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• • ·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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• • ·July 2008 Instructions for Authors

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• Guideline

  • ·Role of endoscopy in the bariatric surgery patient

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

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• Technology Status Evaluation Report

  • ·Endoscopic mucosal resection and endoscopic submucosal dissection

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    Prepared by: ASGE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, Sergey V. Kantsevoy, Douglas G. Adler, Jason D. Conway, David L. Diehl, Francis A. Farraye, Richard Kwon, Petar Mamula, Sarah Rodriguez, Raj J. Shah, Louis Michel Wong Kee Song, William M. Tierney

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• Original Articles

  • ·Endoscopic management of upper esophageal strictures after treatment of head and neck malignancy

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    Sushil K. Ahlawat, Firas H. Al-Kawas

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  • ·Screening of Barrett’s esophagus with string-capsule endoscopy: a prospective blinded study of 100 consecutive patients using histology as the criterion standard

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    Francisco C. Ramirez, Rodney Akins, Masud Shaukat

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  • ·String capsule endoscopy: a viable method for screening for Barrett’s esophagus?

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    Allan P. Weston

     
  • ·Circumferential ablation of Barrett’s esophagus that contains high-grade dysplasia: a U.S. multicenter registry

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    Robert A. Ganz, Bergein F. Overholt, Virender K. Sharma, David E. Fleischer, Nicholas J. Shaheen, Charles J. Lightdale, Stephen R. Freeman, Ronald E. Pruitt, Shiro M. Urayama, Frank Gress, Darren A. Pavey, M. Stanley Branch, Thomas J. Savides, Kenneth J. Chang, V. Raman Muthusamy, Anthony G. Bohorfoush, Samuel C. Pace, Steven R. DeMeester, Viktor E. Eysselein, Masoud Panjehpour, George Triadafilopoulos

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  • ·Stem cells in Barrett’s esophagus: HALOs or horns?

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    Stuart Jon Spechler, Rhonda F. Souza

    
  • ·The value of touch imprint cytology in EUS-guided Trucut biopsy

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    Andrew D. Vanderheyden, Kerry A. Proctor, Maged K. Rizk, Rogelio G. Silva, Chris S. Jensen, Henning Gerke

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  • ·Clinical experience of transoral suturing for an endoluminal vertical gastroplasty: 1-year follow-up in 64 patients

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    Roberto Fogel, Juana De Fogel, Ydaly Bonilla, Rafael De La Fuente

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  • ·Endoluminal treatment of obesity: the dawn of a new era?

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    Marc Bessler

    
  • ·Flexible transgastric peritoneoscopy and liver biopsy: a feasibility study in human beings (with videos)

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    Kimberley Steele, Michael A. Schweitzer, Jerome Lyn-Sue, Sergey V. Kantsevoy

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  • ·Laparoscopy—a historical perspective: are gastroenterologists going to reclaim it?

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    H. Juergen Nord

    
  • ·Ursodeoxycholic acid treatment for patients with postcholecystectomy pain and bile microlithiasis

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    Ngozi Okoro, Amil Patel, Marney Goldstein, Naveen Narahari, Qiang Cai

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  • ·Should patients with biliary-type pain after cholecystectomy be evaluated for microlithiasis?

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    Furqaan Ahmed, Stuart Sherman

    
  • ·Intraductal US in the assessment of tumor involvement to the orifice of the cystic duct by malignant biliary obstruction

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    Yousuke Nakai, Hiroyuki Isayama, Takeshi Tsujino, Takao Kawabe, Yoko Yashima, Hiroshi Yagioka, Hirofumi Kogure, Takashi Sasaki, Osamu Togawa, Toshihiko Arizumi, Yukiko Ito, Saburou Matsubara, Kenji Hirano, Naoki Sasahira, Minoru Tada, Masao Omata

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  • ·Efficacy and safety of 1-step transnasal endoscopic nasobiliary drainage for the treatment of acute cholangitis in patients with previous endoscopic sphincterotomy (with videos)

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    Takao Itoi, Takashi Kawai, Atsushi Sofuni, Fumihide Itokawa, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Toshio Kurihara, Chika Kusano, Yutaka Saito, Takuji Gotoda

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  • ·Disconnected pancreatic duct syndrome in severe acute pancreatitis: clinical and imaging characteristics and outcomes in a cohort of 31 cases

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    Mario Pelaez-Luna, Santhi Swaroop Vege, Bret T. Petersen, Suresh T. Chari, Jonathan E. Clain, Michael J. Levy, Randal K. Pearson, Mark D. Topazian, Michael B. Farnell, Michael L. Kendrick, Todd H. Baron

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  • ·Clinical impact of capsule endoscopy on further strategy and long-term clinical outcome in patients with obscure bleeding

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    Pieter Hindryckx, Thomas Botelberge, Martine De Vos, Danny De Looze

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  • ·Low frequency of bacteremia after an endoscopic resection for large colorectal tumors in spite of extensive submucosal exposure

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    Byung-Hoon Min, Dong Kyung Chang, Dong Uk Kim, Young-Ho Kim, Poong-Lyul Rhee, Jae J. Kim, Jong Chul Rhee

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• CME Examination

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

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

     

• The Fellows' Corner

  • ·Wireless capsule endoscopy: where and how to learn?

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    Jonathan A. Erber

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• Review Articles

  • ·ERCP as an outpatient treatment: a review

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    Suzanne M. Jeurnink, Jan Werner Poley, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Ernst J. Kuipers, Peter D. Siersema

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  • ·Outpatient ERCP—everybody is doing it: does this make it right?

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    Patrick R. Pfau

    

• New Methods

  • ·Mask adaptor—a novel method of positive pressure ventilation during propofol deep sedation for upper GI endoscopy

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    Yongzi Cong, Xizhuo Sun

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  • ·Gastrojejunal stomal reduction with the T-tag device in porcine models (with videos)

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    Shou-jiang Tang, Christopher O. Olukoga, David A. Provost, Deborah Hogg, Edward Livingston, Daniel J. Scott

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  • ·Design and instrumentation of new devices for performing appendectomy at colonoscopy (with video)

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    Gerd R. Silberhumer, Tudor Birsan, Wayne Noda, Ewald Unger, Winfried Mayr, Susanne Lang, Gerhard Prager, Christoph Gasche

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• At the Focal Point

  • ·A case of intraepithelial neoplasia in the oropharynx detected by endoscopic screening with narrow-band imaging videoendoscopy

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    Makiko Matsumura, Noriya Uedo, Ryu Ishihara, Hiroyasu Iishi, Takashi Fujii, Yasuhiko Tomita

     
  • ·A spur sign in the EUS evaluation of dysphagia

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    Shajan Peter, Lukas Degen

     
  • ·A rare etiology of hematemesis: esophageal erosive ulcer bleeding caused by aortic aneurysm compression

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    I-Tsung Lin, Shou-Chuan Shih, Tsang-En Wang, Cheng-Hsin Chu, Shee-Chan Lin, Chen-Wang Chang, Wen-Hsiung Chang

     
  • ·Silastic silicone rubber band migration: an unusual complication resolved by endoscopy

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    Silvia Gómez-Senent, Consuelo Froilán-Torres, Luisa Adán-Merino, Jose Manuel Suárez De Parga

     
  • ·Hemorrhagic emphysematous cholecystitis presenting as obstructive jaundice and hemobilia

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    Shawn M. Hancock, Bret J. Spier, Patrick R. Pfau

     
  • ·Superior mesenteric artery syndrome

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    Dervis Bandres, Andrès Ortiz, Jacobo Dib

     
  • ·Accidental diagnosis of Trichuris trichiura by colonoscopy

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    Chen-Wang Chang, Wen-Hsiung Chang, Shou-Chuan Shih, Tsang-En Wang, Shee-Chan Lin, Ming-Jong Bair

     

• Case Studies

  • ·Does the endoscopic finding of esophageal metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma progress from submucosal mass to polypoid shape?

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    Chang Soo Choi, Haak Cheoul Kim, Tae Hyeon Kim, Geom Seog Seo, Ki Hoon Kim, Eun Young Cho, Sung O. Seo, Hyo Jung Oh, Suck Chei Choi

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  • ·Endoluminal resection for sessile neoplasia in the GI tract is associated with a low recurrence rate and a high 5-year survival rate

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    Andrew Y. Wang, Nuzhat A. Ahmad, Jeffrey S. Zaidman, Colleen M. Brensinger, James D. Lewis, William B. Long, Michael L. Kochman, Gregory G. Ginsberg

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  • ·Lymphoepithelial cysts of the pancreas: an EUS case series

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    John Nasr, Michael Sanders, Kenneth Fasanella, Asif Khalid, Kevin McGrath

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  • ·Retention of the capsule endoscope: a single-center experience of 1000 capsule endoscopy procedures

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    Feng Li, Suryakanth R. Gurudu, Giovanni De Petris, Virender K. Sharma, Arthur D. Shiff, Russell I. Heigh, David E. Fleischer, Janice Post, Paula Erickson, Jonathan A. Leighton

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Laparoscopic assistance for endoscopic resection of early stage esophageal cancer (with video)

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    Shyam Varadarajulu, Juan Pablo Arnoletti

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  • ·Demonstration of peristalsis in gastric duplication cyst by EUS: implications for diagnosis and symptomatology (with videos)

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    Vikram Bhatia, Pramod Kumar Garg, Siddarth Dutta Gupta, Nihar Ranjan Dash, Sundeep Singh Saluja, Kaushal Madan

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  • ·Actinomycosis mimicking a pancreatic head neoplasm diagnosed by EUS-guided FNA

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    Ma Somsouk, Amandeep K. Shergill, James P. Grenert, Hobart Harris, John P. Cello, Janak N. Shah

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  • ·Primary pancreatic lymphoma coexisting with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: EUS findings

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    Alice M. McCauley, Klaus T. Gottlieb

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  • ·ERCP via mature feeding jejunostomy tube tract in a patient with Roux-en-Y anatomy (with video)

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    Todd H. Baron, Prabhleen Chahal, Lincoln E.V.V.C. Ferreira

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  • ·EUS-guided drainage of infected pancreatic pseudocyst: use of a 10F Soehendra dilator to facilitate a double-wire technique for initial transgastric access (with videos)

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    Tiing Leong Ang, Eng Kiong Teo, Kwong Ming Fock

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  • ·Rosai-Dorfman disease of the colon

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    Rahul A. Nathwani, Lawrence Kenyon, Thomas Kowalski

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  • ·Strongyloides stercoralis pancolitis in an immunocompetent patient

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    Srividya Sridhara, Norman Simon, Unnithan Raghuraman, Neil Crowson, Vishal Aggarwal

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  • ·Metastatic bladder carcinoma to ampulla of Vater

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    Daniel Green, Corwyn Rowsell, Lawrence Cohen

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Upper endoscopy and tongue piercing: please, take care of the endoscope!

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    Emilio Brocchi, Raffaele Pezzilli, Roberto Corinaldesi

    
  • ·Response:

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    Brent J. Prosser

    
  • ·Investigating dysphagia

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    Shyam Menon

    
  • ·Response:

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    Nooman Gilani, Francisco C. Ramirez

    
  • ·Proximal small intestinal CD detected by CE

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    Gil Y. Melmed, Phillip R. Fleshner, Konstantinos A. Papadakis

    
  • ·Response:

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    Vicente Pons, Pilar Nos, Belén Beltrán

    

• News & Notices

  • ·News & notices

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• Erratum

  • ·Erratum

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