Sommario

• • ·TOC

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• • ·Editorial Boards

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• • ·Focus On…

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• • ·ASGE Update

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• • ·In Upcoming Issues…

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• • ·Instructions for authors

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• • ·Information for readers

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• • ·News & Notices

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• ERCP CORE CURRICULUM

  • ·ERCP core curriculum

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    ERCP Core Curriculum prepared by the ASGE Training Committee:, Robynne K. Chutkan, Asyia S. Ahmad, Jonathan Cohen, Marcia R. Cruz-Correa, David J. Desilets, Jason A. Dominitz, Brian J. Dunkin, Sergey V. Kantsevoy, Lee McHenry, Girish Mishra, David Perdue, John L. Petrini, Patrick R. Pfau, Thomas J. Savides, Jennifer J. Telford, John J. Vargo

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• ORIGINAL ARTICLES

  • ·How to turn knots into bows: avoiding endoscopic malpractice

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    George Triadafilopoulos

    
  • ·Analysis of 59 ERCP lawsuits; mainly about indications

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    Peter B. Cotton

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  • ·Fools rush in …

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    John L. Petrini

    
  • ·The ERCP-related lawsuit: “Best avoid it!”

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    James T. Frakes

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  • ·Probe EUS for the diagnosis of invasion depth in superficial esophageal cancer: a comparison between a jelly-filled method and a water-filled balloon method

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    Motohiro Esaki, Takayuki Matsumoto, Tomohiko Moriyama, Kazuoki Hizawa, Yutaka Ohji, Shotaro Nakamura, Katsuya Hirakawa, Minako Hirahashi, Takashi Yao, Mitsuo Iida

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  • ·Treatment of esophageal varices: a randomized controlled trial comparing endoscopic sclerotherapy and EUS-guided sclerotherapy of esophageal collateral veins

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    Gustavo Andrade de Paulo, José Celso Ardengh, Frank Shigueo Nakao, Angelo Paulo Ferrari

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  • ·Duodenal EUS to identify thickening of the extrahepatic biliary tree wall in primary sclerosing cholangitis

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    Steven Mesenas, Charles Vu, Laura Doig, John Meenan

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  • ·Endoscopic management of pancreatic pseudocysts or abscesses after an EUS-guided 1-step procedure for initial access

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    Martin Krüger, Andrea S. Schneider, Michael P. Manns, Peter N. Meier

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  • ·Efficacy and safety of therapeutic ERCP in patients 90 years of age and older

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    Panagiotis Katsinelos, George Paroutoglou, Jannis Kountouras, Christos Zavos, Athanasios Beltsis, George Tzovaras

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  • ·Abdominal CT as a predictor of outcome before attempted direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy

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    John T. Maple, Bret T. Petersen, Todd H. Baron, Gavin C. Harewood, C. Daniel Johnson, Grant D. Schmit

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  • ·Predicting the success of percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy placement: the endoscope light outshines the CT scan

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    Moshe Shike

    
  • ·Scheduled maintenance treatment with infliximab is superior to episodic treatment for the healing of mucosal ulceration associated with Crohn’s disease

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    Paul Rutgeerts, Robert H. Diamond, Mohan Bala, Allan Olson, Gary R. Lichtenstein, Weihang Bao, Kamlesh Patel, Douglas C. Wolf, Michael Safdi, Jean Frederic Colombel, Bret Lashner, Stephen B. Hanauer

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  • ·Mucosal healing in Crohn’s disease: what you see is what you get?

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    Uma Mahadevan

    
  • ·The functionality and reliability of an Internet interface for assessments of endoscopic still images and video clips: distributed research in gastroenterology

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    T. de Lange, A.M. Svensen, S. Larsen, L. Aabakken

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  • ·Right-side shift of colorectal adenomas with aging

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    Yutaka Yamaji, Toru Mitsushima, Hitoshi Ikuma, Hirotsugu Watabe, Makoto Okamoto, Haruhiko Yoshida, Takao Kawabe, Ryoichi Wada, Masao Omata

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  • ·The right test for colon cancer screening?

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    Jeffrey T. Wei, Robert S. Sandler

    

• THE FELLOWS' CORNER

  • ·The history of the “French” gauge

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    Neal K. Osborn, Todd H. Baron

     

• CME EXAMINATION

  • ·CME Activity : Continuing Medical Education Exam: March 2006

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    Todd H. Baron, Brenna C. Bounds, Robert Sedlack, Allan P. Weston, G.S. Raju, George Triadafilopoulos

     

• NEW METHODS

  • ·Accurate localization of tissue layers in the esophagus by using a double-lumen injection catheter: implications for the Enteryx procedure

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    Robert A. Ganz, Mark Rydell, Paul Termin

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  • ·Survival studies after endoscopic transgastric oophorectomy and tubectomy in a porcine model

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    Mihir S. Wagh, Benjamin F. Merrifield, Christopher C. Thompson

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  • ·EUS diagnosis and simultaneous endoscopic retrograde cholangiography treatment of common bile duct stones by using an oblique-viewing echoendoscope

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    Rodolfo Rocca, Claudio De Angelis, Francesca Castellino, Guya Masoero, Marco Daperno, Raffaello Sostegni, Caterina Rigazio, Lucia Crocellà, Alessandro Lavagna, Elena Ercole, Angelo Pera

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  • ·EUS and ERCP combined: together we are strong?

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    Markus B. Frenz, Till Wehrmann

    
  • ·Local injection of infliximab in the postoperative recurrence of Crohn’s disease

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    Livia Biancone, Micaela Cretella, Claudio Tosti, Giampiero Palmieri, Carmelina Petruzziello, Alessandra Geremia, Emma Calabrese, Francesco Pallone

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  • ·Infliximab treatment of postoperative ulcers in Crohn’s disease: to inject or not to inject—that is the question

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    Wojciech Blonski, Gary R. Lichtenstein

    

• AT THE FOCAL POINT

  • ·Endoscopic removal of two leaking alkaline batteries

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    Joseph K. Lim, Tonya R. Kaltenbach, Erenee Sirinian, Samuel N. Marcus

     
  • ·Gastric foreign body

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    Davor Hrabar, Marko Duvnjak, Ivan Lerotic, Vedran Tomasic, Vladimir Supanc, Branko Bilic

     
  • ·Retroperitoneal bleeding after EUS-guided FNA of a pancreatic mass

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    Wee-Chian Lim, Julia Kim LeBlanc

     
  • ·Fasciola hepatica in the common bile duct

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    Jong Cheol Kim, Sung Koo Lee, Dong Wan Seo, Sang Soo Lee, Myung-Hwan Kim

     
  • ·Mesenteric chylous cyst

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    Ari Wiesen, Kostas Sideridis, Bernard Stark, Simmy Bank

     
  • ·Primary linitis plastica of the jejunum

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    Hsu-Heng Yen, Yang-Yuan Chen, Maw-Soan Soon

     
  • ·EUS-assisted intervention to restore continuity of an obstructed ileal pouch–anal anastomosis

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    Robert D. Anderson, Damien Mallat, Warren Lichliter

     

• CASE STUDY

  • ·Endoscopic sphincterotomy–induced hemorrhage: treatment with heat probe

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    Sedef Kuran, Erkan Parlak, Dilek Oguz, Bahattin Cicek, Selcuk Disibeyaz, Burhan Sahin

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• CASE REPORTS

  • ·Endoscopic transection of distally migrated biliary self-expanding metallic stents by using argon plasma coagulation: a report of 2 cases (with video)

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    Nalini M. Guda, Martin L. Freeman

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  • ·A case of GI hemorrhage in a patient with Turner’s syndrome: diagnosis by capsule endoscopy

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    Justin Nudell, Patrick Brady

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• BRIEF REPORTS

  • ·Tandem utilization of a hemostatic clip and a banding device in the esophagus: a novel hemostatic technique

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    Vikas Khurana

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  • ·Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication after biopolymer injection: a case report

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    Amit Agrawal, Amine Hila, Radu Tutuian, Inder Mainie, David Adams, Donald O. Castell

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  • ·Intracerebral hemorrhage after therapeutic upper-GI endoscopy: report of a case

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    Alkiviadis Efthymiou, Costas Markoglou, Fani Michalopoulou, Nikos Viazis, Jiannis Vlachogiannakos, Alec Avgerinos

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  • ·Eosinophilic pancreatitis presenting as a pancreatic mass with obstructive jaundice

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    Tyler Stevens, Richard Mackey, Gary W. Falk, Ana Bennett, J. Michael Henderson

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  • ·Metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma diagnosed by EUS-guided FNA of a rapidly progressive peripancreatic mass

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    Todd P. Jessup, Wahid Y. Wassef, Rhonda K. Yantiss, Kanishka Bhattacharya

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  • ·Endoscopic membranectomy of duodenal diaphragm: pediatric experience

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    Filippo Torroni, Paola De Angelis, Tamara Caldaro, Giovanni Federici di Abriola, Antonio Ponticelli, Gianluca Bergami, Luigi Dall’Oglio

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  • ·Eosinophilic jejunitis presenting with acute abdomen: the usefulness of double-balloon enteroscopy

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    Yang-Yuan Chen, Wei-Wen Su, Maw-Soan Soon, Hsu-Heng Yen, Mei-Ling Chen

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• LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

  • ·Schatzki’s rings are not associated with eosinophilic esophagitis

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    Spiros N. Sgouros, Christina Bergele, Apostolos Mantides

    
  • ·Response

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    Tusar Desai, Glenn T. Furuta

    
  • ·Rigiflex pneumatic dilation of achalasia without fluoroscopy: a novel office procedure

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    Shahab Abid, Greger Lindberg

    

• ERRATUM

  • ·Erratum

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