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Original Articles
Clinical Endoscopy
Imaging of subsquamous Barrett's epithelium with ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography: a histologic correlation study, 21 October 2009 Michael J. Cobb, Joo Ha Hwang, Melissa P. Upton, Yuchuan Chen, Brant K. Oelschlager, Douglas E. Wood, Michael B. Kimmey, Xingde Li pages 223-230 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2536 KB)
Optical coherence tomography in Barrett's esophagus: the road to clinical utility Anne F. Peery, Nicholas J. Shaheen pages 231-234 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (142 KB)
Does Barrett's esophagus respond to chemoradiation therapy for adenocarcinoma of the esophagus?, 09 December 2009 James S. Barthel, Stephen T. Kucera, James L. Lin, Sarah E. Hoffe, Jonathan R. Strosberg, Irfan Ahmed, Thomas J. Dilling, Craig W. Stevens pages 235-240 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (284 KB)
A second-look endoscopy after endoscopic submucosal dissection for gastric epithelial neoplasm may be unnecessary: a retrospective analysis of postendoscopic submucosal dissection bleeding, 18 November 2009 Osamu Goto, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Shinya Kodashima, Satoshi Ono, Keiko Niimi, Kousuke Hirano, Nobutake Yamamichi, Kazuhiko Koike pages 241-248 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (558 KB)
Periductal hypoechoic sign: an endosonographic finding associated with pancreatic malignancy, 18 November 2009 Suck-Ho Lee, Nuri Ozden, Rishi Pawa, Young Hwangbo, Douglas K. Pleskow, Ram Chuttani, Mandeep S. Sawhney pages 249-255 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (532 KB)
What the heck is this new periductal hypoechoic sign? John Affronti pages 256-259 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (152 KB)
Survival in patients with pancreatic cancer after the diagnosis of malignant ascites or liver metastases by EUS-FNA, 18 November 2009 John DeWitt, Menggang Yu, Mohamad A. Al-Haddad, Stuart Sherman, Lee McHenry, Julia K. LeBlanc pages 260-265 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (193 KB)
Needle-knife sphincterotomy: factors predicting its use and the relationship with post-ERCP pancreatitis (with video), 09 December 2009 Adam A. Bailey, Michael J. Bourke, Arthur J. Kaffes, Karen Byth, Eric Y. Lee, Stephen J. Williams pages 266-271 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (203 KB) | Add-Ons
Needle-knife sphincterotomy and post-ERCP pancreatitis: time to lower the threshold for the needle? Tony C.K. Tham, Jo Vandervoort pages 272-274 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (67 KB)
Difficult biliary cannulation: use of physician-controlled wire-guided cannulation over a pancreatic duct stent to reduce the rate of precut sphincterotomy (with video), 19 November 2009 Gregory A. Coté, Michael Ansstas, Rishi Pawa, Steven A. Edmundowicz, Sreenivasa S. Jonnalagadda, Douglas K. Pleskow, Riad R. Azar pages 275-279 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (417 KB) | Add-Ons
Indications and detection, completion, and retention rates of small-bowel capsule endoscopy: a systematic review Zhuan Liao, Rui Gao, Can Xu, Zhao-Shen Li pages 280-286 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (246 KB)
Safety and efficacy of double-balloon enteroscopy in pediatric patients, 16 November 2009 Naoyuki Nishimura, Hironori Yamamoto, Tomonori Yano, Yoshikazu Hayashi, Masayuki Arashiro, Tomohiko Miyata, Keijiro Sunada, Kentaro Sugano pages 287-294 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (149 KB)
Balloon by balloon, inch by inch Petar Mamula pages 295-297 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (70 KB)
Training and transfer of colonoscopy skills: a multinational, randomized, blinded, controlled trial of simulator versus bedside training, 04 November 2009 Adam Haycock, Arjun D. Koch, Pietro Familiari, Foke van Delft, Evelien Dekker, Lucio Petruzziello, Jelle Haringsma, Siwan Thomas-Gibson pages 298-307 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (290 KB)
Computers for colonoscopy training: where do they fit in? Jonathan Cohen pages 308-311 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (213 KB)
Time-gated fluorescence spectroscopy improves endoscopic detection of low-grade dysplasia in ulcerative colitis, 09 December 2009 Maria-Anna Ortner, Virginia Fusco, Bernd Ebert, Uwe Sukowski, Jutta Weber-Eibel, Barbara Fleige, Manfred Stolte, Georg Oberhuber, Herbert Rinneberg, Herbert Lochs pages 312-318 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (431 KB)
Colonoscopy training in gastroenterology fellowships: determining competence, 03 August 2009 Bret J. Spier, Mark Benson, Patrick R. Pfau, Gregory Nelligan, Michael R. Lucey, Eric A. Gaumnitz pages 319-324 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (185 KB)
North of 100 and south of 500: where does the “sweet spot” of colonoscopic competence lie? John J. Vargo pages 325-326 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (67 KB)
Characterization of forces applied by endoscopists during colonoscopy by using a wireless colonoscopy force monitor, 18 November 2009 Louis Y. Korman, Vladimir Egorov, Sergey Tsuryupa, Brendan Corbin, Mary Anderson, Noune Sarvazyan, Armen Sarvazyan pages 327-334 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (892 KB)
Variations between endoscopists in rates of detection of colorectal neoplasia and their impact on a regional screening program based on colonoscopy after fecal occult blood testing, 18 November 2009 Jean-François Bretagne, Stéphanie Hamonic, Christine Piette, Sylvain Manfredi, Emmanuelle Leray, Gérard Durand, Françoise Riou pages 335-341 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (325 KB)
The best screening test for colorectal cancer is the one that gets done well James E. Allison pages 342-345 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (90 KB)
Experimental Endoscopy
Image-guided biopsy in the esophagus through comprehensive optical frequency domain imaging and laser marking: a study in living swine, 02 November 2009 Melissa J. Suter, Priyanka A. Jillella, Benjamin J. Vakoc, Elkan F. Halpern, Mari Mino-Kenudson, Gregory Y. Lauwers, Brett E. Bouma, Norman S. Nishioka, Guillermo J. Tearney pages 346-353 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2121 KB)
Somewhere over the rainbow Michael B. Wallace pages 354-356 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (67 KB)
Face and construct validity of a computer-based virtual reality simulator for ERCP, 18 November 2009 James G. Bittner, John D. Mellinger, Toufic Imam, Robert R. Schade, Bruce V. MacFadyen pages 357-364 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (334 KB)
CME Examination
Continuing Medical Education Exam: February 2010 Raquel E. Davila, Jeffrey H. Lee, William Ross, Shou-Jiang Tang, G.S. Raju, Glenn M. Eisen pages 365-365.e6 Full-Text PDF (299 KB)
Review
Population-based prevalence estimates of history of colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy: review and analysis of recent trends, 21 October 2009 Christian Stock, Ulrike Haug, Hermann Brenner pages 366-381.e2 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (299 KB)
New Methods
Management of major postsurgical gastroesophageal intrathoracic leaks with an endoscopic vacuum-assisted closure system, 02 November 2009 Jochen Wedemeyer, Mira Brangewitz, Stefan Kubicka, Steffan Jackobs, Michael Winkler, Michael Neipp, Jürgen Klempnauer, Michael P. Manns, Andrea S. Schneider pages 382-386 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (445 KB)
Endoluminal management of anastomotic dehiscence after esophagectomy: an increasing quiver of options reflects the difficulty in realizing a definitive therapy Thomas Murphy, Blair A. Jobe pages 387-389 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (92 KB)
Transgastric endoluminal gastrojejunostomy: technical development from bench to animal study (with video), 11 December 2009 Philip Wai Yan Chiu, Enders Kwok Wai Ng, Anthony Yun Bun Teoh, Candice Chuen Hing Lam, James Yun Wong Lau, Joseph Jao Yiu Sung pages 390-393 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (694 KB) | Add-Ons
At the Focal Point
Eosinophilic esophagitis misdiagnosed twice as esophageal candidiasis Javier Molina Infante, Lucia Ferrando Lamana pages 394-395 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (686 KB)
Endoscopic management of multiple colonic fistulae secondary to acute pancreatitis (with video) Soon Oh Hwang, Tae Hoon Lee, Jin Woo Park, Sang-Heum Park, Sun-Joo Kim pages 395-397 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (719 KB) | Add-Ons
Colonic invasion of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, 13 November 2009 Chen Chun Chan, Hajime Isomoto, Ken Ohnita, Yohei Mizuta, Shigeru Kohno, Tomayoshi Hayashi pages 397-398 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (754 KB)
Autofluorescence imaging of a diminutive, depressed-type early colon cancer invaded to the submucosal layer, 18 November 2009 Yoji Takeuchi, Noriya Uedo, Koji Higashino, Ryu Ishihara, Masaharu Tatsuta, Hiroyasu Iishi, Makiko Matsumura pages 399-400 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (965 KB)
Fulminant amebic colitis mimicking pseudomembranous colitis, 28 October 2009 Ja Seol Koo, Won Suk Choi, Dae Won Park pages 400-401 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (498 KB)
Case Studies
Percutaneous transesophageal gastrostomy tube placement: an alternative to percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in patients with intra-abdominal metastasis Ashwani Kumar Singal, Alexander A. Dekovich, Alda L. Tam, Michael J. Wallace pages 402-406 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (743 KB)
A case of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas rupturing both the stomach and duodenum, 18 November 2009 Motonori Shimizu, Atsushi Kawaguchi, Shigeaki Nagao, Hideaki Hozumi, Shunsuke Komoto, Ryota Hokari, Soichiro Miura, Kazuo Hatsuse, Sho Ogata pages 406-412 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2136 KB)
EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy with a fully covered metal stent as the biliary diversion technique for an occluded biliary metal stent after a failed ERCP (with videos) Do Hyun Park, Tae-Jun Song, Junbum Eum, Sung-Hoon Moon, Sang Soo Lee, Dong-Wan Seo, Sung-Koo Lee, Myung-Hwan Kim pages 413-419 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1033 KB) | Add-Ons
Brief Reports
Autoimmune pancreatitis presenting with IgG4-positive multiple gastric polyps, 21 October 2009 Ryohei Kaji, Yoshinobu Okabe, Yusuke Ishida, Hidetoshi Takedatsu, Akihiko Kawahara, Hajime Aino, Yosuke Morimitsu, Ryuichiro Maekawa, Atsushi Toyonaga, Osamu Tsuruta, Michio Sata pages 420-422 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1000 KB)
Spiral-enteroscopy–assisted enteral stent placement for palliation of malignant small-bowel obstruction (with video), 09 November 2009 Anne Marie Lennon, Vinay Chandrasekhara, Eun Ji Shin, Patrick I. Okolo pages 422-425 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (744 KB) | Add-Ons
EUS-guided drainage of an isolated primary tubercular prostatic abscess, 02 November 2009 Rajesh Puri, Parvesh Jain, Randhir Sud, Mandhir Kumar, Sabir Hussain, Amit Basnotra, Mohamad A. Eloubeidi pages 425-428 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (586 KB)
Letters to the Editor
Occult adenocarcinoma after esophagectomy for Barrett's high-grade dysplasia Fergal Donnellan, Gavin C. Harewood, Stephen E. Patchett page 429 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (50 KB)
Previous experience and long-term follow-up of Schatzki's rings treated with electrosurgical incision Moises Guelrud page 429 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (50 KB)
The mucosal pattern in the non-neoplastic gastric mucosa by using magnifying narrow-band imaging endoscopy significantly correlates with gastric cancer risk Tomomitsu Tahara, Tomoyuki Shibata, Masakatsu Nakamura, Masaaki Okubo, Daisuke Yoshioka, Tomiyasu Arisawa, Ichiro Hirata pages 429-430 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (64 KB)
EUS-guided celiac plexus block for chronic pancreatitis: a placebo-controlled trial should be the first priority Anand V. Sahai, Jonathan Wyse pages 430-431 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (62 KB)
Response Julia K. LeBlanc, John DeWitt, Wycliffe Okumu, Kathleen McGreevy, Michelle Symms, Lee McHenry, Stuart Sherman, Thomas Imperiale, Cynthia Johnson page 431 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (47 KB)
Prospective randomized trial comparing EUS and EGD for transmural drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts: a need for a large randomized study Bryan Sauer, Michel Kahaleh page 432 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (47 KB)
Response Shyam Varadarajulu pages 432-433 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (61 KB)
Improve anorectal examination by the cap-assisted colonoscopy method Yuk Tong Lee page 433 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (48 KB)
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