Gastrointestinal Endoscpy
ISSN: 0016-5107
 

ERCP core curriculum
ARTICLE
ERCP Core Curriculum prepared by the ASGE Training Committee:, Robynne K. Chutkan, Asyia S. Ahmad, Jonathan Cohen, Marcia R. Cruz-Correa, David J. Desilets, Jason A. Dominitz, Brian J. Dunkin, Sergey V. Kantsevoy, Lee McHenry et al.
 

How to turn knots into bows: avoiding endoscopic malpractice
EDITORIAL
George Triadafilopoulos
 

Analysis of 59 ERCP lawsuits; mainly about indications
ARTICLE
Peter B. Cotton
 

Fools rush in … 
EDITORIAL
John L. Petrini, Jr.
 

The ERCP-related lawsuit: “Best avoid it!”
EDITORIAL
James T. Frakes
 

Probe EUS for the diagnosis of invasion depth in superficial esophageal cancer: a comparison between a jelly-filled method and a water-filled balloon method  • ARTICLE
Motohiro Esaki, Takayuki Matsumoto, Tomohiko Moriyama, Kazuoki Hizawa, Yutaka Ohji, Shotaro Nakamura, Katsuya Hirakawa, Minako Hirahashi, Takashi Yao and Mitsuo Iida
 

Treatment of esophageal varices: a randomized controlled trial comparing endoscopic sclerotherapy and EUS-guided sclerotherapy of esophageal collateral veins
ARTICLE
Gustavo Andrade de Paulo, José Celso Ardengh, Frank Shigueo Nakao and Angelo Paulo Ferrari
 

Duodenal EUS to identify thickening of the extrahepatic biliary tree wall in primary sclerosing cholangitis
ARTICLE
Steven Mesenas, Charles Vu, Laura Doig and John Meenan
 

Endoscopic management of pancreatic pseudocysts or abscesses after an EUS-guided 1-step procedure for initial access
ARTICLE
Martin Krüger, Andrea S. Schneider, Michael P. Manns and Peter N. Meier
 

Efficacy and safety of therapeutic ERCP in patients 90 years of age and older
ARTICLE
Panagiotis Katsinelos, George Paroutoglou, Jannis Kountouras, Christos Zavos, Athanasios Beltsis and George Tzovaras
 

Abdominal CT as a predictor of outcome before attempted direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy 
ARTICLE
John T. Maple, Bret T. Petersen, Todd H. Baron, Gavin C. Harewood, C. Daniel Johnson and Grant D. Schmit
 

Predicting the success of percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy placement: the endoscope light outshines the CT scan
EDITORIAL
Moshe Shike
 

Scheduled maintenance treatment with infliximab is superior to episodic treatment for the healing of mucosal ulceration associated with Crohn's disease
ARTICLE
Paul Rutgeerts, Robert H. Diamond, Mohan Bala, Allan Olson, Gary R. Lichtenstein, Weihang Bao, Kamlesh Patel, Douglas C. Wolf, Michael Safdi, Jean Frederic Colombel et al.
 

Mucosal healing in Crohn's disease: what you see is what you get?
EDITORIAL
Uma Mahadevan
 

The functionality and reliability of an Internet interface for assessments of endoscopic still images and video clips: distributed research in gastroenterology 
ARTICLE
T. de Lange, A.M. Svensen, S. Larsen and L. Aabakken
 

Right-side shift of colorectal adenomas with aging
ARTICLE
Yutaka Yamaji, Toru Mitsushima, Hitoshi Ikuma, Hirotsugu Watabe, Makoto Okamoto, Haruhiko Yoshida, Takao Kawabe, Ryoichi Wada and Masao Omata
 

The right test for colon cancer screening?
EDITORIAL
Jeffrey T. Wei and Robert S. Sandler
 

The history of the “French” gauge
EDITORIAL
Neal K. Osborn and Todd H. Baron
 

CME Activity: Continuing Medical Education Exam: March 2006
MISCELLANEOUS
Todd H. Baron, Brenna C. Bounds, Robert Sedlack, Allan P. Weston, G.S. Raju and George Triadafilopoulos
 

Accurate localization of tissue layers in the esophagus by using a double-lumen injection catheter: implications for the Enteryx procedure
ARTICLE
Robert A. Ganz, Mark Rydell and Paul Termin
 

Survival studies after endoscopic transgastric oophorectomy and tubectomy in a porcine model
ARTICLE
Mihir S. Wagh, Benjamin F. Merrifield and Christopher C. Thompson
 

EUS diagnosis and simultaneous endoscopic retrograde cholangiography treatment of common bile duct stones by using an oblique-viewing echoendoscope 
ARTICLE
Rodolfo Rocca, Claudio De Angelis, Francesca Castellino, Guya Masoero, Marco Daperno, Raffaello Sostegni, Caterina Rigazio, Lucia Crocellà, Alessandro Lavagna, Elena Ercole and Angelo Pera
 

EUS and ERCP combined: together we are strong? EDITORIAL
Markus B. Frenz and Till Wehrmann
 

Local injection of infliximab in the postoperative recurrence of Crohn's disease
ARTICLE
Livia Biancone, Micaela Cretella, Claudio Tosti, Giampiero Palmieri, Carmelina Petruzziello, Alessandra Geremia, Emma Calabrese and Francesco Pallone
 

Infliximab treatment of postoperative ulcers in Crohn's disease: to inject or not to inject—that is the question 
EDITORIAL
Wojciech Blonski and Gary R. Lichtenstein
 

Endoscopic removal of two leaking alkaline batteries
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Joseph K. Lim, Tonya R. Kaltenbach, Erenee Sirinian and Samuel N. Marcus
 

Gastric foreign body 
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Davor Hrabar, Marko Duvnjak, Ivan Lerotic, Vedran Tomasic, Vladimir Supanc and Branko Bilic
 

Retroperitoneal bleeding after EUS-guided FNA of a pancreatic mass 
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Wee-Chian Lim and Julia Kim LeBlanc
 

Fasciola hepatica in the common bile duct 
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Jong Cheol Kim, Sung Koo Lee, Dong Wan Seo, Sang Soo Lee and Myung-Hwan Kim
 

Mesenteric chylous cyst 
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Ari Wiesen, Kostas Sideridis, Bernard Stark and Simmy Bank
 

Primary linitis plastica of the jejunum
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Hsu-Heng Yen, Yang-Yuan Chen and Maw-Soan Soon
 

EUS-assisted intervention to restore continuity of an obstructed ileal pouch–anal anastomosis 
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Robert D. Anderson, Damien Mallat and Warren Lichliter
 

Endoscopic sphincterotomy–induced hemorrhage: treatment with heat probe 
ARTICLE
Sedef Kuran, Erkan Parlak, Dilek Oguz, Bahattin Cicek, Selcuk Disibeyaz and Burhan Sahin
 

Endoscopic transection of distally migrated biliary self-expanding metallic stents by using argon plasma coagulation: a report of 2 cases (with video)
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Nalini M. Guda and Martin L. Freeman
 

A case of GI hemorrhage in a patient with Turner's syndrome: diagnosis by capsule endoscopy
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Justin Nudell and Patrick Brady
 

Tandem utilization of a hemostatic clip and a banding device in the esophagus: a novel hemostatic technique
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Vikas Khurana
 

Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication after biopolymer injection: a case report
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Amit Agrawal, Amine Hila, Radu Tutuian, Inder Mainie, David Adams and Donald O. Castell
 

Intracerebral hemorrhage after therapeutic upper-GI endoscopy: report of a case
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Alkiviadis Efthymiou, Costas Markoglou, Fani Michalopoulou, Nikos Viazis, Jiannis Vlachogiannakos and Alec Avgerinos
 

Eosinophilic pancreatitis presenting as a pancreatic mass with obstructive jaundice
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Tyler Stevens, Richard Mackey, Gary W. Falk, Ana Bennett and J. Michael Henderson
 

Metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma diagnosed by EUS-guided FNA of a rapidly progressive peripancreatic mass  SHORT COMMUNICATION
Todd P. Jessup, Wahid Y. Wassef, Rhonda K. Yantiss and Kanishka Bhattacharya