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Endoscopic treatment for peptic ulcer perforation

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.

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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

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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 ,

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Invasive amebiasis in the colon

Invasive amebiasis in the colon, with ulcerations in the right colon.

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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.

Lower GI tractSpecial CasesTeaching Videos

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

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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

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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

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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

PancreasSpecial CasesTeaching VideosUpper GI tract

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

Endoscopic techniquesSpecial CasesTeaching VideosUpper GI tract

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

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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.