Background Perforation of an acute ulcer is a serious and life-threatening condition. Treatment for this sudden abdominal event is surgical in the majority of cases.
Special Cases
Special Cases
Endoscopic treatment for peptic ulcer perforation
Rapunzel syndrome
A 31-year-old female patient presented to the University Hospital’s emergency department with upper abdominal pain that had persisted for 2 weeks. She also reported a
Ascaris Lumbricoides worm encountered in the stomach
Ascaris infestation show quite a wide array of clinical manifestations as it maybe asymptomatic showing only long term manifestations of growth retardation and malnutrition ,
Transcutaneous SpyGlass-guided rendezvous
Achieving sustained biliary drainage in patients with cholestasis or cholangitis often represents a turning-point in the treatment of malignant and infectious diseases with hepatobiliary involvement.
Endoscopic therapy in sigmoid volvulus — case report and glance at the current ASGE guideline
Clinical case: A 78-year-old lady presented as an emergency case with stool retention for several days in chronic constipation, with known diverticulosis and acutely increasing
The “black” esophagus
A 68-year old woman with advanced endometrial cancer and evidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection was referred to endoscopy unit
Esophageal duplication cysts (EDCs)
Here we present a case of a patient qualified for endosonographic evaluation of unspecific esophageal submucosal lesion (SEL). The lesion was detected during routine upper
Intestinal Kaposi sarcoma
A 38-year-old man in a clearly impaired general state of health presented for clarification of Hb-relevant gastrointestinal bleeding with melena and transfusion-refractory thrombopenia.
Barrett’s carcinoma at the Z-line
Konsiliarische Vorstellung eines 47-Jährigen, multimorbiden Patienten bei dem in einem externen Krankenhaus zuvor mittels EMR ein Barrettfrühkarzinom abgetragen wurde. Trotz der basalen R1 Situation und
Invasive amebiasis in the colon
Invasive amebiasis in the colon, with ulcerations in the right colon.
Establishment of an endoscopic gastroenterostomy
In this video Dr. Wannhoff from Ludwigsburg shows a new, minimally invasive approach to the endosonographic attachment of a gastroenterostomy in gastric emptying disorder.
Multimodal treatment approach with endoscopic full-thickness resection of a rectal carcinoma
A 77-year-old patient presented to the emergency department with Hb-relevant lower gastrointestinal bleeding during anticoagulation treatment with rivaroxaban and clopidogrel. At colonoscopy, the bleeding source
Endoscopic full-thickness resection of a GIST using GERD-X
A subepithelial tumor has been identified in the fundus. EUS shows that it is 2.5 × 3 cm in size, probably arising from the muscularis propria. No pathological
Gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy (G-POEM)
Hendrik Manner from Wiesbaden reports on a patient with a gastric emptying disorder who was treated with what is known as gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy
The EndoRotor® as a completely new mechanical mucosectomy procedure — an alternative for faster ER and ESD?
Stephan Hollerbach and his team demonstrate an en-bloc resection in a swine model using the new mechanical EndoRotor® resection system.
Tunnel removal of a submucosal tumor in the esophagus (SET technique)
Dr. Werner and Prof. Rösch from Hamburg present the case of a young patient with an incidental finding of esophageal GIST. In this patient, it
Endoscopic therapy of pancreatic fluid collections caused by severe necrotic pancreatitis
Pancreatitis can cause various severe complications such as acute fluid collections with superinfected necrotic content requiring drainage and removal of necrotic debris. Here we demonstrate
Post-EMR arterial bleeding
Arterial bleeding from the area of the endoscopic mucosal resection, 2 days after the intervention. Successful hemostasis is achieved using bipolar coagulation forceps in “Soft
Small carcinoma in Barrett’s esophagus — EMR and RFA
A 46-year-old patient with short-segment Barrett’s esophagus that had been receiving monitoring since 2009, now presenting with a mucosal adenocarcinoma.