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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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• • ·September 2008 Instructions for Authors

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• Technology Status Evaluation Report

  • ·Cholangiopancreatoscopy

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

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• Original Articles

  • ·Is all ineffective esophageal motility the same? A clinical and high-frequency intraluminal US study

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    Jeong Hwan Kim, Poong-Lyul Rhee, Hee Jung Son, Keun Jeong Song, Jae J. Kim, Jong Chul Rhee

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  • ·How effective are we at understanding ineffective esophageal motility?

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    V. Alin Botoman

    
  • ·Caustic ingestion in children: is endoscopy always indicated? The results of an Italian multicenter observational study

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    Pietro Betalli, Diego Falchetti, Stefano Giuliani, Alessandro Pane, Luigi Dall’Oglio, Gian Luigi de’ Angelis, Mariano Caldore, Claudio Romano, Piergiorgio Gamba, Vincenzo Baldo, Caustic Ingestion Italian Study Group

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  • ·The beneficial effects of argon plasma coagulation in the management of different types of gastric vascular ectasia lesions in patients admitted for GI hemorrhage

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    Samuel Herrera, Josep M. Bordas, Josep Llach, Angels Ginès, Maria Pellisé, Glòria Fernández-Esparrach, Fernando Mondelo, Alfredo Mata, Andres Cárdenas, Antoni Castells

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  • ·A standardized injection technique and regimen ensures success and safety of N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate injection for the treatment of gastric fundal varices (with videos)

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    Stefan Seewald, Tiing Leong Ang, Hiroo Imazu, Mazen Naga, Salem Omar, Stefan Groth, Uwe Seitz, Yan Zhong, Frank Thonke, Nib Soehendra

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  • ·Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage in patients with acute cholecystitis in whom percutaneous transhepatic approach is contraindicated or anatomically impossible (with video)

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    Takao Itoi, Atsushi Sofuni, Fumihide Itokawa, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Toshio Kurihara, Kentaro Ishii, Shujiro Tsuji, Nobuhito Ikeuchi, Sakiko Tsukamoto, Mani Takeuchi, Takashi Kawai, Fuminori Moriyasu

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  • ·Combined EUS with FNA and ERCP for the evaluation of patients with obstructive jaundice from presumed pancreatic malignancy

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    William A. Ross, Sanjeev M. Wasan, Douglas B. Evans, Robert A. Wolff, Leonard V. Trapani, Gregg A. Staerkel, Thomas Prindiville, Jeffrey H. Lee

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  • ·EUS and ERCP: brothers in arms

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    Stephan Hollerbach

    
  • ·EUS accurately predicts the need for therapeutic ERCP in patients with a low probability of biliary obstruction

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    Jan Janssen, Ali Halboos, Lucas Greiner

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  • ·Endoscopic papillary balloon dilation for the management of bile duct stones in patients 85 years of age and older

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    Yukiko Ito, Takeshi Tsujino, Osamu Togawa, Natsuyo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Isayama, Ryo Nakata, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata

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  • ·Endoscopic balloon dilation of the sphincter of Oddi for stone extraction in the elderly: is the juice worth the squeeze?

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    James A. DiSario

    
  • ·A multicenter randomized comparison of the Endocapsule and the Pillcam SB

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    David R. Cave, David E. Fleischer, Jonathan A. Leighton, Douglas O. Faigel, Russell I. Heigh, Virender K. Sharma, Christopher J. Gostout, Elizabeth Rajan, Klaus Mergener, Anne Foley, Michael Lee, Kanishka Bhattacharya

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  • ·Breaching the final frontier: the future of small-intestinal capsule endoscopy

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    Otto S. Lin

    
  • ·Nurse-administered propofol sedation compared with midazolam and meperidine for EUS: a prospective, randomized trial

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    John DeWitt, Kathleen McGreevy, Stuart Sherman, Thomas F. Imperiale

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  • ·On computers, nurses, and propofol: further evidence for the jury?

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    Mohamad Iravani

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  • ·Air and fluid leak tests after NOTES procedures: a pilot study in a live porcine model (with videos)

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    Xavier Dray, Kathleen L. Gabrielson, Jonathan M. Buscaglia, Eun Ji Shin, Samuel A. Giday, Vihar C. Surti, Lia Assumpcao, Michael R. Marohn, Priscilla Magno, Laurie J. Pipitone, Susan K. Redding, Anthony N. Kalloo, Sergey V. Kantsevoy

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  • ·Biochromoendoscopy: molecular imaging with capsule endoscopy for detection of adenomas of the GI tract

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    Howard Zhang, Douglas Morgan, Gerald Cecil, Adam Burkholder, Nicole Ramocki, Brooks Scull, P. Kay Lund

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  • ·Gastrointestinal endoscopy nears “the molecular era”

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    James Aisenberg

    

• CME Examination

  • ·CME Activity: Continuing Medical Examination Exam: September 2008

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

      

• The Fellows' Corner

  • ·Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery “training” away from home

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    B. Joseph Elmunzer, Jeffrey Marks

    

• New Methods

  • ·Successful balloon-based radiofrequency ablation of a widespread early squamous cell carcinoma and high-grade dysplasia of the esophagus: a case report

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    Roos E. Pouw, Joep J. Gondrie, Wouter L. Curvers, Carine M. Sondermeijer, Fiebo J. ten Kate, Jacques J. Bergman

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  • ·An assessment of computer-assisted personalized sedation: a sedation delivery system to administer propofol for gastrointestinal endoscopy

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    Daniel J. Pambianco, Christopher J. Whitten, Annelies Moerman, Michel M. Struys, James F. Martin

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  • ·Creation of an effective and reproducible nonsurvival porcine model that simulates actively bleeding peptic ulcers

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    Victor K. Chen, Jeffrey M. Marks, Richard C.K. Wong, Michael F. McGee, Ashley L. Faulx, Gerard A. Isenberg, Steven J. Schomisc, Cheri X. Deng, Jeffrey L. Ponsky, Amitabh Chak

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  • ·Closure of a gastrotomy after transgastric tubal ligation by using the Eagle Claw VII: a survival experiment in a porcine model (with video)

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    Philip W. Chiu, James Y. Lau, Enders K. Ng, Candice C. Lam, Mammie Hui, Kai Fai To, Joseph J. Sung, Sydney S. Chung

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  • ·Live video manipulator for endoscopy and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (with videos)

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    Shou-jiang Tang, Richard Bergs, Saad F. Jazrawi, Christopher O. Olukoga, Jeffrey Caddedu, Raul Fernandez, Daniel J. Scott

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• At the Focal Point

  • ·Endoscopic removal of an unusual foreign body: a garlic-induced acute esophageal injury

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    Hyung-Keun Kim, Jin-Soo Kim, Young-Seok Cho, Yong-Wan Park, Hye-Suk Son, Sung-Soo Kim, Huin-Suk Chae

     
  • ·Green ulcer in the stomach: unusual mucormycosis infection

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    Chen-Shuan Chung, Wen-Lun Wang, Kao-Lang Liu, Jaw-Town Lin, Hsiu-Po Wang

     
  • ·GI stromal tumor presenting as a bleeding gastric ulcer

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    Edgard Wehbe, Bassem M. Chehab, Imad I. Nassif

     
  • ·Progression of a prepyloric hyperplastic polyp

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    Wei-Yi Lei, Ming-Cheh Chen, Chi-Tan Hu, Lu-Chin Huang, Shih-Che Huang

     
  • ·Diffuse nesidioblastosis causing hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia: the importance of pancreatic sampling on EUS

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    James A. Catton, Abed M. Zaitoun, Guruprasad P. Aithal, Nigel D.C. Sturrock, Dileep N. Lobo

     
  • ·Endoscopic injection therapy for a bleeding exposed vessel in Crohn’s disease

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    Takahiko Toyonaga, Mitsunobu Matsushita, Takayuki Matsumoto, Toshiro Fukui, Mika Omiya, Kazushige Uchida, Kazuichi Okazaki

     

• Case Studies

  • ·White opaque substance within superficial elevated gastric neoplasia as visualized by magnification endoscopy with narrow-band imaging: a new optical sign for differentiating between adenoma and carcinoma

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    Kenshi Yao, Akinori Iwashita, Hiroshi Tanabe, Nobuaki Nishimata, Takashi Nagahama, Shinichiro Maki, Yasuhiro Takaki, Fumihito Hirai, Takashi Hisabe, Taku Nishimura, Toshiyuki Matsui

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  • ·Clinical manifestations and management of buried bumper syndrome in patients with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

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    Tzong-Hsi Lee, Jaw-Town Lin

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  • ·Double-balloon enteroscopy application in biliary tract disease—its therapeutic and diagnostic functions

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    Yen-Chang Chu, Chi-Chieh Yang, Yung-Hsiang Yeh, Chien-Hua Chen, Shing-Kao Yueh

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  • ·Secondary linitis plastica of the rectum: EUS features and tissue diagnosis (with video)

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    Ferga C. Gleeson, Jonathan E. Clain, Elizabeth Rajan, Mark D. Topazian, Kenneth K. Wang, Maurits J. Wiersema, Lizhi Zhang, Michael J. Levy

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Esophageal ulceration from high-intensity focused US catheter ablation for pulmonary vein isolation: a novel complication in the treatment of symptomatic refractory atrial fibrillation

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    Amulya Konda, Mitchell S. Cappell, Lynn Dieterle, David E. Haines

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  • ·Temporary stent placement in 2 cases of aortoesophageal fistula

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    Ina Zuber-Jerger, Ursula Hempel, Felix Rockmann, Frank Klebl

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  • ·Tissue ingrowth in a fully covered self-expandable metallic stent (with videos)

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    Sathya Jaganmohan, Gottumukkala S. Raju

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  • ·Long-distance esophagogastric submucosal dissection after minimal esophageal trauma of a gastric tube

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    Min-Kuk Kim, Byung-Wook Kim, Jeong-Won Jang, Jung-Hyun Choi, Hyun-Jung Jung, Jeong-Seon Ji, Hwang Choi, Bo-In Lee, Hiun-Suk Chae, Kyu-Yong Choi, In-Sik Chung

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  • ·Genes are more than skin deep: a case of Muir-Torre syndrome

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    Matthew J. Shellenberger, Duane E. Deivert, Michael J. Komar

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  • ·Isolated pancreatic tuberculosis mimicking intraductal pancreatic mucinous tumor

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    Vikram Bhatia, Pramod Kumar Garg, Vinod Kumar Arora, Raju Sharma

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Clinical usefulness of a treatment algorithm for pancreatic pseudocysts

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    Deepak K. Bhasin, Surinder S. Rana, Kartar Singh

    
  • ·Response:

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    Marc Barthet

    
  • ·Ampulla of Vater as seen on capsule endoscopy

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    Surinder S. Rana, Deepak K. Bhasin, Kartar Singh

     
  • ·Education improves colonoscopy appropriateness

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    Juan-Salvador Baudet, Silvia Morales, Juan Avilés-Ruiz

    
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    Carlo Verna

    
  • ·Biopsy and risk of submucosal invasion of colorectal neoplasia

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    Shyam Menon

    
  • ·Biopsy and nonlifting sign in endoscopically resectable colorectal cancers

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    Kyung Su Han, Dae Kyung Sohn

    

• Erratum

  • ·Erratum

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