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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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• • ·February 2009 Instructions for Authors

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• • ·Information for readers

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• Original Articles

  • ·Quality in EUS: an assessment of baseline compliance and performance improvement by using the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy–American College of Gastroenterology quality indicators

    Pagina :195-201

    Susan G. Coe, Massimo Raimondo, Timothy A. Woodward, Seth A. Gross, Kanwar Rupinder S. Gill, Laith H. Jamil, Mohammad Al-Haddad, Michael G. Heckman, Julia E. Crook, Nancy N. Diehl, Michael B. Wallace

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  • ·Improving the quality of EUS: what is the template for success?

    Pagina :202-204

    Kevin K. Ho, Maurits J. Wiersema

    
  • ·Patient predictors of histopathologic response after photodynamic therapy of Barrett’s esophagus with high-grade dysplasia or intramucosal carcinoma

    Pagina :205-212

    Patrick Yachimski, William P. Puricelli, Norman S. Nishioka

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  • ·Quantitative analysis of the color change after iodine staining for diagnosing esophageal high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive cancer

    Pagina :213-218

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

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  • ·On the way toward quantitative staining techniques?

    Pagina :219-220

    Alexander Meining

    
  • ·Higher hospital volume predicts endoscopy but not the in-hospital mortality rate in patients with acute variceal hemorrhage

    Pagina :221-229

    Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, Emily L. McGinley, Kia Saeian

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  • ·Success rate and complications of ERCP performed during hands-on training courses: a multicenter study in China

    Pagina :230-237

    Zhuan Liao, Zhao-Shen Li, Joseph W. Leung, Xiao-Ping Zou, Li-Ping He, Guo-Fa Jia, Qiang Huang, Ming Ji, Liu-Ye Huang, William S.C. Chao

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  • ·Prospective randomized trial of EUS versus ERCP-guided common bile duct stone removal: an interim report (with video)

    Pagina :238-243

    Everson L.A. Artifon, Atul Kumar, Mohamad A. Eloubeidi, Adrienne Chu, Bhawna Halwan, Paulo Sakai, Manoop S. Bhutani

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  • ·EUS versus endoscopic retrograde cholangiography for patients with intermediate probability of bile duct stones: a prospective randomized trial

    Pagina :244-252

    Tarkan Karakan, Mehmet Cindoruk, Hakan Alagozlu, Meltem Ergun, Sukru Dumlu, Selahattin Unal

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  • ·First clinical trial of the “MiRo” capsule endoscope by using a novel transmission technology: electric-field propagation

    Pagina :253-259

    Seungmin Bang, Jeong Youp Park, Seok Jeong, Young Ho Kim, Han Bo Shim, Tae Song Kim, Don Haeng Lee, Si Young Song

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  • ·A novel capsule endoscope: do we need new kids on the block?

    Pagina :260-261

    Thomas D. Wang

    
  • ·A validation study of 3 grading systems to evaluate small-bowel cleansing for wireless capsule endoscopy: a quantitative index, a qualitative evaluation, and an overall adequacy assessment

    Pagina :262

    Corey Brotz, Neilanjan Nandi, Mitchell Conn, Constantine Daskalakis, Michael DiMarino, Anthony Infantolino, Leo C. Katz, Theodore Schroeder, David Kastenberg

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  • ·A closer look at same-day bidirectional endoscopy

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    Jennifer Urquhart, Glenn Eisen, Douglas O. Faigel, Nora Mattek, Jennifer Holub, David A. Lieberman

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  • ·Meshed capillary vessels by use of narrow-band imaging for differential diagnosis of small colorectal polyps

    Pagina :278-283

    Yasushi Sano, Hiroaki Ikematsu, Kuang I. Fu, Fabian Emura, Atsushi Katagiri, Takahiro Horimatsu, Kazuhiro Kaneko, Roy Soetikno, Shigeaki Yoshida

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  • ·Cost-minimization analysis of jumbo reusable forceps versus disposable forceps in a high-volume ambulatory endoscopy center

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    Reed B. Hogan, Raymond Santa-Cruz, E. Stephens Weeks, Laura Alexander, Reed B. Hogan

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  • ·An extracellular matrix scaffold for esophageal stricture prevention after circumferential EMR

    Pagina :289-296

    Alejandro Nieponice, Kevin McGrath, Irfan Qureshi, Eric J. Beckman, James D. Luketich, Thomas W. Gilbert, Stephen F. Badylak

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  • ·Transgastric cholecystectomy using a prototype endoscope with 2 deflecting working channels (with video)

    Pagina :297-302

    J. Andres Astudillo, Emanuel Sporn, Sharon Bachman, Brent Miedema, Klaus Thaler

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• CME Examination

  • ·CME Activity: Continuing Medical Education Exam: February 2009

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

    

• The Fellows' Corner

  • ·The on-call fellow—answering the after-hours call

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    Juan Carlos Bucobo, Jonathan M. Buscaglia

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• Technical Review

  • ·Systematic review of narrow-band imaging for the detection and differentiation of abnormalities in the esophagus and stomach (with video)

    Pagina :307-317

    Wouter L. Curvers, Frank J.C. van den Broek, Johannes B. Reitsma, Evelien Dekker, Jacques J.G.H.M. Bergman

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• New Methods

  • ·A new injectable agent for the treatment of GERD: results of the Durasphere pilot trial

    Pagina :318-323

    Robert A. Ganz, Elizabeth Fallon, Tina Wittchow, Dean Klein

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  • ·Injectable treatment for GERD: the flight of the Phoenix?

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    David A. Johnson

    
  • ·Spiral enteroscopy: a novel method of enteroscopy by using the Endo-Ease Discovery SB overtube and a pediatric colonoscope

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    Paul A. Akerman, Deepak Agrawal, William Chen, Daniel Cantero, Jose Avila, Jesus Pangtay

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  • ·Spiral enteroscopy: a new twist on overtube-assisted endoscopy

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    Drew B. Schembre, Andrew S. Ross

    

• At the Focal Point

  • ·Esophageal sebaceous glands diagnosed after endoscopic mucosal resection

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    Kayoko Matsushima, Hajime Isomoto, Saburo Shikuwa, Naoyuki Yamaguchi, Ken Ohnita, Yohei Mizuta, Tomayoshi Hayashi, Shigeru Kohno

     
  • ·Massive lower digestive bleeding caused by jejunal aneurysm

    Pagina :338-339

    Francisco Pérez-Roldán, María Concepción Villafáñez-García, Pedro González-Carro, Alberto Mate-Valdezate, Joaquín Picazo-Yeste, Oscar Roncero García-Escribano, María Luisa Legaz-Huidobro

     
  • ·Endoscopic removal of gallstones through a cholecystoduodenal fistula

    Pagina :339-340

    Bülent Ödemiş, Mehmet Arhan, Erkan Parlak, Meral Akdoğan, Nilgün Işıkalan Özbülbül

     
  • ·Pancreatic Schwannoma presenting as a cystic lesion

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    Rajasekhara R. Mummadi, William H. Nealon, Everson L.A. Artifon, Jason B. Fleming, Manoop S. Bhutani

     
  • ·Cholangiographic features of suppurative cholangitis

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    Sina Alexander, Michael J. Bourke, Jonard Co, Stephen J. Williams, Richard L. Hope, Adam Bailey

     
  • ·Rectal perforation in ulcerative colitis: complication of an enema tip

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    Ian J. Tanswell, Khan Irfan, Tadeo Kossakowski, Gillian Townson

     

• Case Studies

  • ·Transaortic EUS-guided FNA in the diagnosis of lung tumors and lymph nodes

    Pagina :345-349

    Martin B. von Bartheld, Klaus F. Rabe, Jouke T. Annema

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  • ·A European case series of endoscopic submucosal dissection for gastric superficial lesions

    Pagina :350-355

    Mario Dinis-Ribeiro, Pedro Pimentel-Nunes, Mariana Afonso, Natalia Costa, Carlos Lopes, Luis Moreira-Dias

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  • ·Evaluation of hilar biliary strictures by using a newly developed forward-viewing therapeutic echoendoscope: preliminary results of an ongoing experience

    Pagina :356-360

    Alberto Larghi, Piera Giuseppina Lecca, Francesco Ardito, Esther Diana Rossi, Guido Fadda, Gennaro Nuzzo, Guido Costamagna

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  • ·Initial experience with the prototype forward-viewing echoendoscope for therapeutic interventions other than pancreatic pseudocyst drainage (with videos)

    Pagina :361-365

    Jessica M. Trevino, Shyam Varadarajulu

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  • ·Video capsule endoscopy in life-threatening GI hemorrhage after negative primary endoscopy (with video)

    Pagina :366-371

    Reed B. Hogan, Namita Pareek, Paxton Phillips, Alex Haick, Reed B. Hogan

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Novel application of intraductal argon plasma coagulation in biliary papillomatosis (with video)

    Pagina :372-374

    Saad F. Jazrawi, Diane Nguyen, Carlton Barnett, Shou-jiang Tang

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  • ·Sclerosing cholangitis from microscopic polyarteritis: an 8-year follow-up case report

    Pagina :374-377

    Sina Alexander, Michael J. Bourke, Jonard Co, Stephen J. Williams

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  • ·Gastric-duplication cyst with an aberrant pancreatic-ductal system: an unusual cause of recurrent abdominal pain

    Pagina :377-379

    Trupti Shinde, Jennifer Lindner, Jan Silverman, Rad Agrawal, Manish Dhawan

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  • ·Pancreatic somatostatinoma and tuberous sclerosis: case report of an exceedingly rare association

    Pagina :379-381

    Jayaprakash Sreenarasimhaiah, Luis A. Armstrong, Shou-Jiang Tang, Carlton Barnett

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  • ·Endoscopic removal of an ingested pin migrated into the liver and affixed by its head to the duodenum

    Pagina :382-384

    Mustafa Akçam, Cem Koçkar, Hasan Tahsin Tola, Levent Duman, Mehmet Gündüz

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  • ·Capsule retention in a patient with small-bowel diverticulosis

    Pagina :384-386

    Samuel A. Giday, Octavia E. Pickett-Blakely, Jonathan M. Buscaglia, Gerard E. Mullin

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Larger short-axis length of lymph nodes predicts malignant involvement

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    Mitsunobu Matsushita, Kazushige Uchida, Akiyoshi Nishio, Kazuichi Okazaki

    
  • ·Response:

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    Ferga C. Gleeson, Elizabeth Rajan, Michael J. Levy, Jonathan E. Clain, Mark D. Topazian, Gavin C. Harewood, Georgios I. Papachristou, Naoki Takahashi, Charles B. Rosen, Gregory J. Gores

    
  • ·Diagnostic bulb biopsies in celiac disease

    Pagina :388-389

    Benedetto Mangiavillano, Barbara Parma, Maria Francesca Brambillasca, Luca Albarello, Graziano Barera, Alberto Mariani, Pier Alberto Testoni, Enzo Masci

    
  • ·Obtaining duodenal biopsy specimens for celiac disease: is site as important as number?

    Pagina :389-390

    Andrew D. Hopper, David S. Sanders

    
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    Charles N. Bernstein

    
  • ·Secrets of success in a difficult colonoscopy

    Pagina :390-391

    Madhusudhan R. Sanaka

    
  • ·Warm water and oil for the difficult colon

    Pagina :391

    Emilio Brocchi, Paola Tomassetti, Davide Campana, Roberto Corinaldesi

    
  • ·The importance of “timing” when attempting to achieve cecal intubation of the “difficult colon”

    Pagina :391-392

    Josph C. Yarze

    
  • ·Response:

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    Douglas K. Rex