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Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common complication of various endoscopic procedures. In most cases, GI bleeding responds to conservative management. And if indicated, endoscopic hemostasis is performed. However, if endoscopic...
Neoplastic lesions of ampulla, although infrequent, represent a significant portion of precancerous lesions arising within duodenum. Occurring either as sporadic, solitary lesion, or as a part of multiple adenomas within...
Acute gastrointestinal bleeding is a common, yet challenging, and potentially problematic medical emergency for clinicians to manage. Given its significantly high health care associated costs and increased morbidity and mortality...
Endoscopic resection has emerged as the first line therapy for pre-malignant conditions throughout the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Resection techniques have evolved from forceps avulsion and snare polypectomy to endoscopic mucosal...
Complications following gastrectomy can be life-threatening, but, they are commonly managed by interventional radiology. This review describes possible complications after gastrectomy by dividing them into vascular and non-vascular categories. Vascular...
Gastroparesis, or symptomatic delayed gastric emptying, has seen a startling increase in prevalence of over last decade. Efficacy of initial dietary and medical therapies remain limited and patients that fail...
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticoesophagostomy (EUS-HES) refers to EUS-guided biliary access from the abdominal part of the esophagus, an uncommon choice of route for biliary drainage. In the patient reported herein, an...
Postoperative bleeding is a common adverse event in endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and may be life-threatening. Postoperative bleeding occurs frequently in patients treated with antithrombotic agents, including aspirin, antiplatelet agents,...
Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is recognized as an effective treatment for superficial gastric neoplasm without metastasis because results of ESD show the high en bloc resection rate and low local...