Rigid or flexible choledochoscopy?

abstract：BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS:We present ten patients who developed secondary sclerosing cholangitis following long-term treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU) between 1999 and 2004. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Ten consecutive patients who had no evidence suggestive of pre-existing hepatobiliary disease were admitted to an IC...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Jaeger C,Mayer G,Henrich R,Gossner L,Rabenstein T,May A,Guenter E,Ell C

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A few studies have investigated quality indicators of esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) for identifying upper gastrointestinal (GI) malignancy. The current study aimed to evaluate whether the rate of ampulla photo-documentation could be associated with the detection of upper GI neoplasms. METHODS:We used dat...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Park JM,Lim CH,Cho YK,Lee BI,Cho YS,Song HJ,Choi MG

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS:Rectal bleeding is frequently seen in patients undergoing transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy, but is usually mild and stops spontaneously. We report five cases of life-threatening hemorrhage following this procedure, which were treated successfully by endoscopic injection. P...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Brullet E,Guevara MC,Campo R,Falcó J,Puig J,Prera A,Prats J,Del Rosario J

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS:At many centers wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) without prior radiographic examination to rule out relevant strictures is considered to be contraindicated in suspected obstructive small-bowel disease. However, the accuracy of radiography in this situation has often been questioned. The purpos...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Boivin ML,Lochs H,Voderholzer WA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to the Japanese Esophageal Society (JES) guidelines, early esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) involving the muscularis mucosae (M3) or upper submucosal (SM1) layers are relative indications for endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). Additional esophagectomy or chemoradiotherapy is recommende...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Qi ZP,Chen T,Li B,Ren Z,Yao LQ,Shi Q,Cai SL,Zhong YS,Zhou PH

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date no clinic trials have reported on the safety and effectiveness of the use of a frequency-doubled double pulse neodymium YAG (FREDDY) laser with a radiopaque mark under fluoroscopic guidance to treat bile duct stones that are untreatable by conventional endoscopic therapy. We report the cases of 30 patients wit...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Liu F,Jin ZD,Zou DW,Li ZS

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innovation everywhere for everybody - this is the way we can summarize the 2014 Digestive Disease Week, which was held in Chicago, Illinois, last May. Many sessions introduced new innovative materials and concepts. From the robot of the future to the simplest ideas, the congress was fertile and sometimes full of surpr...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Vanbiervliet G,Gonzalez JM,Barthet M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS:The endoscopic treatment of symptomatic pharyngoesophageal diverticula (PED) with rigid instruments involves the incision of the septum between the diverticulum and the esophageal lumen, within which the cricopharyngeal muscle is present. The aim of this study is to report on the feasibility a...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Ishioka S,Sakai P,Maluf Filho F,Melo JM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucinous ductal ectasia (MDE) is an uncommon disease characterized by a patulous duodenal papilla extruding mucus, and a pancreatogram showing dilation with amorphous filling defects, communication of the mass with the pancreatic duct, the mass usually being located in the head of the pancreas. We have recently treate...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Raijman I,Kortan P,Walden D,Kandel G,Marcon NE,Haber GB

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The object of this study was to investigate the assumption that a detailed explanation and description of gastroscopy to a patient reduces his fears of the procedure. In order to check this assumption, 243 consecutive patients who underwent elective gastroscopy were randomly distributed to 4 groups: Group A received a...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Levy N,Landmann L,Stermer E,Erdreich M,Beny A,Meisels R

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wireless pH monitoring is one of the recent technologies that focus on improving the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The capsule, which is fixed within the esophagus, transmits data via telemetry to an external receiver. The capsule is usually inserted 6 cm above the squamocolumnar junction during...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Roman S,Mion F,Zerbib F,Benamouzig R,Letard JC,Bruley des Varannes S

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic laser treatment has been tried for hemostasis, relief of stenosis and reduction of tumor volume in advanced upper gastrointestinal cancer. This form of treatment was found to be effective for each purpose, but success was usually only temporary. Thus, it was considered that endoscopic laser therapy for prob...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Takemoto T,Okazaki Y,Otani T,Tanabe I,Fujimura H,Yoshida T,Fukumoto Y

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 77-year-old patient with unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma sustained a life-threatening, upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage 1 month after placement of a biliary Wallstent. Radiographic and endoscopic studies revealed a choledocho-arterio-enteric fistula caused by erosion of the stent through the posterior duoden...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Gardiner MF,Long WB,Haskal ZJ,Lichtenstein GR

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients with retroperitoneal perforation complicating endoscopic management of bile duct obstruction were seen over a seven-year period. In nine patients endoscopic sphincterotomy or pre-cut papillotomy had been performed, but in two who had not undergone sphincterotomy perforation occurred because of the pene...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Martin DF,Tweedle DE

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS:This was to determine whether intervention based on additional capnographic monitoring reduces the incidence of hypoxemia during midazolam and propofol sedation for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). METHODS:Patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists [ASA] I – IV) sch...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Klare P,Reiter J,Meining A,Wagenpfeil S,Kronshage T,Geist C,Heringlake S,Schlag C,Bajbouj M,Schneider G,Schmid RM,Wehrmann T,von Delius S,Riphaus A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases are reported of perforation of the gut caused by biliary endoprosthesies in the three-year period 1993-1995. The first patient was an 81-year-old man who had perforation of the terminal ileum caused by a straight 10 French/7 cm stent which had been dislodged from the bile duct; he underwent laparotomy but di...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Størkson RH,Edwin B,Reiertsen O,Faerden AE,Sortland O,Rosseland AR

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-five patients with sessile adenomas or early carcinomas of the rectum or rectosigmoid were operated on with the new technique "transanal endoscopic microsurgery" Employing a newly developed complex endoscopic operating system, complete removal of sessile adenomas can be accomplished up to a distance of 25 cm f...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Buess G,Kipfmüller K,Naruhn M,Braunstein S,Junginger T

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developments in computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging that have taken place over the last two decades have dramatically increased our ability to detect and characterize focal liver lesions, and have led to the liver becoming the primary focus of interest in abdominal imaging. At the same tim...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Paley MR,Ros PR

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS:The diagnosis of mediastinal and intra-abdominal lymphadenopathy is sometimes difficult, especially in patients who have no other primary lesions. Lymphoma is one of the main causes of this condition. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is a safe and accurate diagnost...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Yasuda I,Tsurumi H,Omar S,Iwashita T,Kojima Y,Yamada T,Sawada M,Takami T,Moriwaki H,Soehendra N

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS:Although endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided transmural drainage (EUD) is preferred over conventional transmural drainage (CTD) of pancreatic pseudocysts by endoscopy in many centers, its superiority with respect to technical success and clinical outcome has not yet been demonstrated in a prosp...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Park DH,Lee SS,Moon SH,Choi SY,Jung SW,Seo DW,Lee SK,Kim MH

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, several endoscopic features of microscopic colitis have been noted. The pickup of these on colonoscopy depends on local expertise, endoscopic technology, and case volume. As the incidence of microscopic colitis has increased, we wanted to draw attention to endoscopists' ability to recognize such findi...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Yung DE,Koulaouzidis A,Fineron P,Plevris JN

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND : Use of a side-viewing endoscope is currently mandatory to examine the major duodenal papilla; however, previous studies have used cap-assisted endoscopy for complete examination of the papilla. The aim of this study was to compare cap-assisted endoscopy with side-viewing endoscopy for examination of the m...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Abdelhafez M,Phillip V,Hapfelmeier A,Sturm V,Elnegouly M,Dollhopf M,Kassem A,Klare P,Nennstiel S,Schmid RM,von Delius S,Eckel F

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, video endoscopic systems (VE) are available from four companies. We have had an opportunity to test these instruments in clinical practice. In principle, all the VE's are similar in that they employ charge coupling devices (CCD-chips) as image sensors, but they differ significantly in CCD chip technology a...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Classen M,Knyrim K,Seidlitz HK,Hagenmüller F

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS:Placing small stents in the pancreatic duct at endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography reduces the risk of pancreatitis. However, this practice means that a second procedure might be required to remove the stent, and stents can also damage the duct. The aims of this study were to determ...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Lawrence C,Cotton PB,Romagnuolo J,Payne KM,Rawls E,Hawes RH

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIM:Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to treat Barrett's esophagus is increasingly accepted. Description of the etiology, natural history, and prevalence of buried Barrett's metaplasia (BBM) following RFA is limited, although BBM continues to pose a clinical dilemma. We aimed to assess the prevalence, ...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Yuan J,Hernandez JC,Ratuapli SK,Ruff KC,De Petris G,Lam-Himlin DM,Burdick GE,Pannala R,Ramirez FC,Fleischer DE

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barrett's esophagus with dysplasia is commonly treated with radiofrequency ablation (RFA). Despite its effectiveness, a concern of any ablative technique is the development of subsquamous intestinal metaplasia, which could have potential for future neoplastic progression. To date, 34 cases of subsquamous neoplasia hav...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Lee JK,Cameron RG,Binmoeller KF,Shah JN,Shergill A,Garcia-Kennedy R,Bhat YM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and United European Gastroenterology present a short list of key performance measures for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). We recommend that endoscopy services across Europe adopt the following seven key and one mi...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Domagk D,Oppong KW,Aabakken L,Czakó L,Gyökeres T,Manes G,Meier P,Poley JW,Ponchon T,Tringali A,Bellisario C,Minozzi S,Senore C,Bennett C,Bretthauer M,Hassan C,Kaminski MF,Dinis-Ribeiro M,Rees CJ,Spada C,Valori R,

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS:Gastric mucosa may have several tiny patterns in portal hypertension. In this prospective study, we used magnifying endoscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to better characterize the morphology of gastric mucosa in patients with cirrhosis, and we evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of m...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Calès P,Oberti F,Delmotte JS,Baslé M,Casa C,Arnaud JP

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disinfection of fibre endoscopes was examined in 5 endoscopy departments during endoscopy sessions. On the endoscopes, especially in the instrument channels, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Proteus species could be regularly found, in some cases also Enterobacter cloacae and Candida albicans. With the results of disinfecti...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Tolon M,Thofern E,Miederer SE

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have resected five sessile polyps and treated rectal hemorrhage using the urologic resectoscope that operates in an aqueous solution. It is our belief that working in an aqueous environment can avoid some of the drawbacks of the standard technique in an air environment. We think that this is a useful technique in d...

journal_title：Endoscopy

authors： Gaya J,Obrador A,Ozonas M,de Sala E

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00