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Single-use duodenoscopes and duodenoscopes with disposable end caps

Single-use duodenoscopes, disposable distal ends, or distal end cap sealants could eliminate or reduce exogenous patient-to-patient infection associat...

Artificial intelligence in diagnosis of gastric precancerous conditions by image-enhanced endoscopy: a multicenter, diagnostic study (with video)

Image-enhanced endoscopy (IEE) shows great potential in diagnosing gastric precancerous conditions and adenocarcinoma. The diagnostic accuracy of GA w...

Impact on healthcare resources of switch from fecal occult blood test to fecal immunochemical test within the English Bowel Cancer Screening Program: a single-center study

Fecal immunochemistry testing (FIT) replaced fecal occult blood test (FOBt) in England as the Bowel Cancer Screening Program (BCSP) screening tool. FI...

Evaluating the impact of frailty on periprocedural adverse events and mortality among patients with GI bleeding

Frailty is a known predictor of mortality and adverse events in the inpatient setting. 49.2% of frail patients had composite periprocedural adverse ev...

Single pass, 1 needle actuation versus single pass 3 actuation technique for EUS-guided liver biopsy: a randomized prospective trial (with video)

There has not been a head-to-head comparison of single versus multiple needle actuation. Compared with 1:1, biopsies using 1:3 yielded more CPT and lo...

Colorectal cancer in 18- to 49-year-olds: rising rates, presentation, and outcome in a large integrated health system

New guidelines recommend screening should begin at age 45. Younger patients are more likely to have metastases and to need multimodality treatment.

Safety and efficacy of water pressure endoscopic submucosal dissection for colorectal tumors with submucosal fibrosis (with video)

Water pressure endoscopic submucosal dissection can shorten procedure time for fibrotic colorectal neoplasms. Median procedure time was significantly...

Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy in the evaluation of dominant strictures in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis: results of a U.S. multicenter prospective trial

Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) offers microscopic level imaging of subepithelial biliary mucosa. CLE had high sensitivity in detecti...

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