Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia is a risk factor of intestinal-type gastric cancer, but WLI was not adequate to detect IM of stomach. NBI system with and

The latest developments in the field of gastroenterology and endoscopy are presented every year at Digestive Diseases Week (DDW) in Chicago — although in recent

During hemostasis in patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage, the Forrest classification is recommended for risk stratification, as it correlates best with the risk of

Celiac disease is a chronic inflammation trigged by the ingestion of gluten and resulting in a dense infiltration of lymphocytes in the proximal small intestine.

Among the gastric submucosal tumors, neuroendocrine tumors are a special entity, which also require examination of independent gastric mucosal biopsies for classification.

Heterotope Magenschleimhaut des Ösophagus (heterotopic gastric mucosa, gastric inlet patch) entspricht funktionellem Magengewebe, das sich nicht an der anatomisch üblichen Lokalisation befindet. Sie ist in

Depending on the patient’s degree of sedation and the examiner’s level of experience, carrying out a precise examination of the Z-line may not be very

Considerable debate is currently taking place among therapeutic endoscopists regarding the best method of resecting early carcinomas, particularly in the upper gastrointestinal tract — whereas

The efficacy of surveillance for Barrett’s patients is a matter of controversy, and it is probably due to the low long-term risk of carcinoma developing

Low-grade dysplasia (low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia, LGIN) is difficult to distinguish from inflammation histopathologically. The interobserver variance rates usually show kappa values below 0.4, representing a

The risk of progression of nonneoplastic Barrett’s esophagus to high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia or adenocarcinoma is extremely low and has been reported in recent studies to

Achalasia is a rare neuromuscular disease of unclear etiology that probably has a genetic background. The precise etiopathogenesis of achalasia is still unclear. Above all,