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

Various systems are available for classifying esophageal varices. Unfortunately, they only overlap or coincide partly. The official terminology used by the German Society for Digestive

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

Treatment for papillary adenoma. An injection is made into the papillary adenoma to produce a good lifting sign.

The gastropexy device consists of two hollow needles that are attached to each other. A suture thread is inserted through one hollow needle, and a

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,

Patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at increased risk for the development of colorectal carcinomas and the corresponding precursor lesions. This applies both