EC magazine 04 2016

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LiteratureLiver and biliary tract

Plastic or metal stent for benign biliary stricture?

Plastic or metal stent for benign biliary stricture?

Until only a few years ago, endoscopic therapy for benign biliary stricture involved implantation of one or multiple plastic stents, exchanged every 3 months, for

ColonoscopyLiteratureLower GI tract

Colonoscopic adenoma detection – new super wide-angle scopes versus new caps

Colonoscopic adenoma detection – new super wide-angle scopes versus new caps

Adenoma detection rate (ADR) has become the holy grail of colonoscopy outcome quality measurement and efforts to increase ADR are ongoing.

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Transgastric biliary drainage with metastatic gallbladder cancer

Transgastric biliary drainage with metastatic gallbladder cancer

Various access routes are available for drainage in patients with cholestasis. In the complex case presented here, neither ERCP nor an attempt at PTCD placement