized trial comparing rates of abdominal contamination and postoperative infection among natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery, laparoscopic surgery, and open surgery in pigs30 January 2012
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Management of malignant gastric outlet obstruction with a modified triple-layer covered metal stent30 January 2012
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A new fully covered metal stent for the treatment of benign and malignant dysphagia: a prospective follow-up study30 January 2012
Is nasogastric tube lavage in patients with acute upper GI bleeding indicated or antiquated?
The role of endoscopy in the management of choledocholithiasis
Direct visualization of indeterminate pancreaticobiliary strictures with probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy: a multicenter experience
