Sommario

• • ·Contents

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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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• • ·Capsule Summaries

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• • ·September 2007 Instructions for Authors

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• Guideline

  • ·Role of EUS

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    Prepared by: ASGE Standards of Practice Committee, S. Ian Gan, Elizabeth Rajan, Douglas G. Adler, Todd H. Baron, Michelle A. Anderson, Brooks D. Cash, Raquel E. Davila, Jason A. Dominitz, M. Edwyn Harrison, Steven O. Ikenberry, David Lichtenstein, Waqar Qureshi, Bo Shen, Mark Zuckerman, Robert D. Fanelli, Kenneth K. Lee, Trina Van Guilder

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• Technology Status Evaluation Report

  • ·Echoendoscopes

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    Prepared by: ASGE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, William M. Tierney, Douglas G. Adler, Bipan Chand, Jason D. Conway, Joseph M.B. Croffie, James A. DiSario, Daniel S. Mishkin, Raj J. Shah, Lehel Somogyi, Louis Michel Wong Kee Song, Bret T. Petersen

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• Original Articles

  • ·Propofol sedation during endoscopic procedures: how much staff and monitoring are necessary?

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    Daniel Külling, Marcello Orlandi, Werner Inauen

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  • ·Premedication with orally administered lorazepam in adults undergoing ERCP: a randomized double-blind study

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    Gunther Weitz, Nils Homann, Dorothea Clara von Jagow, Peter Wellhöner, Arik Sauer, Diether Ludwig

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  • ·Big NAPS, little NAPS, mixed NAPS, computerized NAPS: what is your flavor of propofol?

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    John J. Vargo

    
  • ·Five-year efficacy and safety of photodynamic therapy with Photofrin in Barrett’s high-grade dysplasia

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    Bergein F. Overholt, Kenneth K. Wang, J. Steven Burdick, Charles J. Lightdale, Michael Kimmey, Hector R. Nava, Michael V. Sivak, Norman Nishioka, Hugh Barr, Norman Marcon, Marcos Pedrosa, Mary P. Bronner, Michael Grace, Michelle Depot, on behalf of the International Photodynamic Group for High-Grade Dysplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus

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  • ·Endoscopic therapy for high-grade dysplasia in Barrett’s esophagus: ablate, resect, or both?

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    Prateek Sharma, Sachin Wani, Amit Rastogi

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  • ·Staging of esophageal cancer by EUS: staging accuracy revisited

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    Rahul A. Shimpi, Josh George, Paul Jowell, Frank G. Gress

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  • ·Preliminary experience comparing routine cytology results with the composite results of digital image analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridization in patients undergoing EUS-guided FNA

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    Michael J. Levy, Jonathan E. Clain, Amy Clayton, Kevin C. Halling, Benjamin R. Kipp, Elizabeth Rajan, Lewis R. Roberts, Renee M. Root, Thomas J. Sebo, Mark D. Topazian, Kenneth K. Wang, Maurits J. Wiersema, Gregory J. Gores

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  • ·Long-term follow-up of patients with gastric outlet obstruction related to peptic ulcer disease treated with endoscopic balloon dilatation and drug therapy

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    Pradeep T. Cherian, Srilekha Cherian, Pradip Singh

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  • ·The value of a stretch in the “common era”

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    Bennett E. Roth

    
  • ·Histopathologic correlates of noncalcific chronic pancreatitis by EUS: a prospective tissue characterization study

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    Shyam Varadarajulu, Isam Eltoum, Ashutosh Tamhane, Mohamad A. Eloubeidi

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  • ·EUS and chronic pancreatitis: seeing is believing?

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    Vivek Kaul, Marc F. Catalano

    
  • ·A randomized controlled trial of pentoxifylline for the prevention of post-ERCP pancreatitis

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    Dimitrios Kapetanos, Georgios Kokozidis, Dimitrios Christodoulou, Konstantinos Mistakidis, Dimitrios Sigounas, Konstantinos Dimakopoulos, Georgios Kitis, Epaminondas V. Tsianos

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  • ·Variability in the diagnosis and management of adenoma-like and non-adenoma-like dysplasia-associated lesions or masses in inflammatory bowel disease: an Internet-based study

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    Francis A. Farraye, Jerome D. Waye, Maria Moscandrew, Timothy C. Heeren, Robert D. Odze

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  • ·Recognition and appropriate management of dysplasia-associated lesions or masses in inflammatory bowel disease—experience does matter

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    Daniel C. Baumgart

    
  • ·Evaluation of postsurgical recurrence in Crohn’s disease: a new indication for capsule endoscopy?

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    Vicente Pons Beltrán, Pilar Nos, Guillermo Bastida, Belén Beltrán, Lidia Argüello, Mariam Aguas, Angel Rubín, Virginia Pertejo, Teresa Sala

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  • ·Postoperative endoscopic surveillance in Crohn’s disease: bottom up or top down?

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    Jeffry A. Katz

    
  • ·Survival of elderly persons undergoing colonoscopy: implications for colorectal cancer screening and surveillance

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    Charles J. Kahi, Faouzi Azzouz, Beth E. Juliar, Thomas F. Imperiale

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  • ·Potential and present limitation of endocytoscopy in the diagnosis of esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma: a multicenter ex vivo pilot study

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    Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Kaiyo Takubo, Yoshitaka Sato, Mitsuru Kaise, Yasumasa Niwa, Mototsugu Kato, Manabu Muto

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• CME Examination

  • ·CME Activity: Continuing Medical Education Exam: September 2007

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

      

• The Fellows' Corner

  • ·The grants guide for the gastroenterology fellow

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    Michel I. Kafrouni

     

• Review Article

  • ·Enhancing the quality of colonoscopy: the importance of bowel purgatives

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    Carol A. Burke, James M. Church

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• New Methods

  • ·Small-caliber endobronchial ultrasonic videoscope: successful transesophageal and transgastric FNA after failed passage of a standard ultrasonic endoscope

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    Kapil Gupta, Shawn Mallery

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  • ·Endoscopic evaluation of the defunctionalized stomach by using ShapeLock technology (with video)

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    Reina D. Pai, David L. Carr-Locke, Christopher C. Thompson

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  • ·EUS-guided cholecystenterostomy: a new technique (with videos)

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    Vu Kwan, Pierre Eisendrath, Fadi Antaki, Olivier Le Moine, Jacques Devière

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  • ·EUS-guided angiography: a novel approach to diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in the vascular system

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    Priscilla Magno, Chung-Wang Ko, Jonathan M. Buscaglia, Samuel A. Giday, Sanjay B. Jagannath, John O. Clarke, Eun Ji Shin, Sergey V. Kantsevoy

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  • ·EUS-guided angiography: a future indication for EUS?

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    John R. Saltzman

    

• At the Focal Point

  • ·Gallstone ileus presenting with hematemesis

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    Matthew W. Eidem, Glenn W. Gross, Joshua Alley, Stephen M. Cohn, Kern Deschner

     
  • ·Simultaneous gastroscopy and colonoscopy for the diagnosis of gastrojejunocolic fistula

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    Varghese Thomas Malayil, Jose Tony, Kareem Harish, Sebastian Saji, K. Sunil Kumar, V.K. Prathapan

     
  • ·Radiation enteritis diagnosed by capsule endoscopy

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    Yael Kopelman, Gabriel Groissman, Zvi Fireman

     
  • ·Synchronous metastatic malignant melanoma and primary adenocarcinoma in the colon

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    Hsin-Hui Chiu, Yao-Wen Liu, Chien-Chih Huang

     
  • ·“Watermelon rectum” associated with multiple vascular ectasia in the colon

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    Kuangi Fu, Hiroaki Ikematsu, David Paul Hurlstone, Yasushi Kaji, Tsutomu Ishikawa, Shigeaki Yoshida

     
  • ·External polypectomy of a large anal canal polyp

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    Kevin K. Leung, Tony E. Yusuf

     

• Case Studies

  • ·Endoscopic clips for closing esophageal perforations: case report and pooled analysis

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    Mohammed A. Qadeer, John A. Dumot, John J. Vargo, A. Rocio Lopez, Thomas W. Rice

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  • ·Cap-assisted ERCP in patients with a Billroth II gastrectomy

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    Chang-Hwan Park, Wan-Sik Lee, Young-Eun Joo, Hyun-Soo Kim, Sung-Kyu Choi, Jong-Sun Rew

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Endoscopic management of biliopleural fistula and biloma after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of liver metastasis

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    Vito Pende, Michele Marchese, Massimiliano Mutignani, Umberto Polinari, Carlo Allegri, Raffaele Greco, Guido Costamagna

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  • ·Dilation of a severe pancreatic stricture by using a guidewire left in place for 24 hours

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    Pietro Familiari, Cristiano Spada, Guido Costamagna

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  • ·EUS-guided FNA facilitates the diagnosis of retroperitoneal endometriosis

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    Everson L.A. Artifon, Tomazo A.P. Franzini, Atul Kumar, Paulo F. Matsura, Carlos K. Furuya, Shinichi Ishioka, Paulo Sakai

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  • ·Balloon-catheter-assisted complete endoscopic snare resection for choledochocele by using double-channel duodenoscope (with videos)

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    Takao Itoi, Takuji Gotoda, Ichiro Yasuda, Akio Katanuma, Shomei Ryozawa, Atsushi Irisawa, Fuminori Moriyasu

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  • ·Tapeworm infestation: a cause of iron deficiency anemia shown by capsule endoscopy

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    Kirsty Barnett, Phillip Emder, Andrew S. Day, Warwick S. Selby

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  • ·Intraperitoneal bleeding after oral double-balloon enteroscopy: a case report and review of the literature

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    Derek W. Cheng, Nancy J. Han, Shahab Mehdizadeh, Simon K. Lo

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  • ·Rapid colonoscopic detection and quantification of colonic ischemia by using a laser Doppler flowmeter

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    Eric C. Chu, Andrzej S. Tarnawski

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Polyflex esophageal stent migration with elimination per rectum

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    Young S. Oh, Michael L. Kochman

    
  • ·Hands-off conversion from an orobiliary to a nasobiliary tube: the straightforward way

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    Florian Graepler, Michael Gregor

     
  • ·Is there any need for video capsule endoscopy evaluation in postduodenal small-bowel polyps detection in familial adenomatous polyposis?

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    Xavier Dray, Kouroche Vahedi, Patrice Valleur, Philippe Marteau

    
  • ·Response:

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    Robert F. Wong

    
  • ·Persistence of Resolution clips on colorectal polypectomy sites

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    Mouen Khashab, Douglas K. Rex

     
  • ·Endoloop-assisted amputation of a large rectal lipoma

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    Panagiotis Katsinelos, Grigoris Chatzimavroudis, Christos Zavos, Jannis Kountouras

     

• Erratum

  • ·Erratum

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• News & Notices

  • ·News & Notices

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