Sommario

• • ·The Stretta procedure for the treatment of GERD: 6 and 12 month follow-up of the U.S. open label trial

    Pagina :149-156

    George Triadafilopoulos, John K. DiBaise, Timothy T. Nostrant, Neil H. Stollman, Paul K. Anderson, M.Michael Wolfe, Richard I. Rothstein, John M. Wo, Douglas A. Corley, Marco G. Patti, Louis V. Antignano, John S. Goff, Steven A. Edmundowicz, Donald O. Castell, John C. Rabine, Michael S. Kim, David S. Utley

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·ERCP, biliary crystal analysis, and sphincter of Oddi manometry in idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis

    Pagina :157-162

    Madhukar Kaw, George J. Brodmerkel

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Bile duct crystals do not contribute to sphincter of Oddi dysfunction

    Pagina :163-166

    Leonard G. Quallich, Mark A. Stern, Melissa Rich, William D. Chey, Jeffrey L. Barnett, Grace H. Elta

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Complete colonoscopy rarely misses cancer

    Pagina :167-171

    Hooi C. Ee, James B. Semmens, Neville E. Hoffman, Perth Teaching Hospitals Endoscopy Group

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• • ·A randomized controlled trial in a training institution comparing a pediatric variable stiffness colonoscope, a pediatric colonoscope, and an adult colonoscope

    Pagina :172-179

    Douglas A. Shumaker, Atif Zaman, Ronald M. Katon

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Significance of appendiceal involvement in patients with ulcerative colitis

    Pagina :180-185

    Takayuki Matsumoto, Shotaro Nakamura, Michio Shimizu, Mitsuo Iida

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Presence of white bile associated with lower survival in malignant biliary obstruction

    Pagina :186-191

    Vineet Ahuja, Pramod Kumar Garg, Dinesh Kumar, Geetanjali Goindi, Rakesh Kumar Tandon

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·An observer-blinded, prospective, randomized comparison of forceps for endoscopic esophageal biopsy

    Pagina :192-196

    Theodore W. Schafer, Karine M. Hollis-Perry, Richard M. Mondragon, Oscar S. Brann

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Catheter US probe EUS evaluation of gastric cardia and perigastric vascular structures to predict esophageal variceal recurrence

    Pagina :197-203

    Yasuhiro Konishi, Takefumi Nakamura, Hajime Kida, Hiroshi Seno, Kazuichi Okazaki, Tsutomu Chiba

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Cholangiographic criteria for anomalous union of the pancreatic and biliary ducts

    Pagina :204-208

    Tatsuya Nomura, Yoshio Shirai, Norimasa Sandoh, Shigenori Nagakura, Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Microbial overgrowth in water perfusion equipment for esophageal/rectal motility

    Pagina :209-213

    Michelle J. Alfa, Alexandra Ilnyckyj, Nila MacFarlane, Vivienne Preece, Sandra Allford, Beth Fachnie

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• • ·Endoscopic band ligation for control of nonvariceal upper GI hemorrhage: Comparison with bipolar electrocoagulation

    Pagina :214-218

    Shigenaga Matsui, Toshinori Kamisako, Masatoshi Kudo, Ryoichi Inoue

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Dilation after fundoplication: Timing, frequency, indications, and outcome

    Pagina :219-223

    Navreet Malhi-Chowla, Piotr Gorecki, Tanja Bammer, Sami R. Achem, Ronald A. Hinder, Kenneth R. DeVault

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• • ·Biliary tract complications after orthotopic liver transplantation with choledochocholedochostomy anastomosis: endoscopic findings and results of therapy

    Pagina :224-231

    Rungsun Rerknimitr, Stuart Sherman, Evan L. Fogel, Cem Kalayci, Lawrence Lumeng, Naga Chalasani, Paul Kwo, Glen A. Lehman

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Assessment of EUS for diagnosing, staging, and determining resectability of pancreatic cancer: A review

    Pagina :232-237

    Gordon C. Hunt, Douglas O. Faigel

    
• • ·Transverse colon malt lymphoma with nodal metastasis

    Pagina :238-239

    Daisuke Yoshimura, Akira Maruoka, Soichiro Maekawa, Takashi Yao, Naohiko Harada, Hajime Nawata

    
• • ·Diffuse colon cancer with tumor thrombus in the portal vein

    Pagina :239-240

    Hiroshi Nakase, Chiharu Kawanami, Toshiyuki Itoh, Kazuichi Okazaki, Tsutomu Chiba, Toshinao Itani, Jun Mimura, Toshihiko Kawasaki, Hideshi Komori

    
• • ·Acute pancreatitis caused by hemobilia secondary to hepatoma with bile duct invasion

    Pagina :240-241

    Li-Jung Tseng, Yeun Tarl Fresner N. Jao, Lein-Ray Mo

    
• • ·Spine complications of stent placement

    Pagina :241

    Joseph V. Mersol, Richard A. Kozarek

    
• • ·Use of a duodenoscope to manage complications at the ureteroileal anastomotic site after total urinary bladder resection and the Bricker procedure

    Pagina :242-248

    Guido Costamagna, Saumil K. Shah, Massimiliano Mutignani, Andrea Tringali, Petros P. Alevras, Vasilios Vamvakousis, Marco Racioppi, Alessandro D'Addessi, Vincenzo Perri

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·A new radial mechanical puncture echoendoscope: Prospective comparison with standard linear and radial echoendoscopes in assessment of focal pancreatic lesions

    Pagina :249-254

    Boris Brand, Ryan Ponnudurai, Shomei Ryozawa, Karol L. Mendes, Ai Ming Yang, Sabine Bohnacker, Uwe Seitz, Stefan Seewald, Nib Soehendra

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• • ·Endoscopic vertical band gastroplasty with an endoscopic sewing machine

    Pagina :254-256

    Amjad N. Awan, C.P. Swain

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• • ·Definitive treatment of pancreatic abscess by endoscopic transmural drainage

    Pagina :256-262

    Jong Jae Park, Sun Suk Kim, Yang Seoh Koo, Duck Joo Choi, Hyun Chul Park, Ju Hyun Kim, Jae Sun Kim, Jin Hai Hyun

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• • ·Extensive spontaneous submucosal dissection of the esophagus: Long-term sequential endoscopic observation and treatment

    Pagina :262-265

    Kee-Wook Jung, Ok-Jae Lee

    
• • ·EUS-guided treatment of a solid hepatic metastasis

    Pagina :266-270

    Robert L. Barclay, Manuel Perez-Miranda, Marc Giovannini

    
• • ·Endoscopic resection of gangliocytic paraganglioma of the minor duodenal papilla: Case report and review

    Pagina :270-273

    Toshifumi Nakamura, Takachika Ozawa, Mutsuo Kitagawa, Yasunori Takehira, Masami Yamada, Kazuhiko Yasumi, Katsutoshi Tamakoshi, Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Hirotoshi Nakamura

    
• • ·Endoscopic treatment of a post-traumatic biliary stricture mimicking a Klatskin tumor

    Pagina :274-276

    Kwabena Osei-Boateng, Natarajan Ravendhran, Oleh Haluszka, Peter E. Darwin

    
• • ·Multiple systemic embolisms with septicemia after gastric variceal obliteration with cyanoacrylate

    Pagina :276-277

    Yan-Mei Tan, Khean-Lee Goh, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Patrick S. Tan, Prabhakeran Ranjeev, Omar Salem, Andy E. Vasudevan, Md-Said Rosaida, Mohamed Rosmawati, Lian-Huat Tan

    
• • ·Magnified view of adenocarcinoma in short segment Barrett's esophagus treated by endoscopic mucosal resection

    Pagina :278-281

    Kazuyoshi Yagi, Atsuo Nakamura, Atsuo Sekine, Yoichi Tamiya, Manabu Oyamatsu

    
• • ·Expansion of a lung abscess after stent closure of a bronchoesophageal fistula

    Pagina :281-283

    Manuel Bautista, Alan Greenberg, Paul Weissman

    
• • ·GI lesions in Henoch-Schönlein purpura

    Pagina :283-286

    Girish Poré

    
• • ·The hunt for microlithiasis in idiopathic acute recurrent pancreatitis: Should we abandon the search or intensify our efforts?

    Pagina :286-293

    Michael J. Levy

    
• • ·Tracking regional endoscopy activity

    Pagina :298-300

    Antonio Grassi

    
• • ·Methods for treating longitudinal data: Censored observations

    Pagina :304-306

    Sara M. Debanne, Douglas Y. Rowland