ASGE Journal ScanColon

Single U.S. Center Reports High Rates of Screening Colonoscopy in Older Patients With Low Life Expectancy: Low Yield and Very High Complication Rates

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that the decision regarding whether to screen persons aged 75 to 85 years for colorectal cancer be individualized

LiteratureSpecial Cases

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.

ASGE Journal ScanStomach and Small Bowel

Endoscopic Management of Perforations: AGA Clinical Practice Update

A practice update from the American Gastroenterological Association used expert review and focus on methodologies to develop best practice recommendations for the management of endoscopic

ASGE Journal ScanColon

New Expert Review From the American Gastroenterological Association on Managing Colonic Diverticulitis

The American Gastroenterological Association has issued a clinical practice update on the management of colonic diverticulitis. The recommendations are as follows: Physicians should order a

ASGE Journal ScanColon

Risks of Colonoscopy: Not Just Bleeding and Perforation

This French study evaluated 4,088,799 patients undergoing a first-time colonoscopy during a 6-year interval. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal cancer, or complicated diverticular disease

Endoscopic techniquesTeaching VideosUpper GI tract

Endoscopic division of a Zenker diverticulum using the Clutch Cutter

Endoscopic division of a Zenker diverticulum using the Clutch Cutter and management of a perforation. Coagulation of the diverticular septum using the Clutch Cutter. Settings:

Endoscopic techniquesLower GI tractTeaching Videos

Perforation of a bleeding polypectomy site in the colon using a Hemoclip

A patient who had undergone polypectomy of a flat polyp in the ascending colon presented again with peranal hemorrhage. The polypectomy site can be seen