Sommario

• • ·Early endoscopy in upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: associations with recurrent bleeding, surgery, and length of hospital stay

    Pagina :145-152

    Gregory S. Cooper, Amitabh Chak, Lynne E. Way, Patricia J. Hammar, Dwain L. Harper, Gary E. Rosenthal

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• • ·Acute major gastrointestinal hemorrhage in inflammatory bowel disease

    Pagina :153-157

    Darrell S. Pardi, Edward V. Loftus, William J. Tremaine, William J. Sandborn, Glenn L. Alexander, Rita K. Balm, Christopher J. Gostout

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Effectiveness and patient satisfaction with screening flexible sigmoidoscopy performed by registered nurses

    Pagina :158-162

    Philip S. Schoenfeld, Brooks Cash, Jeffery Kita, Marjorie Piorkowski, David Cruess, David Ransohoff

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa
• • ·Licensure, use, and training of paramedical personnel to perform screening flexible sigmoidoscopy

    Pagina :163-169

    Brooks D. Cash, Philip S. Schoenfeld, David F. Ransohoff

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa
• • ·Jumbo biopsy forceps protocol still misses unsuspected cancer in Barrett's esophagus with high-grade dysplasia

    Pagina :170-176

    Gary W. Falk, Thomas W. Rice, John R. Goldblum, Joel E. Richter

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Influence of endoscopic biopsy forceps characteristics on tissue specimens: results of a prospective randomized study

    Pagina :177-183

    Karen L. Woods, Bhupinder S. Anand, Rhonda A. Cole, Michael S. Osato, Robert M. Genta, Hoda Malaty, Inanc E. Gurer, Daniela De Rossi

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Endosonographic diagnosis of submucosal upper gastrointestinal tract lesions and large fold gastropathies by catheter ultrasound probe

    Pagina :184-191

    Elisabetta Buscarini, Michele Di Stasi, Sandro Rossi, Matteo Silva, Francesco Giangregorio, Zangrandi Adriano, Luigi Buscarini

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Treatment of gastric tumors by endoscopic mucosal resection with a ligating device

    Pagina :192-198

    Yasunaga Suzuki, Hideyuki Hiraishi, Kazunari Kanke, Hidetaka Watanabe, Naoyuki Ueno, Motoo Ishida, Hironori Masuyama, Akira Terano

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Bile duct wall thickness measured by intraductal US in patients who have not undergone previous biliary drainage

    Pagina :199-203

    Kiichi Tamada, Takeshi Tomiyama, Akira Oohashi, Toshiyuki Aizawa, Takashi Nishizono, Shinichi Wada, Shigeo Tano, Takamitsu Miyata, Yukihiro Satoh, Kenichi Ido, Ken Kimura

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Usefulness of cholangioscopy in patients with focal stricture of the intrahepatic duct unrelated to intrahepatic stones

    Pagina :204-209

    Dong Wan Seo, Myung Hwan Kim, Sung Koo Lee, Seung Jae Myung, Gyeong Hoon Kang, Hyun Kwon Ha, Dong-Jin Suh, Young Il Min

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Clinical application of a new disposable lithotripter: a prospective multicenter study

    Pagina :210-213

    Darius Sorbi, Erik C. Van Os, Frank J. Aberger, Gregory A. Derfus, Robert Erickson, Peter Meier, Douglas Nelson, Peter Nelson, Michael Shaw, Christopher J. Gostout

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Prospective assessment of the risk of bacteremia in cirrhotic patients undergoing lower intestinal endoscopy

    Pagina :214-217

    Josep Llach, J.Ignasi Elizalde, Josep M. Bordas, Angels Ginés, Manel Almela, Miguel Sans, Fernando Mondelo, Josep M. Piqué

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa
• • ·Endosonographic, endoscopic, and histologic evaluation of alterations in the rectal venous system in patients with portal hypertension

    Pagina :218-227

    Radha K. Dhiman, Vivek A. Saraswat, Gourdas Choudhuri, Brijesh C. Sharma, Rakesh Pandey, Subhash R. Naik

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·Acute lower intestinal bleedingPart II: Etiology, therapy, and outcomes

    Pagina :228-238

    Gary R. Zuckerman, Chandra Prakash

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• • ·Behcet's colitis

    Pagina :239

    Akira Hokama, Tsuyoshi Yamashiro, Fukunori Kinjo, Atsushi Saito

     
• • ·Endoscopic nasobiliary drain placement facilitates subsequent percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography

    Pagina :240-242

    Klaus Mergener, Paul Suhocki, Robert Enns, Paul S. Jowell, M.Stanley Branch, John Baillie

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·A novel approach to ring-type foreign body removal: the “U-wire”

    Pagina :243-245

    M.Andrew Mirhej, Johannes Koch, John Stansell

    Riassunto Riassunto Mappa Mappa  
• • ·A case of protein-losing gastropathy caused by acute Helicobacter pylori infection

    Pagina :245-249

    Ichiro Yoshikawa, Ikuo Murata, Miho Tamura, Keiichiro Kume, Shigekazu Nakano, Makoto Otsuki

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• • ·Successful endoscopic therapy of cholangitis associated with intrahepatic cholangiectasis in adult cystic fibrosis

    Pagina :249-251

    Terry L. Baldwin, Stephen M. Schutz, Gregory Owens, Kenneth Olivier, Cheryl Little, Robert Abbott

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• • ·Hemobilia caused by a pseudoaneurysm of the hepatic artery diagnosed by EUS

    Pagina :252-255

    Philippe Cattan, Emmanuel Cuillerier, Christophe Cellier, Charles-André Cuenod, Alain Roche, Bruno Landi, Jean-Philippe Barbier

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• • ·Successful management of ruptured duodenal varices by means of endoscopic variceal ligation: report of a case

    Pagina :255-257

    Masayuki Shiraishi, Shungo Hiroyasu, Takao Higa, Satoko Oshiro, Yoshihiro Muto

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• • ·Multiple pyogenic granulomas in sigmoid colon

    Pagina :257-259

    Tse-Ching Chen, Jau-Min Lien, Kwai-Fong Ng, Chun-Jung Lin, Yu-Ping Ho, Chin-Ming Chen

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• • ·Solution to the dilemma of retrieving an endoscope from the esophagus

    Pagina :259-261

    Min-Hui Chen, Jyh-Chin Yang, Jin-Town Wang, Teh-Hong Wang

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• • ·Screening flexible sigmoidoscopy by nonphysician endoscopists: It's here to stay, but is it the right test to do?

    Pagina :262-264

    Richard C.K. Wong

    
• • ·Pediatric gastrointestinal endoscopy in Malaysia

    Pagina :269-270

    Christopher Chiong Meng Boey, Khean-Lee Goh, Way Seah Lee

    
• • ·Comment

    Pagina :270-272

    Marvin E. Ament

    
• • ·Improved method to inject contrast material during ERCP while using a triple-lumen papillotome and guidewire

    Pagina :272

    William B. Silverman, Frederick Johlin

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• • ·Botox injection for achalasia: a modified technique

    Pagina :272-273

    Jeffrey A. Goldstein, Jamie S. Barkin

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• • ·The Soehendra stent retriever

    Pagina :273

    Niall van Someren, Michael Glynn

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• • ·Endoscopic sphincterotomy could have been a better alternative

    Pagina :273

    Qais Qutub Contractor

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• • ·Response

    Pagina :273-274

    Rama P. Venu, Russell D. Brown

    
• • ·Selective basket insertion into the left intrahepatic duct

    Pagina :274-275

    Nobuto Hirata, Yona Kushida, Satoshi Wakasugi, Rikiya Fujita

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• • ·News & Notices

    Pagina :278

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• • ·Current Trends in Digestive Ultrasonography

    Pagina :275-276

    Charles J. Lightdale

    
• • ·Surgery of the Pancreas

    Pagina :276-277

    Thomas A. Stellato

    
• • ·Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

    Pagina :277-278

    Jeffery M. Marks