Sommario

• • ·J. Edward Berk, MD, DSc, MACP 1911-2008

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    William S. Haubrich

     
• • ·Contents

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• • ·Editors

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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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• • ·May 2008 Instructions for Authors

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• White Paper

  • ·NOTES™: where have we been and where are we going?

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    The NOSCAR™ Joint Committee on NOTES™, Members of the NOSCAR™ Joint Committee on NOTES™ are:, Robert H. Hawes, David W. Rattner, David Fleischer, Christopher J. Gostout, Anthony Kalloo, Michael Kochman, Michael Marohn, Jeffrey Ponsky, Richard Rothstein, Steven Schwaitzberg, C. Daniel Smith, Lee Swanstrom, Mark Talamini, Christopher C. Thompson

    

• Guidelines

  • ·Infection control during GI endoscopy

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    Prepared by: ASGE STANDARDS OF PRACTICE COMMITTEE, Subhas Banerjee, Bo Shen, Douglas B. Nelson, David R. Lichtenstein, Todd H. Baron, Michelle A. Anderson, Jason A. Dominitz, S. Ian Gan, M. Edwyn Harrison, Steven O. Ikenberry, Sanjay B. Jagannath, Robert D. Fanelli, Ken Lee, Trina van Guilder, Leslie E. Stewart

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  • ·Antibiotic prophylaxis for GI endoscopy

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    Prepared by: ASGE STANDARDS OF PRACTICE COMMITTEE, Subhas Banerjee, Bo Shen, Todd H. Baron, Douglas B. Nelson, Michelle A. Anderson, Brooks D. Cash, Jason A. Dominitz, S. Ian Gan, M. Edwyn Harrison, Steven O. Ikenberry, Sanjay B. Jagannath, David Lichtenstein, Robert D. Fanelli, Ken Lee, Trina van Guilder, Leslie E. Stewart

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• Original Articles

  • ·Local recurrence of large squamous-cell carcinoma of the esophagus after endoscopic resection

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    Ryu Ishihara, Hiroyasu Iishi, Yoji Takeuchi, Motohiko Kato, Sachiko Yamamoto, Shunsuke Yamamoto, Eriko Masuda, Koichi Tatsumi, Koji Higashino, Noriya Uedo, Masaharu Tatsuta

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  • ·Is en bloc resection essential for endoscopic resection of GI neoplasia?

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    Takuji Gotoda, Tonya Kaltenbach, Roy Soetikno

    
  • ·A randomized, prospective trial of electrosurgical incision followed by rabeprazole versus bougie dilation followed by rabeprazole of symptomatic esophageal (Schatzki’s) rings

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    Jason C. Wills, Kristen Hilden, James A. DiSario, John C. Fang

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  • ·Clinical outcomes of endoscopic oblique aspiration mucosectomy for superficial esophageal cancer

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    Satoshi Tanabe, Wasaburo Koizumi, Katsuhiko Higuchi, Tohru Sasaki, Kento Nakatani, Noboru Hanaoka, Takako Ae, Kenji Ishido, Hiroyuki Mitomi, Katsunori Saigenji

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  • ·Endoscopic treatment of esophagogastric variceal bleeding in patients with noncirrhotic extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis: a long-term follow-up study

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    Manon C.W. Spaander, Sarwa Darwish Murad, Henk R. van Buuren, Bettina E. Hansen, Ernst J. Kuipers, Harry L.A. Janssen

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  • ·Endoscopic treatment of bleeding esophagogastric varices: what really matters?

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    John Goff

    
  • ·Usefulness and safety of 0.4% sodium hyaluronate solution as a submucosal fluid “cushion” in endoscopic resection for gastric neoplasms: a prospective multicenter trial

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    Hironori Yamamoto, Naohisa Yahagi, Tsuneo Oyama, Takuji Gotoda, Toshihiko Doi, Shoji Hirasaki, Tadakazu Shimoda, Kentaro Sugano, Hisao Tajiri, Takao Takekoshi, Daizo Saito

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  • ·Submucosal fluid cushion and EMR: who rules the roost?

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    James J. Farrell

    
  • ·Classification of gastric pit patterns by confocal endomicroscopy

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    Jian-Na Zhang, Yan-Qing Li, You-An Zhao, Tao Yu, Jian-Ping Zhang, Yu-Ting Guo, Hong Liu

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  • ·Patient perception of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery as a technique for cholecystectomy

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    Shyam Varadarajulu, Ashutosh Tamhane, Ernesto R. Drelichman

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  • ·Digital image analysis of EUS images accurately differentiates pancreatic cancer from chronic pancreatitis and normal tissue

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    Ananya Das, Cuong C. Nguyen, Feng Li, Baoxin Li

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  • ·Digital analysis of EUS images: “promising” method, but is it ready for “prime time”?

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    Manoop S. Bhutani

    
  • ·Debridement and drainage of walled-off pancreatic necrosis by a novel laparoendoscopic rendezvous maneuver: experience with 6 cases

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    Andreas Fischer, Hans-Juergen Schrag, Tobias Keck, Ulrich T. Hopt, Stefan Utzolino

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  • ·Rapid-sequence endoscopic management of posttransplant anastomotic biliary strictures

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    Giuseppe Morelli, Ali Fazel, Joel Judah, Jen Jung Pan, Chris Forsmark, Peter Draganov

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  • ·Management of post-liver-transplant biliary strictures: a work in progress

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    Terry L. Jue, Joanne C. Imperial

     
  • ·Initial experience with double-balloon enteroscopy at a U.S. center

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    Seth A. Gross, Mark E. Stark

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  • ·Double-balloon enteroscopy: ready for prime time?

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    Ahmad Kamal

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  • ·Agile patency system eliminates risk of capsule retention in patients with known intestinal strictures who undergo capsule endoscopy

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    Juan M. Herrerias, Jonathan A. Leighton, Guido Costamagna, Anthony Infantolino, Rami Eliakim, Doron Fischer, David T. Rubin, Howard D. Manten, Eitan Scapa, Douglas R. Morgan, Ari J. Bergwerk, Binyamin Koslowsky, Samuel N. Adler

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  • ·A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials of moderate sedation for routine endoscopic procedures

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    Kenneth R. McQuaid, Loren Laine

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  • ·Accuracy of the size estimation in wireless capsule endoscopy: calibrating the M2A PillCam (with video)

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    Florian Graepler, Manuel Wolter, Reinhard Vonthein, Michael Gregor

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• CME Examination

  • ·CME Activity: Continuing Medical Education Exam: May 2008

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

    

• The Fellows' Corner

  • ·Endoscopic video editing for the advanced endoscopist

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    Jonathan M. Buscaglia

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• Technical Review

  • ·Achieving cecal intubation in the very difficult colon

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    Douglas K. Rex

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• Review Article

  • ·The approach to patients with acute GI hemorrhage who cannot receive a blood transfusion

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    Michael J. Pollack, Richard C.K. Wong

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• New Methods

  • ·Transnasal ultrathin endoscopy for placement of a long intestinal tube in patients with intestinal obstruction

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    Ryu Sato, Jiro Watari, Hiroki Tanabe, Mikihiro Fujiya, Nobuhiro Ueno, Youkou Konno, Chisato Ishikawa, Takahiro Ito, Kentaro Moriichi, Kotaro Okamoto, Atsuo Maemoto, Kenji Chisaka, Yohei Kitano, Kakuya Matsumoto, Toshifumi Ashida, Toru Kono, Yutaka Kohgo

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  • ·EUS-guided photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for ablation of normal pancreatic tissue: a pilot study in a porcine model (with video)

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    Tony E. Yusuf, Kai Matthes, William R. Brugge

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  • ·Photodynamic therapy for pancreatic cancer: let’s get serious

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    Herbert C. Wolfsen

    
  • ·Evaluation of a novel access and closure device for NOTES applications: a transcolonic survival study in the porcine model (with video)

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    Marvin Ryou, Derek G. Fong, Reina D. Pai, Jude Sauer, Christopher C. Thompson

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• At the Focal Point

  • ·Clindamycin-induced hypopharyngeal injury

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    Mark D. Johnson, Andrew B. Gentry, Brooks D. Cash

     
  • ·Successful endoscopic band ligation for bleeding venous bleb

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    I.-Tsung Lin, Wen-Hsiung Chang, Tsang-En Wang, Cheng-Hsin Chu, Shee-Chan Lin, Shou-Chuan Shih, Ming-Jong Bair

     
  • ·A low-lying pancreatic stent and an obscure pancreatic stent

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    Siriboon Attasaranya, Evan L. Fogel, Stuart Sherman

     
  • ·Mirizzi syndrome presenting as painless jaundice: a rare entity diagnosed by EUS

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    Mario Pelaez-Luna, Michael J. Levy, Amindra S. Arora, Todd H. Baron, Elizabeth Rajan

     
  • ·A remnant cystic duct cancer presenting as a duodenal submucosal tumor

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    Jae Sup Eum, Gwang Ha Kim, Chan Ho Park, Dae Hwan Kang, Geun Am Song

     
  • ·Colonic coinfection of histoplasma and cytomegalovirus mimicking carcinoma in a patient with HIV/AIDS

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    Xinqing Fan, Larry Scott, Suimin Qiu, G.S. Raju, Marc Shabot

     

• Case Studies

  • ·Case series of endoscopic balloon dilation to treat a stricture caused by circumferential resection of the gastric antrum by endoscopic submucosal dissection

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    Seiji Tsunada, Shinichi Ogata, Kotaro Mannen, Seiichiro Arima, Yasuhisa Sakata, Ryosuke Shiraishi, Ryo Shimoda, Hibiki Ootani, Kanako Yamaguchi, Takehiro Fujise, Hiroyuki Sakata, Ryuichi Iwakiri, Kazuma Fujimoto

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  • ·Direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy: a case series in pediatric patients

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    Daniel J. Virnig, Edward J. Frech, Mark H. DeLegge, John C. Fang

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Needle tract implantation on the esophageal wall after EUS-guided FNA of metastatic mediastinal lymphadenopathy

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    Shinpei Doi, Ichiro Yasuda, Takuji Iwashita, Takashi Ibuka, Hideki Fukushima, Hiroshi Araki, Yoshinobu Hirose, Hisataka Moriwaki

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  • ·Endoscopic diagnosis of chronic severe upper GI bleeding due to helminthic infection

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    Shilpa C. Reddy, Kenneth J. Vega

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  • ·Therapeutic ERCP with the double-balloon enteroscope in patients with Roux-en-Y anastomosis

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    Klaus Mönkemüller, Michael Bellutti, Helmut Neumann, Peter Malfertheiner

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  • ·EUS-directed transpapillary self-expandable metallic stent placement after successful interventional EUS-guided cholangiography

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    Alberto Larghi, Piera Giuseppina Lecca, Massimiliano Mutignani, Guido Costamagna

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  • ·Melanoma metastatic to the duodenum presenting as upper GI bleed: 2 cases and a review of the literature

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    Bassem M. Chehab, Shaker R. Dakhil, Imad I. Nassif

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  • ·A solitary colonic metastasis from gastric cancer detected at an early stage

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    Hisashi Nakamura, Kuangi Fu, Hirokazu Fukui, David Paul Hurlstone, Yasushi Kaji, Tsutomu Ishikawa, Takahiro Fujimori

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  • ·Novel method for recolonoscopy after percutaneous cecostomy

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    William L. Berger, Venelin Kounev, Mary F. Otterson

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·The wrong cornerstone

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    Todd D. Heller

    
  • ·Response:

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    Antonio Tucci

    
  • ·High-risk features confer an increased risk of significant GI pathology in patients aged less than 50 years with dyspepsia

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    Nick Powell, Joel Mawdsley, Jonathan Hoare, Rupert Negus, Huw Thomas, Julian Teare, Tim Orchard

    
  • ·Propofol sedation during endoscopic procedures in private practice: the case for capnography to make 1-nurse endoscopy acceptable

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    Florian Froehlich, Nicolas Milliet

    
  • ·Antimotility during ERCP

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    Shyam Menon

    
  • ·Are dysplasia and colorectal cancer endoscopically visible in patients with ulcerative colitis?

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    Matthew D. Rutter

    
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    David T. Rubin, Russell D. Cohen, Stephen B. Hanauer

    
  • ·Colonoscopic surveillance in ulcerative colitis

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    Shyam Menon

    
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    Takayuki Matsumoto, Tetsuji Kudo, Yukihiko Jo, Motohiro Esaki, Mitsuo Iida