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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 2009 Instructions for Authors

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• • ·Information for readers

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• • ·Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Programs July 2009

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• • ·ConMed Prize Recipient

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• Original Articles

  • ·Noninvasive measurement of oxygen saturation of the microvascular blood in Barrett’s dysplasia by use of optical spectroscopy

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    Arjen Amelink, Jelle Haringsma, Henricus J.C.M. Sterenborg

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  • ·Search for premalignant mucosal lesions: does endoscopic measurement of oxygen saturation by differential path-length spectroscopy help?

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    Felix W. Leung

    
  • ·Identification of predictive factors for early neoplasia in Barrett’s esophagus after autofluorescence imaging: a stepwise multicenter structured assessment

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    Wouter L. Curvers, Rajvinder Singh, Michael B. Wallace, Louis-Michel Wong Kee Song, Krish Ragunath, Herbert C. Wolfsen, Fiebo J. ten Kate, Paul Fockens, Jacques J.G.H.M. Bergman

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  • ·The use of clinical, histologic, and serologic parameters to predict the intragastric extent of intestinal metaplasia: a recommendation for routine practice

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    Annemarie C. de Vries, Jelle Haringsma, Richard A. de Vries, Frank ter Borg, Nicole M. Nagtzaam, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Herman van Dekken, Ernst J. Kuipers

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  • ·In praise of folly: the Erasmus score for intestinal metaplasia

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    Robert M. Genta

    
  • ·Early detection of extrahepatic bile-duct carcinomas in the nonicteric stage by using MRCP followed by EUS

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    Jin Kan Sai, Masafumi Suyama, Yoshihiro Kubokawa, Sumio Watanabe, Tadayuki Maehara

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  • ·Measurement of radial and axial forces of biliary self-expandable metallic stents

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    Hiroyuki Isayama, Yousuke Nakai, Yoshihide Toyokawa, Osamu Togawa, Chimyon Gon, Yukiko Ito, Yoko Yashima, Hiroshi Yagioka, Hirofumi Kogure, Takashi Sasaki, Toshihiko Arizumi, Saburo Matsubara, Natsuyo Yamamoto, Naoki Sasahira, Kenji Hirano, Takeshi Tsujino, Nobuo Toda, Minoru Tada, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata

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  • ·A comparison of the Niti-D biliary uncovered stent and the uncovered Wallstent in malignant biliary obstruction

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    Ki Young Yang, Ji Kon Ryu, Jeong Kyun Seo, Sang Myung Woo, Joo Kyung Park, Yong-Tae Kim, Yong Bum Yoon

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  • ·Scraping cytology with a guidewire for pancreatic-ductal strictures

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    Hiroyuki Uehara, Koichi Tatsumi, Eriko Masuda, Motohiko Kato, Takashi Kizu, Tetsushi Ishida, Rena Takakura, Yasuna Takano, Akihiko Nakaizumi, Osamu Ishikawa, Akemi Takenaka

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  • ·EUS-guided FNA of solid pancreatic masses: high yield of 2 passes with combined histologic-cytologic analysis

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    Kathleen Möller, Ioannis S. Papanikolaou, Thomas Toermer, Eumorphia M. Delicha, Mario Sarbia, Ulrich Schenck, Martin Koch, Hussain Al-Abadi, Alexander Meining, Harald Schmidt, Hans-Joachim Schulz, Bertram Wiedenmann, Thomas Rösch

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  • ·EUS/EUS-FNA for suspected pancreatic cancer: influence of chronic pancreatitis and clinical presentation with or without obstructive jaundice on performance characteristics

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    Naveen B. Krishna, Mohit Mehra, Amith V. Reddy, Banke Agarwal

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  • ·Risk factors for complications after ERCP: a multivariate analysis of 11,497 procedures over 12 years

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    Peter B. Cotton, Donald A. Garrow, Joseph Gallagher, Joseph Romagnuolo

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  • ·ERCP complication rates: how low can we go?

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    Michael E. Ryan

    
  • ·Prospective trial comparing solid-state catheter and water-perfusion triple-lumen catheter for sphincter of Oddi manometry done at the time of ERCP

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    Peter V. Draganov, Lukasz Kowalczyk, Chris E. Forsmark

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  • ·Individualizing colonoscopy screening by sex and race

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    Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar, Marjolein van Ballegooijen, Ann G. Zauber, Rob Boer, Janneke Wilschut, Sidney J. Winawer, J. Dik F. Habbema

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  • ·Customization and the cost of eliminating disparities in colon cancer

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    Colleen M. Schmitt

    
  • ·Randomized controlled study of EMR versus endoscopic submucosal dissection with a water-jet hybrid-knife of esophageal lesions in a porcine model

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    Horst Neuhaus, Katja Wirths, Martin Schenk, Markus Dominik Enderle, Brigitte Schumacher

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  • ·Evaluation of a manually driven, multitasking platform for complex endoluminal and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery applications (with video)

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    Christopher C. Thompson, Marvin Ryou, Nathaniel J. Soper, Eric S. Hungess, Richard I. Rothstein, Lee L. Swanstrom

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  • ·Feasibility study of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery inguinal hernia repair

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    Danny A. Sherwinter, Jeremy G. Eckstein

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  • ·Omentoplasty for gastrotomy closure after natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery procedures (with video)

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    Xavier Dray, Samuel A. Giday, Jonathan M. Buscaglia, Kathleen L. Gabrielson, Sergey V. Kantsevoy, Priscilla Magno, Lia Assumpcao, Eun J. Shin, Susan K. Reddings, Kevin E. Woods, Michael R. Marohn, Anthony N. Kalloo

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• CME Examination

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

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    Raquel E. Davila, Jeffrey H. Lee, William Ross, Shou-Jiang Tang, G.S. Raju, George Triadafilopoulos

     

• The Fellows' Corner

  • ·Parenteral nutrition 102: complications, monitoring, and home use

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    Lauren K. Schwartz, Gilbert Cusson, Carol Semrad

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• Technical Review

  • ·Ergonomics and GI endoscopy

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    Amandeep K. Shergill, Kenneth R. McQuaid, David Rempel

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• New Methods

  • ·Management of transmesenteric tunnel jejunal strictures with endoscopic dilation by using achalasia balloons (with videos)

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    Shou-jiang Tang, David A. Provost, Edward Livingston, Daniel J. Scott

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  • ·Colonoscopic full-thickness resection of the colon in a porcine model as a prelude to endoscopic surgery of difficult colon polyps: a novel technique (with videos)

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    Gottumukkala S. Raju, Advitya Malhotra, Ijaz Ahmed

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• At the Focal Point

  • ·Ingestion of an unusual esophageal foreign body: what time is it?

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    Navin Kumar, Ayaaz Ismail, Randall Cohen

     
  • ·Isolated gastric mucosal hemorrhages in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

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    Shyam Dang, Muslim Atiq, Rahul Julka, Kevin W. Olden, Farshad Aduli

     
  • ·An unusual cause of diarrhea: diffuse intestinal nodular lymphoid hyperplasia in association with selective immunoglobulin A deficiency (with video)

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    Aymer Postgate, Edward Despott, Ian Talbot, Rosemary Phillips, Anthony Aylwin, Chris Fraser

      
  • ·Colonic abscess mimicking submucosal tumor

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    Takashi Abe, Naoki Kawai, Masakazu Yasumaru, Masayo Mizutani, Jun Tanabe, Hiroki Akamatsu, Masahiko Tsujimoto, Tsutomu Nishida, Hideki Iijima, Masahiko Tsujii

     

• Case Studies

  • ·Is balloon sweeping detrimental in portal biliopathy? A report of 3 cases

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    Malay Sharma, Rajesh Prabhu Ponnusamy

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  • ·Good stents gone bad: endoscopic treatment of proximally migrated pancreatic duct stents

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    Leslie H. Price, John J. Brandabur, Richard A. Kozarek, Michael Gluck, William L. Traverso, Shayan Irani

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Proximal black esophagus: a case report and review of the literature

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    David A. Neumann, Dawn L. Francis, Todd H. Baron

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  • ·Gastric erosion associated with left ventricular assist device: new technology, new complication

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    Ethan D. Miller, D. Eric Steidley, Francisco A. Arabia, G. Anton Decker

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  • ·Peroral direct cholangioscopic lithotripsy with a standard upper endoscope for difficult bile duct stones (with videos)

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    Jeung Hye Han, Do Hyun Park, Sung-Hoon Moon, Sang Soo Lee, Dong-Wan Seo, Sung-Koo Lee, Myung-Hwan Kim

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  • ·Endoscopic transduodenal drainage of an abscess arising after EUS-FNA of a duodenal GI stromal tumor

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    John DeWitt, Mohammad Al-Haddad, Evan Fogel, Stuart Sherman, Julia K. LeBlanc, Lee McHenry, C. Max Schmidt

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  • ·Double-balloon enteroscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of hemorrhage from small-bowel lymphangioma: a case report

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    Feng Li, Chima Osuoha, Jonathan A. Leighton, M. Edwyn Harrison

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Pharmacotherapy for gastric antral vascular ectasia: dramatic response to tranexamic acid

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    Sujoy Khan, Asheesh Vaishnavi

    
  • ·Endoscopy and drugs have a role in the treatment of GI angiodysplasia

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    Josep M. Bordas, Josep Llach, Felix Junquera

    
  • ·Could we standardize the injection technique and regimen of N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate injection for the treatment of gastric fundal varices?

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    Gin-Ho Lo

    
  • ·Response

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    Stefan Seewald, Tiing Leong Ang, Nib Soehendra

    
  • ·Transanal endoscopic microsurgical platform for natural orifice surgery

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    Alexander Meining, Hubertus Feussner

    
  • ·Another cause of “segmental” inflammation in ulcerative colitis

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    Joseph C. Yarze

    
  • ·Response

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    Lawrence J. Brandt

    
  • ·PillCam colon capsule endoscopy: the patient’s perspective

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    Wun-Chung Teoh, Shehan Abey, Jenny McDonald

    
  • ·Response

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    Cristiano Spada, Maria Elena Riccioni, Guido Costamagna