Endoscopy treatments and images

11/08/2021

Dr Johnson summarizes key information on bowel prep that was presented at a DDW virtual symposium.

12/07/2021

“Clinical benefit of the multibending endoscope for gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection: a randomized controlled trial”
by Koichi Hamada, Yoshinori Horikawa, Yoshiki Shiwa et al.

From this month’s image gallery:

“Clinical benefit of the multibending endoscope for gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection: a randomized controlled trial”

by Koichi Hamada, Yoshinori Horikawa, Yoshiki Shiwa et al.

Fig. 3 Differences in lesion approach between conventional and multibending endoscopes. a,c Approaching the lesser curvature of the gastric body (a) or fundus (c) with a conventional endoscope is difficult, as the knife is at an angle and may make contact with the muscle layer. b,d By using a multibending endoscope, the knife is placed parallel to the muscle layer and in close proximity to the lesion at the lesser curvature of the gastric body (b) or the fundus (d).

Find out more here: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1288-0570

18/06/2021

Faisal Kamal and colleagues evaluate the usefulness of routine second-look endoscopy in “Role of routine second-look endoscopy in patients with acute peptic ulcer bleeding: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.” Find it at https://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(20)35118-X/fulltext or on pages 1228 to 1237 in the June issue, followed by an editorial by Rapat Pittayanon and James Y.W. Lau, “Strategies to pre-empt recurrent bleeding after endoscopic hemostasis.”

15/06/2021

Michael J. Bartel and colleagues aimed to assess the efficacy of topical budesonide in “Impact of topical budesonide on prevention of esophageal stricture after mucosal resection

Michael J. Bartel and colleagues aimed to assess the efficacy of topical budesonide in “Impact of topical budesonide on prevention of esophageal stricture after mucosal resection.” Find it at https://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(20)35035-5/fulltext or on pages 1276 to 1282 in the June issue of GIE.

15/06/2021

Large nonpedunculated colorectal polyp.

Our Mentoring, Education and Training Corner article discusses how to manage the large nonpedunculated colorectal polyp: http://ow.ly/b8CL50F8dh7

14/06/2021

Glycogenic acanthosis is a common benign lesion reported as an incidental finding in 3.5% of esophageal endoscopies

07/06/2021

SÍNDROME DEL PARACHOQUES ENTERRADO.

Image of the Month presents visualization of buried bumper syndrome with upper endoscopy http://ow.ly/liUu50F1BUH

07/06/2021

Treatment of selected early gastrointestinal cancers.

Multicenter prospective study finds ESD is effective, safe and associated with low recurrence for the treatment of selected early gastrointestinal cancers: http://ow.ly/DH9X50F2hZ4

28/02/2021

ACALASIA ESOFÁGICA SEVERA
Dilatación endoscópica previa a Miotomía de Heller. Buena evolución posterior.

28/02/2021

La visión de la mucosa colónica en las colonoscopias asistida por Endocuff (R) es muy eficaz y es recomendable su utilidad para obtener un importante potencial diagnóstico al mejorar la precisión y la visión.
Dr. Víctor Toledo-Pimentel
Unidad de Endoscopia Digestiva
Hospital Vithas Alicante

24/12/2020

España podría ser el país europeo con mayor incidencia de anisakiasis con unos 8.000 casos estimados al año, según el modelo del Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Vigo.
La endoscopia es la técnica de elección para la extracción del parásito de la cavidad gástrica.
Dr. Toledo-Pimentel
Unidad de Aparato Digestivo

07/03/2020