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• • ·TOC

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Focus On…

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• • ·ASGE Update

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• • ·In Upcoming Issues…

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• • ·December 2006 Instructions for Authors

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• • ·Information for readers

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• • ·Author Index

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• • ·Subject Index

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• GUIDELINE

  • ·The role of endoscopy in ampullary and duodenal adenomas

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    Prepared by: Standards of Practice Committee, Douglas G. Adler, Waqar Qureshi, Raquel Davila, S. Ian Gan, David Lichtenstein, Elizabeth Rajan, Bo Shen, Marc J. Zuckerman, Robert D. Fanelli, Trina Van Guilder, Todd H. Baron

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• ORIGINAL ARTICLES

  • ·The prevalence and risk factors associated with esophageal varices in subjects with hepatitis C and advanced fibrosis

    Pagina :855-864

    Arun J. Sanyal, Robert J. Fontana, Adrian M. Di Bisceglie, James E. Everhart, Michael C. Doherty, Gregory T. Everson, John A. Donovan, Peter F. Malet, Savant Mehta, Muhammad Y. Sheikh, Andrea E. Reid, Marc G. Ghany, David R. Gretch

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  • ·Screening for esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients: endoscope, platelet count, or both?

    Pagina :865-867

    Prista Charuworn, Ramsey Cheung

    
  • ·Unsedated ultrathin EGD by using a 5.2-mm–diameter videoscope: evaluation of acceptability and diagnostic accuracy

    Pagina :868-873

    Akira Horiuchi, Yoshiko Nakayama

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  • ·Unsedated ultrathin EGD

    Pagina :874-876

    Kia Saeian, Reza Shaker

    
  • ·Advantage of endoscopic submucosal dissection compared with EMR for early gastric cancer

    Pagina :877-883

    Shiro Oka, Shinji Tanaka, Iwao Kaneko, Ritsuo Mouri, Mayuko Hirata, Toru Kawamura, Masaharu Yoshihara, Kazuaki Chayama

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  • ·Endoscopic submucosal dissection—bigger piece, better outcome!

    Pagina :884-885

    Philip Wai Yan Chiu

    
  • ·True incidence and clinical significance of pneumoperitoneum after PEG placement: a prospective study

    Pagina :886-889

    Ari J. Wiesen, Kostas Sideridis, Angelo Fernandes, Jonathan Hines, Anant Indaram, Lenny Weinstein, Samuel Davidoff, Simmy Bank

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  • ·Clinical analysis of gastroesophageal reflux after PEG

    Pagina :890-896

    Shinji Nishiwaki, Hiroshi Araki, Naoe Goto, Yukari Niwa, Masaya Kubota, Masahide Iwashita, Nobuhito Onogi, Hiroo Hatakeyama, Takao Hayashi, Teruo Maeda, Koushirou Saitoh

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  • ·Does everyone benefit from PEG?

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    Joseph Sung

    
  • ·ERCP is safe and effective in patients 80 years of age and older compared with younger patients

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    Eva Fritz, Andreas Kirchgatterer, Dietmar Hubner, Gerhard Aschl, Maximilian Hinterreiter, Bernhard Stadler, Peter Knoflach

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  • ·Do not desert me in my old age

    Pagina :906-907

    Seth A. Cohen, Franklin E. Kasmin, Jerome H. Siegel

    
  • ·EUS-guided paracentesis for the diagnosis of malignant ascites

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    Neeraj Kaushik, Asif Khalid, Debra Brody, Kevin McGrath

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  • ·Use of self-expanding metal stents to treat malignant colorectal obstruction in general endoscopic practice (with videos)

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    Jesús García-Cano, Ferran González-Huix, Diego Juzgado, Francisco Igea, Manuel Pérez-Miranda, Leopoldo López-Rosés, Antonio Rodríguez, Pedro González-Carro, Luis Yuguero, Jorge Espinós, Julio Ducóns, Víctor Orive, Santiago Rodríguez

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  • ·Colonic stents for malignant obstruction—not a bridge too far?

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    Jo Vandervoort, Tony C.K. Tham

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  • ·Success and complications of endoscopic removal of giant duodenal and ampullary polyps: a comparative series

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    Sheila L. Eswaran, Michael Sanders, Kirk P. Bernadino, Asif Ansari, Christopher Lawrence, Andreas Stefan, Anthony Mattia, Douglas A. Howell

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  • ·Temporal trends in colorectal procedure use after colorectal cancer resection

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    Gregory S. Cooper, Jonathan D. Payes

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  • ·Repeat colonoscopy has a low yield even in symptomatic patients

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    Cynthia H. Seow, Hooi C. Ee, Alex B. Willson, Ian F. Yusoff

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  • ·Impact of a colonoscopic screening examination for colorectal cancer on later utilization of distal GI endoscopies

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    Espen Thiis-Evensen, Birgitte Seip, Morten H. Vatn, Geir S. Hoff

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  • ·Follow-up colonoscopy: screen more, survey less, and save

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    Jerome D. Waye

    
  • ·A novel method of endoscopic submucosal dissection with blunt abrasion by submucosal injection of sodium carboxymethylcellulose: an animal preliminary study

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    Masahiro Yamasaki, Keiichiro Kume, Ichiro Yoshikawa, Makoto Otsuki

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• CME ACTIVITY

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

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

     

• THE FELLOWS' CORNER

  • ·Common issues in PEG tubes—what every fellow should know

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    Brent Prosser

    

• THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX

  • ·Double-balloon enteroscopy to facilitate retrograde PEG placement as access for therapeutic ERCP in patients with long-limb gastric bypass

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    Todd H. Baron

    

• REVIEW ARTICLE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

  • ·The achievements, impact, and future of the National Polyp Study

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    Sidney J. Winawer, on behalf of the NPS investigators

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• NEW METHODS

  • ·A novel method for estimating the safe margin and the adequate direction of endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy in choledocholithiasis with complications (with videos)

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    Do Hyun Park, Sang-Heum Park, Hyun-Jun Kim, Jeong Hoon Park, Jun-Young Lee, Kyeong-Hee Choi, Jae-Hak Lee, Suck-Ho Lee, Il-Kwun Chung, Hong-Soo Kim, Sun-Joo Kim

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  • ·Laparoscopic-assisted double-balloon enteroscopy for small-bowel polyp surveillance and treatment in patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

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    Andrew S. Ross, Charles Dye, Vivek N. Prachand

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  • ·Controlled trial of immediate endoluminal closure of colon perforations in a porcine model by use of a novel clip device (with videos)

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    Gottumukkala S. Raju, Ijaz Ahmed, Shu-Yuan Xiao, Douglas Brining, Allison Poussard, Orhan Tarcin, Goro Shibukawa, Kristin Dawson, Gary Knight, Randall Tanguay, Joanne Hull

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  • ·The Cath-Cam: a new concept in colonoscopy

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    Gary Long, Annette Fritscher-Ravens, C. Alexander Mosse, Tim Mills, Paul Swain

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• AT THE FOCAL POINT

  • ·Metastatic malignant melanoma in the upper alimentary tract

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    Norio Ueno, Masato Yoneda, Masahiko Inamori, Nozomi Imai

     
  • ·Use of a 22-mm enteral Wallstent for biliary obstruction

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    David L. Diehl

     
  • ·Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the pancreas and congenital choledochal cyst

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    Susana De la Riva, Miguel A. Muñoz-Navas, Maite Betés, Jose C. Súbtil, Cristina Carretero, Jesus J. Sola

     
  • ·Microcystic serous cystadenoma mimicking a solid pancreatic tumor

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    Eun Seo Park, Do Hyun Park, Soo Ji Kim, Jeong Hoon Park, Hyun Deuk Cho, Sang-Hum Park, Suck-Ho Lee, Sun-Joo Kim

     
  • ·Small-bowel angiodysplasia and intestinal bleeding: a diagnostic challenge

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    Marcelo Averbach, Oswaldo Wiliam Marques, Paulo A.F.P. Corrêa, Carlos Alberto Cappellanes, Kiyoshi Hashiba

     
  • ·External compression by a rib that caused a pseudolesion at virtual colonoscopy

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    Eugene K. Choi, Seong Ho Park, Hyun Kwon Ha

     
  • ·Successful colonoscopic drainage of appendiceal pus in acute appendicitis

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    Chen-Hua Liu, Feng-Chiao Tsai, Shih-Jer Hsu, Pei-Ming Yang

     
  • ·Toxic megacolon associated with Crohn’s disease

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    Takeshi Tsuchiya, Toshiaki Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Konishi, Hirokazu Nagawa

     

• CASE STUDIES

  • ·Treatment of small-bowel diaphragm disease by using double-balloon enteroscopy

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    Shahab Mehdizadeh, Simon K. Lo

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  • ·Epithelioid angiosarcoma of the small bowel

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    Jaber Al Ali, Hin Hin Ko, David Owen, Urs P. Steinbrecher

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• BRIEF REPORTS

  • ·Esophageal anthracosis with endobronchial tuberculosis: case report

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    Jeong Hoon Park, Suck-Ho Lee, Won-Yeop Bae, Do Hyun Park, Hyun Deuk Cho, Sang-Heum Park, Hong-Soo Kim, Sun-Joo Kim

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  • ·Sealing an extensive anastomotic leak after esophagojejunostomy with an antimigration-modified covered self-expanding metal stent

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    Bo-In Lee, Kyu-Yong Choi, Hyong-Ju Kang, Byung-Wook Kim, Hwang Choi, Chang-Whan Kim, Jeong-Jo Jeong, Soo-Heon Park, In-Sik Chung, Jin-Jo Kim, Seung-Man Park

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  • ·Achalasia as a cause of congestive heart failure

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    Alireza Sedarat, Mark J. Sterling, Michael A. Fuhrman, William M. Lewis, Muhamed Saric

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  • ·Watermelon stomach treated with endoscopic band ligation

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    Saroj K. Sinha, Harsh P. Udawat, Subhash Varma, Anupam Lal, Surinder S. Rana, Deepak K. Bhasin

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  • ·Biliary-basket impaction complicated by in vivo traction-wire fracture: report of a novel management approach

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    John T. Maple, Todd H. Baron

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• LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

  • ·Impact factors: looking beyond the absolute figures and journal rankings

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    Christos Zavos, Jannis Kountouras, Panagiotis Katsinelos

    
  • ·Capsule endoscopy for the evaluation of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced enteropathy: United Kingdom pilot data

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    Reena Sidhu, David S. Sanders, Mark E. McAlindon, Kapil Kapur

    
  • ·The role of double-balloon endoscopy in NSAID enteropathy

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

    
  • ·Magnifying colonoscopy or “ultrahigh” magnifying colonoscopy: that is the question

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    Kuang-I. Fu, Yasushi Kaji, Takahiro Fujimori

    
  • ·Response:

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    Keita Sasajima, Shin-ei Kudo, Haruhiro Inoue, Hiroshi Kashida, Akira Shiokawa

    

• NEWS & NOTICES

  • ·News & Notices

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• TRIBUTE TO REVIEWERS

  • ·On behalf of our authors and readers: A tribute to our reviewers and board members

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