Harry R Aslanian,Thiruvengadam Muniraj,Anil Nagar et al.
Harry R Aslanian et al.
The authors review the role of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in the staging of cancers throughout the gastrointestinal tract. EUS offers an advantage over cross-sectional imaging in locoregional tumor staging but is less sensitive in identify...
Ross C D Buerlein,Vanessa M Shami
Ross C D Buerlein
The last 2 decades have seen an emergence of endoscopic technologies and techniques allowing for minimally invasive modalities for assessing and sampling lesions outside of the gastrointestinal lumen, including the chest, abdomen, and pelvi...
Amirali Tavangar,Jason B Samarasena
Amirali Tavangar
The diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer has become a standard role for the endoscopic oncologist. Pancreatic cancer can produce disabling abdominal pain, and the medical management of this pain is often challenging. Endoscopic ult...
Kinnari Modi,David Lee
Kinnari Modi
The types of endoscopic interventions available for supporting the nutrition of patients with cancer have expanded in recent years to encompass a wide variety of different techniques and procedures. Many of these procedures reflect refineme...
Frances Dang,Marc Monachese
Frances Dang
Endoscopic management of gastrointestinal (GI) tumor-related bleeding is challenging for many reasons including high rebleeding rates, poor tissue response to endoscopic therapies, altered wound healing and underlying coagulopathy. However,...
Ahmad F Aboelezz,Mohamed O Othman
Ahmad F Aboelezz
Large bowel obstruction is a serious event that occurs in approximately 25% of all intestinal obstructions. It is attributed to either benign, malignant, functional (pseudo-obstruction), or mechanical conditions. Benign etiologies of coloni...
Woo Hyun Paik,Do Hyun Park
Woo Hyun Paik
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is commonly used for managing malignant biliary obstruction; however, it is impossible if the endoscope cannot reach the ampulla of Vater, and it carries a risk of procedure-related panc...
Andrew Canakis,Shayan S Irani
Andrew Canakis
Endoscopic management of gastric outlet obstruction includes balloon dilation, enteral stenting, and endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE) to relieve mechanical blockage and reestablish per oral intake. Based on the degree...
Atsushi Nakayama,Motohiko Kato,Noriko Matsuura et al.
Atsushi Nakayama et al.
White light image (WLI) findings are important for detection and characterization in the GI tract. However, magnified endoscopic examination with image enhanced endoscopy (IEE-NE) is becoming increasingly important for qualitative diagnosis...
Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy,Rupjyoti Talukdar
Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy