Índice

• • ·TOC

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• • ·Editorial Boards

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• • ·Focus On…

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• • ·ASGE Update

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• • ·In Upcoming Issues…

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• • ·Instructions for authors

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• • ·Information for readers

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• TECHNOLOGY STATUS EVALUATION REPORT

  • ·Update on endoscopic tissue sampling devices

    Página :741-745

    Prepared by: Technology Assessment Committe, Alan Barkun, Julia Liu, Steven Carpenter, Poonputt Chotiprasidhi, Ram Chuttani, Gregory Ginsberg, Nadeem Hussain, William Silverman, Greta Taitelbaum, Bret T. Petersen

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  • ·Endoscopic clip application devices

    Página :746-750

    Prepared by: Technology Assessment Committee, Ram Chuttani, Alan Barkun, Steven Carpenter, Poonputt Chotiprasidhi, Gregory G. Ginsberg, Nadeem Hussain, Julia Liu, William Silverman, Greta Taitelbaum, Bret Petersen

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  • ·Endoscopic ultrasound probes

    Página :751-754

    Prepared by: Technology Assessment Committee, Julia Liu, Steven Carpenter, Ram Chuttani, Joseph Croffie, James DiSario, Klaus Mergener, Daniel S. Mishkin, Raj Shah, Lehel Somogyi, William Tierney, Bret T. Petersen

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• GUIDELINE

  • ·Esophageal dilation

    Página :755-760

    Prepared by: Standards of Practice Committee, James V. Egan, Todd H. Baron, Douglas G. Adler, Raquel Davila, Douglas O. Faigel, Seng-lan Gan, William K. Hirota, Jonathan A. Leighton, David Lichtenstein, Waqar A. Qureshi, Elizabeth Rajan, Bo Shen, Marc J. Zuckerman, Trina VanGuilder, Robert D. Fanelli

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• ORIGINAL ARTICLES

  • ·Pharyngeal anesthesia during sedated EGDs: is “the spray” beneficial? A meta-analysis and systematic review

    Página :761-766

    Luke T. Evans, Sara Saberi, Hyungjin Myra Kim, Grace H. Elta, Philip Schoenfeld

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  • ·Comparison of hemostatic efficacy for epinephrine injection alone and injection combined with hemoclip therapy in treating high-risk bleeding ulcers

    Página :767-773

    Ching-Chu Lo, Ping-I. Hsu, Gin-Ho Lo, Chiun-Ku Lin, Hoi-Hung Chan, Wei-Lun Tsai, Wen-Chi Chen, Chung-Jen Wu, Hsien-Chung Yu, Jin-Shiung Cheng, Kwok-Hung Lai

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  • ·Best endoscopic hemostasis for ulcer bleeding: is there such a treatment?

    Página :774-775

    Joseph Sung

    
  • ·Clinical outcomes of EMR for gastric tumors: historical pilot evaluation between endoscopic submucosal dissection and conventional mucosal resection

    Página :776-782

    Kenichiro Watanabe, Shinichi Ogata, Seiji Kawazoe, Kazuyo Watanabe, Takanori Koyama, Tetsuro Kajiwara, Yuichiro Shimoda, Yukari Takase, Kouji Irie, Masanobu Mizuguchi, Seiji Tsunada, Ryuichi Iwakiri, Kazuma Fujimoto

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  • ·Can endoscopic resection be applied for early stage ampulla of Vater cancer?

    Página :783-788

    Sun-Young Lee, Kee-Taek Jang, Kyu Taek Lee, Jong Kyun Lee, Seong Ho Choi, Jin Seok Heo, Seung Woon Paik, Jong Chul Rhee

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  • ·Endoscopic resection of tumors of the ampulla of Vater: how far up and how deep down can we go?

    Página :789-791

    Stefan Seewald, Salem Omar, Nib Soehendra

     
  • ·Placement of a metallic stent across the main duodenal papilla may predispose to cholangitis

    Página :792-796

    Tomoyoshi Okamoto, Shuichi Fujioka, Satoru Yanagisawa, Katsuhiko Yanaga, Hiroshi Kakutani, Hisao Tajiri, Mitsuyoshi Urashima

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  • ·Single-step EUS-guided transmural drainage of simple and complicated pancreatic pseudocysts

    Página :797-803

    Mainor R. Antillon, Raj J. Shah, Gregory Stiegmann, Yang K. Chen

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  • ·Delayed pancreaticoduodenectomy for cancer patients with prior ERCP-placed, nonforeshortening, self-expanding metal stents: a positive outcome

    Página :804-807

    Christopher Lawrence, Douglas A. Howell, Donald E. Conklin, Andreas M. Stefan, Ronald F. Martin

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  • ·A prospective control study of the safety and cellular yield of EUS-guided FNA or Trucut biopsy in patients taking aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or prophylactic low molecular weight heparin

    Página :808-813

    Charles Kien-Fong Vu, Fuju Chang, Laura Doig, John Meenan

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  • ·Preoperative colonoscopy after self-expandable metallic stent placement in patients with acute neoplastic colon obstruction

    Página :814-819

    Mario A. Vitale, Giuseppe Villotti, Lucia d’Alba, Stefano Frontespezi, Federico Iacopini, Giampaolo Iacopini

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  • ·Malignant colorectal obstruction: looking for synchronous lesions with the scope through a metal stent…!

    Página :820-823

    Deepak Kumar Bhasin, Surinder Singh Rana

    
  • ·Accuracy of high-resolution chromoendoscopy in prediction of histologic findings in diminutive lesions of the rectosigmoid

    Página :824-828

    Dariusz Apel, Ralf Jakobs, Dieter Schilling, Uwe Weickert, Joachim Teichmann, Manfred H. Bohrer, Jürgen F. Riemann

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  • ·Practicality of high-resolution chromoendoscopy during routine screening colonoscopy

    Página :829-830

    John F. Johanson

    

• THE FELLOWS' CORNER

  • ·Balancing family and career: addressing the challenges facing dual-career couples

    Página :831-833

    Deborah C. Rubin

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• CME ACTIVITY

  • ·CME Activity : Continuing Medical Education Exam: May 2006

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    Todd H. Baron, Brenna C. Bounds, Robert Sedlack, Allan P. Weston, G.S. Raju, George Triadafilopoulos

      

• THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX

  • ·NOTES: Gathering momentum

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    David Rattner, Robert H. Hawes

    

• NEW METHOD

  • ·The Optical Dilator: a clear, over-the-scope bougie with sequential dilating segments

    Página :840-845

    Michael P. Jones, Jason R. Bratten, Stephen A. McClave

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  • ·Optical dilators: a potential advance in the treatment of patients with dysphagia?

    Página :845-846

    Kenneth R. DeVault

    
  • ·Use of modified multiband ligator facilitates circumferential EMR in Barrett’s esophagus (with video)

    Página :847-852

    Nib Soehendra, Stefan Seewald, Stefan Groth, Salem Omar, Uwe Seitz, Yan Zhong, Andreas de Weerth, Frank Thonke, Soeren Schroeder

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  • ·Endoscopic direct cholangioscopy by using an ultra-slim upper endoscope: a feasibility study

    Página :853-857

    Alberto Larghi, Irving Waxman

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• AT THE FOCAL POINT

  • ·Paleoscopy

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    Shanthi V. Sitaraman

     
  • ·Recurrent malignant thymoma diagnosed by EUS-guided Trucut biopsy

    Página :859-860

    Alberto Larghi, Erika Rodriguez-Wulff, Amy Noffsinger, Charles E. Dye

     
  • ·Gastric piercing

    Página :860-861

    Carlos J. Leon, Sergio M. Rubel, Carlos Rodríguez

     
  • ·Bile duct cancer in the setting of intraductal papillary mucinous tumor appearing as an impacted bile duct stone on ERCP

    Página :861-862

    Yucel Ustundag, Todd H. Baron, Thomas C. Smyrk

     
  • ·Angiodysplasia of the major duodenal papilla: a rare cause of GI bleeding

    Página :862-863

    Everson L.A. Artifon, Paulo Sakai, Gustavo O. Luz, Carlos K. Furuya, Elisa R. Baba, Christiano Sakai, Adriana V. Safatle-Ribeiro, Shinichi Ishioka

     
  • ·Jejunal diverticulosis diagnosed by double-balloon enteroscopy

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    Ahmad Kamal, Lauren B. Gerson

     
  • ·Use of endoclips to obliterate a colonic arteriovenous malformation before cauterization

    Página :865-866

    Aline Charabaty Pishvaian, James H. Lewis

     
  • ·Colon varices as a source for lower-GI bleeding

    Página :866-867

    Pierluigi Consolo, Mariagrazia Scaffidi, Carmelo Luigiano, Pietro Familiari, Marisa Bonica, Luigi Familiari

     

• BRIEF REPORTS

  • ·Polyarteritis nodosa presenting as massive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage

    Página :868-870

    Nripen Saikia, Rupjyoti Talukdar, Subhasish Mazumder, Shriram Kabra, Sudeep Khanna, J.C. Vij

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  • ·Concurrent mucinous cystadenoma of the liver and bile duct: a rare cause of jaundice

    Página :870-872

    Quentin M. Nunes, Nick D. Wight, Guruprasad P. Aithal, W. Keith Dunn, Philip V. Kaye, Dileep N. Lobo

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  • ·Metastatic melanoma of the common bile duct and ampulla of Vater

    Página :873-874

    M.M.J.A. van Bokhoven, E.H.J.G. Aarntzen, A.C.I.T.L. Tan

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  • ·Biliary stent migration presenting as a recurrent abdominal wall abscess with underlying enterocutaneous fistula

    Página :874-876

    Amer Karim, James H. Orbell, K. Bhatti, B. Chaudhary, Amjad Parvaiz

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  • ·Massive pneumoperitoneum after EUS-FNA aspiration of the pancreas

    Página :876-877

    Allan H. Andrews, J. David Horwhat

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  • ·Successful laparoscopic treatment of hemorrhage from the appendix with phlegmonous acute appendicitis: a case report and review of the literature

    Página :877-880

    Kimiyasu Yamazaki, Kentaro Nakao, Akira Tsunoda, Tohru Ohnaka, Hidetoshi Amagasa, Naoto Suzuki, Kazuhiro Narita, Tetsuya Mikogami, Tsutomu Kaetsu, Masahiko Murakami, Toshikazu Kurihara, Yoshiaki Takeuchi, Nozomi Yoshikawa, Michio Imawari, Mitsuo Kusano

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  • ·Colonic varices treated by balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration in a cirrhotic patient with encephalopathy: a case report

    Página :880-884

    Akira Anan, Makoto Irie, Hiroshi Watanabe, Tetsuro Sohda, Kaoru Iwata, Norihisa Suzuki, Makoto Yoshikane, Hidetoshi Nakane, Tomoko Hashiba, Masanori Yokoyama, Hideyuki Higashihara, Masatoshi Okazaki, Shotaro Sakisaka

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  • ·Potential cancer cell inoculation of tattoo site through use of a contaminated needle

    Página :884-886

    Hyong-Ju Kang, Bo-In Lee, Byung-Wook Kim, Hwang Choi, Se-Hyun Cho, Kyu-Yong Choi, Hiun-Suk Chae, Seok-Won Han, In-Sik Chung, Kyoung-Mee Kim

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  • ·Melanosis of the colon and terminal ileum associated with primary malignant melanoma of the anorectum

    Página :886-888

    Seong Soo Hong, Young Il Min, Suk-Kyun Yang, Kyu-Jong Kim, Jeong-Sik Byeon, Seung-Jae Myung, Jin-Ho Kim, Eun-Sil Yu

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• LETTER TO THE EDITOR

  • ·Acute upper-GI bleeding does not decrease the diagnostic yield of gastric biopsies for Helicobacter pylori infection

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    Francisco Aquino, Pedro Montes, Eduardo Monge

    
  • ·Endotherapy for distally migrated metallic biliary endoprostheses

    Página :889-890

    Joseph C. Yarze

    
  • ·Antibiotics are mandatory before EUS-guided FNA in cystic or semisolid lesions of the mediastinum and the pancreas

    Página :890

    Mohamad A. Eloubeidi

    
  • ·Colonoscopic resection of an asymptomatic colon lipoma

    Página :890-891

    Joseph C. Yarze

    
  • ·Response:

    Página :891-892

    Gottumukkala Raju

    

• ERRATUM

  • ·Erratum

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