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• • ·TOC

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• • ·Editorial Boards

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• • ·Instructions for authors

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• • ·Information for readers

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• • ·Program 2004

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• • ·Holmium Laser Assisted Mucosectomy (HLAM)

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    Charles Dye, Timothy Kinney, Kenneth Chi, Irving Waxman

    
• • ·The Healing Process of Gastric Artificial Ulcers After Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection, a Histopathological Study

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    Naomi Kakushima, Naohisa Yahagi, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Atsushi Imagawa, Masashi Oka, Katsuya Kobayashi, Takuhei Hashimoto, Touru Motoi, Masao Omata

    
• • ·Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) and Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) for Staging and Treatment of High-Grade Dysplasia (HGD) and Early Adenocarcinoma (EAC) in Barrett's Esophagus (BE)

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    Charles J. Lightdale, Alberto Larghi, Heidrun Rotterdam, Nnenna Okpara

     
• • ·Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) Using the Insulation-Tipped Diathermic Knife (IT Knife) Allows Curative Resection of Residual or Recurrent Gastric Cancer After EMR

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    Chizu Yokoi, Takuji Gotoda, Roy M. Soetikno, Hisanao Hamanaka, Ichiro Oda

    
• • ·Novel Procedure of Grasper-associated Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Against Early Gastric Cancer

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    Hiroyuki Imaeda, Yasushi Iwao, Haruhiko Ogata, Hidekazu Suzuki, Naoki Hosoe, Tatsuhiro Masaoka, Manabu Nakashita, Tomoko Tsuda, Koichi Aiura, Hiroshi Nagata, Koichiro Kumai, Toshifumi Hibi, Hiromasa Ishii

    
• • ·Esophageal Capsule Endoscopy (ECE) is Comparable to Traditional Endoscopy for Screening Patients with GERD Symptoms

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    Rami Rami Eliakim, Inbal Shlomi, Alain Suissa, Kamal Yassin

    
• • ·Intramural Endoscopic Dissection Using Pressurized Gas: A Novel Approach to Large Area Mucosal Resection and Polypectomy?

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    Jose G.de la Mora, Elizabeth Rajan, Christopher J. Gostout, Lori Herman, Mary Knipschield, Jodie Deters

    
• • ·Testing of a New Device for Endoscopic Mucosal Resection for the Esophagus and Colon

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    Paul Swain, Per-Ola Park, Maria Bergson, Annette Fritscher-Ravens, Keiichi Ikeda

    
• • ·A Novel Gene Transfer Therapy Against Pancreatic Cancer (TNFerade) Delivered by Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) and Percutaneous Guided Fine Needle Injection (FNI)

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    Kenneth J. Chang, Neil Senzer, Theodore Chung, J.Randolph Hecht, Stephen Vogel, Alexander Rosemurgy, John Nemunaitis, John Gibbs, Milind Javle, Tony Reid, Jennifer Macko, Paul Kessler, Mitchell C. Posner, James Farrell, L.Shane Grundy, Roy Soetikno, Irving Waxman, Nader Hanna

     
• • ·Long Term Follow-up of Endoscopic Gastroenteric Anastomoses with Magnets (EGAM)

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    Augusto Villaverde, Constantin Cope, Nestor Chopita, Nestor Landoni, Herbert Burgos, Alberto Bernedo, Horacio Martinez, Alejandro Jmelnitzky

    
• • ·Diagnosis of Barrett's Esophagus with Narrow Band Imaging Endoscopy

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    Jean-Francois Rey, Konstantin Kuznetsov, Christophe Sattonnet, Rene Lambert

    
• • ·Transoral Endoscopic Obesity Surgery: Endoscopic Gastroplasty with an Endoluminal Endoscopic Suture Device

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    Bing Hu, Lawrence C.L. Sun, Koichi Kawashima, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Sydney S.C. Chung, Apollo Group

    
• • ·Utility of Diphenhydramine for Conscious Sedation During Colonoscopy

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    Wichit Srikureja, Yoshi Mineyama, John D. McCracken, David Condon

     
• • ·Use of Bispectral Index in a Prospective Observational Study as an Adjunct to Nurse Administered Propofol Sedation for Colonoscopy

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    Shawn Chen, Douglas K. Rex

    
• • ·Anesthesiologist or Non- Anesthesiologist-Administered Propofol and Cardiopulmonary Complications for Endoscopy: Which Is Safer?

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    John J.Vargo II, Glenn M. Eisen, Douglas O. Faigel, Jennifer Holub, David A. Lieberman

     
• • ·Complications of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) of Pancreatic Cysts

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    Linda S. Lee, John Saltzman, William R. Brugge, Christopher C. Thompson

    
• • ·Bias Introduced by Patient History and Intraobserver Consistency for Endoscopic Assessment. A “Blinded” Study of 129 Endoscopists

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    Peter Bytzer, Torsten Pless

    
• • ·Microdissection Based Genotyping Improves the Accuracy of EUS Guided FNA of Pancreatic Tumors

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    Asif Khalid, Kevin McGrath, Rekha Pal, Debra Brody, Adam Slivka, Patricia Swalsky, Sydney Finkelstein

    
• • ·EUS-guided Ethanol Lavage of Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas Is Feasible and Safe

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    Ian Gan, Brenna Bounds, William R. Brugge

    
• • ·A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled Trial of Olanzapine as an Adjunct to Standard Conscious Sedation for ERCP and EUS - An Interim Analysis

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    Frank Leon, Sachin Goel, Andrew Catanzaro, Walter Knysz, Tamir Ben-Menachem

    
• • ·Screening for Pancreatic Neoplasia in Asymptomatic High Risk Individuals: A Prospective, Controlled Study

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    Marcia Canto, Michael Goggins, Sanjay Jagannath, Sergey Kantsevoy, Constance Griffin, Jennifer Axilbund, Kieran Brune, Gloria Petersen, Elliot Fishman, Charles Yeo, Ralph Hruban, Francis Giardiello, Anthony Kalloo

    
• • ·Mutational Allelotyping of Aspirated Free-Floating DNA Predicts the Biological Behavior of Cystic Pancreatic Neoplasms

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    Asif Khalid, Sydney Finkelstein, Debra Brody, Rekha Pal, Adam Slivka, Kenneth K. Lee, Arhtur J. Moser, David C. Whitcomb, Patricia Swalsky, Kevin K. McGrath

    
• • ·Accuracy of Histology, Cytology, and Immunohistochemistry (DPC-4, Muc-1) in EUS-Guided Pancreatic Biopsies

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    Stephan Hollerbach, Frank Brasch, Klaus Junker, Susanne Kosciesza, Markus Reiser, Theodoros Topalidis, Joerg Willert, Wolff Schmiegel

    
• • ·Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) and EUS-Acquired Pancreatic Juice (PJ) Cytokine Analysis: A Modern Method of Diagnosing Chronic Pancreatitis (CP)?

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    Massimo Raimondo, Timothy A. Woodward, Michael B. Wallace, Michele D. Bishop, Ricardo Paz-Fumagalli

    
• • ·The Use of Acetic Acid in Magnification Colonoscopy

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    Kazutomo Togashi, David G. Hewett, David A. Whitaker, Georgia E. Hume, Leo Francis, Mark N. Appleyard

    
• • ·Prevalence and Characteristics of Flat and Depressed Colorectal Neoplasms in a Western Population: A Prospective Study by a Japanese Trained Endoscopist

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    Noriko Suzuki, Nicola C. Palmer, Brian P. Saunders

     
• • ·The Use of Indigocarmine Spray Increases the Colonoscopic Detection Rate of Flat Adenomas and Large Sessile Hyperplastic Polyps

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    Kazutomo Togashi, Graham Radford-Smith, David Hewett, David Whitaker, Georgia Hume, Barbara Leggett, Nirmala Pandeya, Mark Appleyard

     
• • ·Novel Magnified Colonoscopic Findings of Microvascular Architecture in Colorectal Tumors

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    Hideki Mitooka

    
• • ·Subsurface Analysis of Colon Neoplasias by Confocal Laser Colonoscopy and Virtual Histology: A Novel Diagnostic Tool for Predicting Cancer During Screening Colonoscopy

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    Ralf Kiesslich, Juergen Burg, Michael Vieth, Peter Delaney, Daniela Janell, Steven Thomas, Peter R. Galle, Markus F. Neurath

    
• • ·In vivo Fluorescence Confocal Laser Colonoscopy for Prediction of Neoplasia in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

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    Ralf Kiesslich, Juergen Burg, Michael Vieth, Peter Delaney, Daniela Janell, Steven Thomas, Peter R. Galle, Markus F. Neurath

    
• • ·Safety and Efficacy of Methylene Blue-Aided Chromoendoscopy in Ulcerative Colitis: A Prospective Pilot Study Upon Previous Chromoendoscopies

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    Ralf Kiesslich, Juergen Burg, Bernd Kaina, Peter R. Galle, Markus F. Neurath

     
• • ·Mechanical Lithotripsy (ML) of Pancreatic Biliary Stones: Complications and Available Treatment Options Collected from Expert Centers

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    Marc F. Catalano, Suku George, Isaac Raijman, David Carr-Locke, Charles M. Wilcox, Bryan Thompson, Amitabh Chak, Douglas Howell, James Watkins, Joseph E. Geenen

     
• • ·ERCP Tissue Sampling to Maximize Yield: Randomized Study of Two Forceps Types During Triple Sampling

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    Christopher Lawrence, Douglas A. Howell, Frank J. Lukens, Sunil G. Sheth, Anthony Mattia, Donald E. Conklin

    
• • ·The Effectiveness of ERCP Versus MRCP: Final Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial in Patients with an Intermediate Probability of Bile Duct Obstruction

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    Alan Barkun, Joseph Romagnuolo, Caroline Reinhold, Eric Valois, Myriam Martel, Maria Varano, Jeffrey Barkun

    
• • ·ERCP Sphincterotomy Without Initial Manometry for Type II Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction Patients: A Safe and Effective Strategy

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    Christopher Lawrence, Douglas A. Howell, Donald E. Conklin, Frank J. Lukens, Brian L. Hanson

    
• • ·Self-Expanding Metallic Stents (SEMS) Versus Plastic Stents (PS) in Hilar Tumors: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study

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    David G. Perdue, Martin L. Freeman

    
• • ·A Modified Animal Model of Massive Ulcer Bleeding

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    Bing Hu, Lawrence C.L. Sun, Sydney S.C. Chung, Apollo Group

    
• • ·Prospective, Blinded Assessment of Factors Influencing Accuracy of Biliary Cytology Interpretation

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    Gavin Harewood, Todd Baron, Linda Stadheim, Benjamin Kipp, Thomas Sebo, Diva Salomao

     
• • ·The Prediction of Peptic Ulcer Rebleeding After Therapeutic Scheduled Second Endoscopy - Clinical or Endoscopic Factors?

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    Philip W.Y. Chiu, Henry K.M. Joeng, Catherine L.Y. Choi, Kwok-Hung Kwong, Siu-Ho Lam

    
• • ·Capsule Endoscopy (CE) Versus Push Enteroscopy (PE) for Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding (OGIB): A Randomized, Single-Blind, Cross-Over Study

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    Michael Saunders, Hubert Nietsch, Scott D. Lee, Bruce Tung, Stephen Rulyak, Michael B. Kimmey

    
• • ·Endoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Small Intestinal Diseases Using the Double-Balloon Endoscopy

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    Hironori Yamamoto, Hiroto Kita, Keijiro Sunada, Yoshikazu Hayashi, Hiroyuki Sato, Tomonori Yano, Michiko Iwamoto, Yutaka Sekine, Tomohiko Miyata, Akiko Kuno, Takaaki Iwaki, Yoshiyuki Kawamura, Hironari Ajibe, Kenichi Ido, Kentaro Sugano

    
• • ·Long Term Outcome of Patients with Unexplained GI Bleeding Investigated by Push Enteroscopy

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    Marie Bellecoste-Martin, Jean-Louis Gaudin, Sabine Roman, Veronique Michalet, Jean-Christophe Souquet

    
• • ·Does Treatment of Endoscopic Therapy for Esophageal Varices Improve Child C Cirrhosis Patient's Prognosis?

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    Shinichiro Hori, Hiroyuki Okada, Akiko Fujiwara, Ryuta Takenaka, Chiho Makidono, Motowo Mizuno, Yasushi Shiratori

    
• • ·The Limitations of Endoscopic Mucosal Resection in Barrett's Esophagus

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    Jason Lewis, Lori Lutzke, Thomas Smyrk, Kenneth Wang

    
• • ·Mapping the Extent of Untreated Celiac Disease with Capsule Enteroscopy

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    Joseph A. Murray, Deanna Brogan, Carol Van Dyke, Mary A. Knipschield, Christopher J. Gostout

     
• • ·Circumferential EMR-Future Endoscopic Management of HGIN and IMC in Barrett's Esophagus? Preliminary Results of an Ongoing Study

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    Stefan Seewald, Stefan Groth, Boris Brand, Salem Omar, Uwe Seitz, Frank Thonke, Nib Soehendra

    
• • ·Diagnosis of Small Bowel Crohn's Disease: A Prospective Comparison of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy, Radiology, and Standard Endoscopy

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    Winfried A. Voderholzer, Jacqeline Beinhoelzl, Patrick Rogalla, Sascha Murrer, Mariam Boivin, Guido Schachschal, Herbert Lochs, Marianne Ortner

    
• • ·Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP): Assessment of Adenomas Distal to Duodenoscopy by Capsule Endoscopy, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Barium Follow Through Examination

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    Finlay A. Macrae, Tony Speer, Damien Stella, Robert Gibson, Cathy Pizzey, Jason Tye Din, Geeta Srivatsa, Ian T. Jones

    
• • ·Small Bowel Obstruction — Indication or Contraindication for Capsule Endoscopy

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    Adam S. Cheifetz, David B. Sachar, Blair S. Lewis

    
• • ·String Capsule Endoscopy in the Evaluation of Suspected Esophageal Disorders. A Prospective, Blinded, Preliminary Study

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    Camron Kiafar, Shahina Hakim, Masud Shaukat, Rodney Akins, David A. Johnson, Michele A. Young, Francisco C. Ramirez

     
• • ·Experimental and Clinical Studies of Wireless Capsule Colonoscopy

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    Paul Swain, Annette Fritscher-Ravens, Maria Mylonaki

    
• • ·Technical Outcomes of ERCP in Pediatric Patients

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    Shyam Varadarajulu, Charles M. Wilcox, Radu Tutuian, Priyajit Prasad, Mark Payne, Robert H. Hawes, Peter B. Cotton

     
• • ·Pediatric Endoscopic Ultrasound is Feasible, Safe, and Provides Unique Information

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    Sarto Paquin, Ernest Seidman, Anand Sahai

    
• • ·Can Eosinophil Derived Neurotoxin (EDN) Act As a Surrogate Marker of Disease Activity in Children with Allergic Eosinophilic Esophagitis (AEE)?

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    Girish Subba Rao, Libby Mitchell, Lyo Ohnuki, Joseph Fitzgerald, Gerald J. Gleich, Mark Corkins, Sandeep K. Gupta

    
• • ·The Prevalence of Erosive Esophagitis in Children: A Population-based Study

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    Mark A. Gilger, Hashem B. El-Serag, Craig L. Dietrich

    
• • ·Left-sided Ischemic Colitis Revisited: A Propsective Endoscopic, Pathologic, Radiologic and Clinical Study

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    Lucia C. Fry, Swarnjit Singh, Klaus E. Moenkemueller

    
• • ·Push Enteroscopy and MRI Are Effective Diagnostic Tools for Pediatric Proximal Small Bowel Crohn's Disease

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    Anil Darbari, Anthony Kalloo, Carmen Cuffari

     
• • ·The Presence of Helicobacter pylori in the Intestinal Mucosa is Closely Associated with Ulcerative Colitis Like Crohn's Disease (UCLCD) Phenotype

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    Dulciene M.M. Queiroz, Adriana G. Oliveira, Maria das Gracas P. Sanna, Andreia M.C. Rocha, Gifone A. Rocha, Silvia B. Moura, Renato Dani, Maria de Lourdes A. Ferrari, Frederico P. Marinho, Liano S. Moreira, Lucia P.F. Castro

    
• • ·Ischemic Colitis Is a Common Cause of Severe Hematochezia and Patient Outcomes Are No Worse Than with Other Colonic Diagnoses

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    D.M. Jensen, Arash I. Zarimani, T.O.G. Kovacs, Gareth Dulai, Rome Jutabha, I.M. Gralnek, G.A. Machicado

     
• • ·A Population-based Study of Diverticula: Prevalence, Risk Factors for Bleeding and Treatment Patterns

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    Lisa Strate, Jennifer Holub, Glenn Eisen, Pat De Garmo, David Lieberman, John Saltzman, Sapna Syngal

    
• • ·Meta-analysis of Capsule Endoscopy Versus Alternative Modalities in the Diagnosis of Small Bowel Pathologies

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    Blair S. Lewis, Glenn Eisen, Shosh Friedman

    
• • ·Are Colonic Angiodysplasia a Frequent Cause of Brisk Lower Intestinal Bleeding?

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    Lisa Strate, Jennifer Holub, Glenn Eisen, Pat De Garmo, David Lieberman, John Saltzman, Sapna Syngal

    
• • ·Diagnostic Yield, Clinical Predictors and Therapeutic Impact of Capsule Endoscopy in a Large Cohort of Patients with Obscure GI Bleeding

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    Elizabeth Rajan, Christopher J. Gostout, Arnaldo Feitoza, Jeffrey A. Alexander, Barbara J. Nelson, Rebecca K. Kendall, W.Scott Harmsen

    
• • ·Somatostatin (SS) and Gabexate (GM) Are Ineffective in Preventing Post-ERCP Complications

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    Angelo Andriulli, Luigi Solmi, Silvano Loperfido, Virginia Festa, Angelo Belmonte, Pietro Leo, Fulvio Spirito, Michele Silla, Giovanni Forte, Vittorio Terruzzi, Paolo Mescia, Enrico Ciliberto, Mauro Maglia, Fabio Monica, Francesco Perri

    
• • ·Novel Endoscopic “Triple” Approach for Treatment of Postnecrotising Pancreatic Abscesses

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    Stefan Seewald, Stefan Groth, Boris Brand, Salem Omar, Uwe Seitz, Tim Holzmann, Andreas de Weerth, Yan Zhong, Frank Thonke, Nib Soehendra

    
• • ·Determinants of Pancreatic Injury Induced by Short-term Indwelling Stents and Modulation of the Same by a Novel Stent Design

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    Gottumukkala S. Raju, Guillermo Gomez, Shu-Yuan Xiao, Ijaz Ahmed, Douglas Brining, Manoop S. Bhutani, Anthony N. Kalloo, Pankaj J. Pasricha

    
• • ·Multimodality Endotherapy for Intractable Pain of Pancreatic CA Using Pancreatic Duct Stenting and Celiac Plexus Neurolysis (CPN)

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    Marc F. Catalano, Suku George, Miriam Thomas, Meng Hua, Joseph E. Geenen

     
• • ·The Use Of Somatostatin or Octreotide To Prevent Post-ERCP Pancreatitis: A Meta-Analysis Of Randomized, Controlled Trials

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    Edward Lung

    
• • ·Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration is Superior to Fluoro-Deoxyglucose Positron Emission and Chest Computed Tomography in Staging Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in Patients with Suspected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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    Mohamad A. Eloubeidi, Robert Cerfolio, Victor Chen, Renee Desmond, Sujath Syed, Buddhiwardhan Ojha

    
• • ·Delayed Palliative Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Cancer Patients with Prior ERCP Placed Non-Foreshortening Self-Expanding Metal Stents (SEMS): A Positive Outcome

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

    
• • ·Detection of Lymph Node Micrometastases by Gene Promoter Hypermethylation in Samples Obtained by Endosonography-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy (EUS-FNA)

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    Maria Pellise, Antoni Castells, Angels Gines, Gloria Fernandez-Esparrach, Sergi Castellvi-Bel, Manel Sole, Ruben Agrelo, Josep Llach, Manel Esteller, Josep Maria Bordas, Josep Maria Pique

    
• • ·Prospective Risk Assessment of Bacteremia in Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS FNA) of Rectal and Perirectal Lesions

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    Michael J. Levy, K.Shiva Kumar, Ian D. Norton, Tony E. Yusuf, Jonathan E. Clain, Gavin C. Harewood, Elizabeth Rajan, Mark D. Topazian, Kenneth K. Wang, Maurits J. Wiersema, Nicole L. Pochron

     
• • ·EUS and Cyst Fluid Analysis: Does it Really Influence the Decision to Operate? A Multivartiate Analysis of Predictors of Surgery in 194 Cases

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    Tju Siang Chua, Sarto C. Paquin, Genevieve Tessier, Gilles Gariepy, Ginette Raymond, Anand Sahai

    
• • ·Clinical Impact of Conventional Endoscopy in Patients with Barrett's Esophagus and High-Grade Dysplasia or Intramucosal Carcinoma Referred for Endoscopic Ablation Therapy

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    Irving Waxman, Augusto Villaverde, Lynne Stearns, Kenneth Chi, Timothy Kinney, Gerald B. Rodgers, Charles Dye, Vanessa M. Shami

    
• • ·Utility of EUS-FNA in the Evaluation of Primary Lung Mass

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    Shyam Varadarajulu, Brenda J. Hoffman, Robert H. Hawes, Mohamad Eloubeidi

    
• • ·Endoscopic Variceal Ligation (EVL): The More, the Merrier? A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Controlled Study

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    Jose D. Sollano, Frederick T. Dy, Stephen N. Wong, Melchor M. Chan, Albert E. Ismael, Jose A. Tan, Evan G. Ong, Marvin D. Basco

    
• • ·Women's Preference for Women Physicians Is a Barrier to Colorectal Cancer Screening

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    Stacy B. Menees, John Inadomi, Sheryl Korsnes, Grace Elta

    
• • ·Prospective Trial of Endoscopic Clips versus Combination Therapy in Upper GI Bleeding (PROTECCT—UGI Bleeding)

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    John Saltzman, Shelley Walsh, Veruska Di Sena, Christopher Huang, Benjamin Merrifield, Lisa Strate, Rie Ookubo, David Carr-Locke

    
• • ·Colonoscopic Miss Rates for Colorectal Cancer: A Population Based Analysis

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    Brian Bressler, Lawrence Paszat, Chris Vinden, Jingsong He, Cindy Li, Linda Rabeneck

    
• • ·Clinical Importance of Flat and Depressed Lesions in American Veterans with in situ and Submucosally Invasive Colorectal Adenocarcinoma

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    Karen C. Kim, Shai Friedland, Robert V. Rouse, Jon Kosek, Suzanne M. Matsui, Roy M. Soetikno

    
• • ·Analysis of Colorectal Cancer Occurrence During Surveillance Colonoscopy in the Dietary Polyp Prevention Trial

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    Ajay Pabby, Robert E. Schoen, Joel L. Weissfeld, Randall Burt, James W. Kikendall, M.Peter Lance, Moshe Shike, Elaine Lanza, Arthur Schatzkin

    
• • ·Impact of Virtual Reality Simulator Training on the Acquisition of Competency in Colonoscopy: Final Results of Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial

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    Jonathan Cohen, Seth Cohen, Kinjal C. Vora, J.Steven Burdick, Robert H. Hawes, Xiaonan Xue

     
• • ·Is the Development of a Nurse Colonoscopy Service Safe and Worthwhile?

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    Ananandapuram D. Dwarakanath, Andrew R. Tanner, Colm Hennessey, Mohammed Tabaqchali, Lindsay Hurst

     
• • ·Barrett's Esophagus (BE) Is Common in Older Patients Undergoing Screening Colonoscopy Regardless of Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER) Symptoms

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    Kenneth R. DeVault, Eric M. Ward, Herbert C. Wolfsen, David S. Loeb, Murli Krishna, Lois L. Hemminger, Sami R. Achem

     
• • ·Twenty Year Follow-up of Patients with Reflux Esophagitis: Long Term Consequences and Complications

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    Neil I. McDougall, Heather Lawther, John Collins

    
• • ·Endoscopic Gastric Plication (EndoCinch) for GERD: A Randomized, Sham-Controlled, Blinded, Single-Center Study

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    Richard I. Rothstein, Mary L. Hynes, Margaret R. Grove, Heiko Pohl

    
• • ·A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Endoscopic Steroid Injection Therapy for Recurrent Esophageal Peptic Strictures

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    Nicole L. Pochron, Jack I. Ramage, Todd H. Baron, Nancy Diehl, Alan R. Zinsmeister, Ashwin Rumalla, Ian D. Norton, Joseph A. Murray, Yvonne Romero

     
• • ·Per-Oral Transgastric Endoscopic Ligation of Fallopian Tubes with Long-Term Survival in a Porcine Model

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    Sergey V. Kantsevoy, Sanjay Jagannath, Cheryl A. Vaughn, Diana Scorpio, Carolyn A. Magee, Laurie Pipitone, Anthony N. Kalloo, Apollo Apollo Group

    
• • ·Endoscopic Findings in Patients with Melanocortin-4 Receptor Gene Variants

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    Natascha Potoczna, Ruth Branson, Grazyna Piec, Rudolf Steffen, Thomas Ricklin, John G. Kral, Margret R. Hoehe, Klaus-Ulrich Lentes, Fritz F. Horber

    
• • ·Gender Differences in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Myth or Reality?

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    Veruska Di Sena, Lisa Opanasets, Rie Ookubo, John Saltzman

    
• • ·Experimental Studies in Transgastric Biliary Surgery

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    Per-Ola Park, Maria Bergstrom, Paul Swain

    
• • ·A Randomized Multi-Center Trial of Radiofrequency (RF) Ablation of Specialized Intestinal Metaplasia (SIM) of the Esophagus Using a Balloon-based Bipolar Electrode Array: Preliminary Results

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    Virender K. Sharma, David E. Fleischer, Kenneth K. Wang, Bergein Overholt, M.Brian Fennerty, Charles Lightdale, Gregory Ginsberg

    
• • ·Major Advances in Colonoscopic Technology: The ColonoSight^®, a Pull-Power Assisted Disposable, Non Fiber-Optic Colonoscope

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    Moshe Shike, Alessandro Repici, Lawrence B. Cohen, Sharon Goldfarb-Albak, Zvi Fireman

    
• • ·Computer-Assisted Endoscopic Robot System for Advanced Therapeutic Procedures

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    Richard I. Rothstein, Robert A. Ailinger, William Peine

    
• • ·The Cath-Cam. A New Concept in Colonoscopy

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    Paul Swain, Annette Fritscher-Ravens, Gary Long, Stewart Fox

    
• • ·Frequency of Complications After Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration of Solid Pancreatic Masses: A Prospective Evaluation

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    Mohamad A. Eloubeidi, Shyam Varadarajulu, Charles M. Wilcox

    
• • ·Endoscopic Suturing Without Extracorporeal Knots: The Eagle Claw V

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    Bing Hu, Lawrence Sun, James Y.W. Lau, Sydney S.C. Chung, Koichi Kawashima, Tesuya Yamamoto, Apollo Group

    
• • ·In Vivo Observation of Living Cancer Cell in the Gastrointestinal Tract Using Endo-cytoscopy

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    Haruhiro Inoue

     
• • ·Risk Factors for Post-Polypectomy Hemorrhage of Colon: A Preliminary Result of a Multi-Center Study

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    Kim Hyun-Soo, Young-Ho Kim, Won Ho Kim, Tae Il Kim, Hyo Jong Kim, Seung Jae Myung, Suk-Kyun Yang, Ki Myung Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Moon Kwan Chung, Sung-Ae Jung, Kwon Chung, Yoon Tae Jeen, Jai Hyun Choi, Hwang Choi, Dong-Soo Han, Jae Suk Song

    
• • ·Hemorrhagic Complication of Endoscopic Polypectomy Is Liable to Occur in Patient with Hypertension

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    Hirotsugu Watabe, Shintaro Kondo, Miki Ota, Tsuneo Ikenoue, Goichi Togo, Yutaka Yamaji, Makoto Okamoto, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata

    
• • ·Pre-, Intra-, and Post-Procedure Risk Factors for Post-ERCP Pancreatitis

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    Bret T. Petersen, Robert Yacavone, Nicole Pochron, W.Scott Harmsen, Alan Zinsmeister, Todd Baron, Christopher Gostout, Maurits Wiersema

    
• • ·Risk Factors for Post-EMR Hemorrhage in Patients with Gastric Tumor

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    Kim Hyun-Soo, Suk Ki Tae, Kim Jeong Min, Chung Pil Ho, Baik Soon Koo, Lee Dong Ki, Kwon Sang Ok

    
• • ·Risk Factors Related to Bleeding in Gastric Tumors after Endoscopic Mucosal Resection

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    Chang Min Cho, Dong Seok Lee, Chang Keun Park, Won Young Tak, Young-Oh Kweon, Sung Kook Kim, Yong Hwan Choi

    
• • ·Interventional Endoscopy at Ambulatory Endoscopy Centers (AEC): Is It Time?

    Page :P116

    Daus Mahnke, Yang K. Chen, Mainor R. Antillon, William Brown, Roger Mattison, Raj J. Shah

    
• • ·Safety of Band Ligator Use in the Small Bowel and Colon

    Page :P116

    Kevin B. Barker

    
• • ·Factors Associated with Bleeding After Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of Gastric Tumors

    Page :P116

    Yun Jung Chang, Jong-Jae Park, Ki Ho Park, Gyeng Oh Kim, Hyung Joon Yim, Jin Yong Kim, Jong Eun Yeon, Jae Seon Kim, Kwan Soo Byun, Young Tae Bak, Chang Hong Lee

    
• • ·Chronic Atrial Fibrillation: Considerably Increased Risk for Patients Undergoing the Endoscopy of The Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

    Page :P116

    Lubomir Michalko, Ludovit Gaspar, Stela Hlinstakova

    
• • ·Introducing Manufacturing Efficiency Tools to the Endoscopy Suite: How the Toyota Model Helps Drive Endoscopes

    Page :P117

    Drew Schembre, Patti Wilbur, Geoffery Jiranek, Carolyn Anderson, Joan Jarhus, Daphne Ducker, Linda Culp, Sharon Nash, Shanna Mosher, Susan Talbot, Donna Smith, Richard Kozarek

     
• • ·A Prospective Survey on the Reasons Patients Fail to Complete Scheduled Endoscopic Procedures

    Page :P117

    Gregory Olds, Thomas Brown, Gregory Cooper

    
• • ·Prospective Assessment of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Impact on Treatment Decision in an Unselected Cohort of 346 Patients Referred for Diagnostic EUS

    Page :P117

    Enrique Vazquez-Sequeiros, Daniel Boixeda, Victor Moreira, Antonio Garcia Plaza

     
• • ·Endoscopic Disinfection: Comparison Between Electrolyzed Acid Water and 2% Glutaraldehyde

    Page :P118

    Giancarlo Spinzi, Alessandro Rampoldi, Luca Ferlin, Riccardo Terramocci, Giancarlo Butti, Giorgio Minoli

     
• • ·Comparison of the Cancellation Rates of Open Access Versus Gastroenterologist Refered Endoscopies

    Page :P118

    Gregory Olds, Thomas A. Brown, Gregory Cooper

    
• • ·Creation of a Colonoscopy Screening Clinic for Improving Endoscopy Unit Efficiency

    Page :P118

    Drew Schembre, Otto Lin, John Brandabur, David Patterson, Michael Gluck, Susan McCormick, Geoffery Jiranek, James Bredfeldt, Klaus Mergener, Richard Kozarek

     
• • ·Mandatory Hygiene Control As a Key of Decreasing Failures of Endoscope Reprocessing in Ambulatory Care

    Page :P118

    Berndt R. Birkner, H.K. Selbmann, S. Kleff, A. Munte

    
• • ·The Impact of Colonscopic Electrocautery on Pacemaker Function

    Page :P119

    Navin Kumar, Hemant Roy, Alan Zunamon, Eva Gliwa, Mick Meiselman, Michael Goldberg, Tat-Kin Tsang, Randall Brand

    
• • ·Usefulness of Attaching a Short Cap for Colonoscopy of Obese Patients

    Page :P119

    Shintaro Kondo, Miki Ohta, Hirotsugu Watabe, Yutaka Yamaji, Makoto Okamoto, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata

     
• • ·The Value of Peracetic Acid (SCOTELIN^®) for Endoscopic Disinfection

    Page :P119

    Jin-Bae Kim, Dong-Soo Han, Jong-Pyo Kim, Hang-Lak Lee, Joo-Hyun Sohn, Yun-Ju Jo, Joon-Soo Hahm

    
• • ·The Efficacy of a New Bees-Like Disposable Brush for the Scope Cleaning

    Page :P119

    Masayuki Kato, Koji Matsuda, Chizuko Honda, Hisao Tajiri

    
• • ·The Rate of Practice Changes in a Referral Endoscopy Unit

    Page :P120

    Manuel Perez-Miranda, Maria L. Goyeneche, Flor Frias, Agustin Caro-Paton

    
• • ·Quality of Performance at Screening Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Correlates with Adenoma Detection Rates

    Page :P120

    Siwan Thomas-Gibson, David Swain, Gillian Schofield, Brian Saunders, Wendy Atkin

    
• • ·A Six Month Follow-up on the Effectiveness of the Endoscopic Simulator in Training Colonoscopy

    Page :P120

    Asyia Ahmad, Zaid Alnoah, Faullin Paletsky, Michael Kochman, Benjamin Krevsky, Steven Peikin, Giancarlo Mercogliano, Robert Boynton, James C. Reynolds

    
• • ·The Impact of Trainee Involvement on the Cecal Intubation Rate and Diagnostic Yield of Screening Colonoscopy

    Page :P120

    Christopher S. Lee, Shahzad Iqbal, Samera Vaseer, Jennifer Northrop, Albert D. Min

    
• • ·Performance in Colonoscopy Can Be Reliably Scored in the First 8 Minutes of Insertion: Further Evidence for a Tri-split Video Assessment Tool

    Page :P121

    Siwan Thomas-Gibson, Syed Shah, David Swain, Catherine Thapar, Gillian Schofield, Brian Saunders

    
• • ·The Impact of an ASGE Hands-on ERCP Workshop on Clinical Practice

    Page :P121

    Robert E. Sedlack, Bret Petersen, Kenneth Binmoeller, Joseph Kolars

    
• • ·Assessing Competency During ERCP Training: Objective and Subjective Perceptions by Trainees and Attendings

    Page :P121

    Camron Kiafar, Rakesh Nanda, Francisco C. Ramirez

     
• • ·Evaluation of the CompactEASIE-Simulator for the Education in Endoscopic Hemostasis of Endoscopic Novices - A Prospective Randomized Trial

    Page :P121

    Juergen Maiss, Lutz Millermann, Katja Heinemann, Norbert Krauss, Andreas Naegel, Andrea Peters, Eckhart G. Hahn, Juergen Hochberger

    
• • ·Experience of Endoscopists and Radiation Exposure to Patients During ERCP

    Page :P122

    Anthony Li, Danny Lee, Simon Wong, Angus Chan

    
• • ·Efficacy of a One Day Hands-on EASIE^® Endoscopy Simulator Train-The-Trainer Workshop

    Page :P122

    Jonathan Cohen, Kai Matthes, Michael L. Kochman, Maurice A. Cerulli, Kinjal C. Vora, Juergen Maiss, Juergen Hochberger

     
• • ·Unsedated Colonoscopy Performed by Trainees Under Supervision

    Page :P122

    Felix W. Leung, S. Chu, B. Nguyen, S. Aharonian, R. Chitayat, M. Feinerman, P. Gulsrud, L. Jacobs

     
• • ·Trainee and Trainer: A Prospective Study of Completion Times in Patients Attending for Routine Colonoscopy in a Single University Hospital Endoscopy Service

    Page :P122

    Diarmuid S. Manning, Gayle Bennett, Suzi Clarke, Richard Walsh, Hugh E. Mulcahy

    
• • ·Capsule Endoscopy Learning Curve

    Page :P123

    Christopher P. Shaver, Joffre R. Rivera, Joseph McKinley, Patrick G. Brady

     
• • ·Training in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Canada: A Survey of Program Directors in Gastroenterology

    Page :P123

    Frances Tse, David Armstrong, Alan N. Barkun

    
• • ·Is Pit Pattern Diagnosis Possible Even for Beginners?

    Page :P123

    Nozomu Kobayashi, Takahisa Matsuda, Yutaka Saito, Daizo Saitoh

    
• • ·Virtual Endoscopy Simulator: Can the Unexperienced Be Trained for Real Endoscopy?

    Page :P123

    Ralf Kiesslich, Karsten Reinhardt, Ulrike Denzer, Stephan Kanzler, Stefan Moenk, Jochen Vollmer, Wolfgang Heinrichs, Markus F. Neurath, Peter R. Galle

    
• • ·Prediction of Endoscopic Skills on the Basis of General Unspecific Hand-Eye-Coordination Dexterity Test

    Page :P124

    Juergen Maiss, Katja Heinemann, Lutz Millermann, Norbert Krauss, Andreas Naegel, Andrea Peters, Eckhart Hahn, Juergen Hochberger

    
• • ·The Validation of Colonoscopy Simulator as a Teaching Tool

    Page :P124

    Tariq Mahmood, Ara Darzi

    
• • ·In the Absence of Feedback it is Not Possible to Improve Performance on the Colonoscopy Simulator

    Page :P124

    Tariq Mahmood, Ara Darzi

    
• • ·Training in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Canada: A Survey of Trainees in Gastroenterology

    Page :P124

    Frances Tse, David Armstrong, Alan N. Barkun

    
• • ·Comparison of Endoscopic Experience Obtained in an American and a British Gastroenterology Training Program

    Page :P125

    Sean Weaver, Sanjib Mohanty, David Fine, Paul Winwood, Kim Isaacs, Ian Grimm

    
• • ·Results of a Randomised, Multi-Centre, Single-Blind Trial to Compare the Efficacy, Acceptability and Safety of a New 2-Litre Gut Cleansing Solution Versus a Standard 4-Litre PEG+E Solution

    Page :P125

    Christian Ell, Hans-Juergen Gruss

    
• • ·Is Patient Acceptability of Oral Sodium Phosphate as Preparation for Colonoscopy as Good as Is Claimed?

    Page :P125

    Amro Salem, David Underwood, William Dicky, Dafney Garrett, Paul Neilly, Robert Gilliland

     
• • ·The Incidence of Bowel Perforations Is Positively Related to the Intensity of Pain Experienced During Simulated Colonoscopy

    Page :P125

    Tariq Mahmood, Darzi Ara

    
• • ·A Simplified Protocol for Endoscopist Administered Propofol For EUS Is Safe And Effective: A Prospective Study In 500 Patients

    Page :P126

    Ian Yusoff, Tju Siang Chua, Sarto Paquin, Genevieve Tessier, Ginette Raymond, Anand Sahai

    
• • ·Testing and Development of a Device for Cleaning the Colon During Colonoscopy

    Page :P126

    Annette Fritscher-Ravens, Sandy Mosse, Keiichi Ikeda, Paul Swain

    
• • ·Comparison of Propofol Sedation Versus Conscious Sedation During Endosonography

    Page :P126

    Devjit S. Nayar, Martin Feuerman, Lawrence Scheinberg, Frank Gress

     
• • ·A Randomized Prospective Trial Comparing Different Regimens of Oral Sodium Phosphate and Polyethylene Glycol Solution for Colonoscopy Preparation

    Page :P127

    Emilie Jolicoeur, Alaa Rostom, Sylvie Gregoire, Dilip Patel, Catherine Dube, Nav Saloojee, Cathy Lowe

    
• • ·Non-anesthetist Administered Propofol for ERCP; Efficacy, Safety Profile and Side Effect: A Prospective Randomized Trial

    Page :P127

    Pradermchai Kongkam, Bubpha Pornphisarn, Rungsun Rerknimitr

     
• • ·A Prospective Randomised Single Blind Comparison of Three Methods of Bowel Preparation for Out-patient Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

    Page :P127

    Anand L. Gidwani, Ragai R. Makar, Daphne Garrett, Robert Gilliland

     
• • ·Moderate-Level Sedation During Endoscopy Using Low-Dose Propofol, Midazolam and an Opioid

    Page :P127

    Lawrence B. Cohen, Charles D. Hightower, Daniel A. Wood, Kenneth M. Miller, James Aisenberg

     
• • ·Treatment Efficacy and Safety Related to the Use of Propofol vs. Conventional Sedation in the Performance of Colonoscopy: A Meta-Analysis of Published Randomized Controlled Trials

    Page :P128

    Neena S. Abraham, Maitreyi Raman, Kara Thompson

    
• • ·Randomized Controlled Colonoscopy Preparation Trial Comparing a Dose of Magnesium Citrate Plus 2-Liters of PEG-electrolyte Solution (PEG-ELS) Versus Standard 4-Liter PEG-ELS

    Page :P128

    Samer H. Al-Shurieki, John B. Marshall

    
• • ·Predictors of Oxygen Desaturation During Routine Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

    Page :P128

    Timothy Cassidy, Eric Lawitz, Peter Kobes, Richard Shaffer, Esther Sutton, Linda Johnson, Donna Jones, Jeannette Turullols, Mark Jeffries

    
• • ·Comparison of a New Bispectral Index (BIS) Algorithm to Modified Observer's Assessment of Alertness/Sedation (MOAA/S) Scale in Moderate Sedation (MS)

    Page :P128

    Sandeep Patel, John Vargo, Patricia Trolli, John Dumot, Darwin Conwell, Farah Khandwala, Gregory Zuccaro

     
• • ·A New 2 Litre Gut Lavage Solution: Results of a Prospective Randomised Multicentre Controlled Trial Comparing a PEG + Ascorbic Acid Solution Versus a Sodium Phosphate Solution

    Page :P129

    Marc Barthet, Thierry Ponchon, Benoit Coffin, Alain Bitoun, Cecile Dugue, Marc Halphen

    
• • ·BIS Monitoring Predicts Recovery Time in Patients Receiving Intraprocedural Midazolam During Endoscopy

    Page :P129

    Roger D. Mitty, Peter L. Moses, Douglas K. Pleskow

    
• • ·Use of Bispectral Index Monitor (BIS) to Follow Depth of Sedation in Patients Undergoing Colonoscopy with Propofol Sedation

    Page :P129

    Gregory S. Lesser, Robert Friedman, Edward Deal, Brian Berberian, Steven R. Peikin, Adam B. Elfant

    
• • ·Correlation of Patient Satisfaction to Sedation Levels Detected by Bispectral Index (BIS) Using Moderate Sedation (MS)

    Page :P129

    Sandeep Patel, John Vargo, Patricia Trolli, John Dumot, Darwin Conwell, Farah Khandwala, Gregory Zuccaro

     
• • ·Usefulness of Shakuyaku-kanzoh-to (TJ-68), a Herbal Medicine, as an Antispasmodic Agent by Direct Spraying During Colonoscopy

    Page :P130

    Masato Ai, Taketo Yamaguchi, Takeo Odaka, Hiromitsu Saisho

    
• • ·Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) of a Novel Bispectral Index Monitoring (BIS) Algorithm for Procedural Sedation with Opioid/Midazolam (O/M) vs Propofol(P)

    Page :P130

    John J. Vargo, Peter L. Moses, Douglas K. Pleskow, Douglas K. Rex, Roger D. Mitty, John A. Walker

     
• • ·A Comparison of Glucagon Versus Scopolamine Butylbromide as Premedicaton for Colonoscopy in Unsedated Patients

    Page :P130

    Ichiro Yoshikawa, Masahiro Yamasaki, Masashi Taguchi, Mitsuo Tashiro, Takuji Yamasaki, Keiichiro Kume, Akinari Tabaru, Makoto Otsuki

    
• • ·BIS Values Correlate with Clinical Sedation Scores During Midazolam/Narcotic or Propofol Sedation for Endoscopy

    Page :P130

    Peter L. Moses, John J. Vargo, Roger D. Mitty, Douglas K. Pleskow, John A. Walker, Douglas K. Rex

    
• • ·Bispectral Index (BIS) Monitoring to Evaluate Level of Conscious Sedation for Outpatient EUS Procedures

    Page :P131

    Gordon C. Hunt, Mary Lee Krinsky, John G. Kuldau, Mark S. Lemert, John McCarren, Thomas J. Savides

    
• • ·A Prospective Study to Assess the Efficacy and Patient Satisfaction of Three Bowel Preparations for Colonoscopy

    Page :P131

    Roderick Rapier, Carmela Houston

    
• • ·A Changing Landscape of Practice Patterns Regarding Unsedated Endoscopy and Propofol Use: A National Survey

    Page :P131

    Ashley L. Faulx, Stacie Vela, Ananya Das, Gregory Cooper, Gerard Isenberg, Michael V. Sivak, Terrell Clarence, Kenneth Wang, Amitabh Chak

    
• • ·Non-Intubated Capnography Is an Earlier Indicator of Hypoventilation Than Pulse Oximeter During Sedation for Colonoscopy

    Page :P131

    Hiroshi Arakawa, Mitsuru Kaise, Hisao Tajiri, Kimio Isshi, Shouichi Saito, Takeshi Suzuki, Tomohiro Kato

    
• • ·Safety, Efficacy and Tolerability of a Three-dose Regimen of Orally Administered Aqueous Sodium Phosphate for Colonic Cleansing Prior to Colonoscopy

    Page :P132

    Robert L. Barclay

    
• • ·Efficacy and Safety of an Oral Standard PEG 4000 + Electrolytes Solution Compared to a Sodium Phosphate Solution in the Preparation of Patient for Colonoscopy

    Page :P132

    Jean Francois Rey, Jean Stephane Delmotte, Daniel Gorce, Jean Luc Larpent, Stephane Mathieu, Philippe Garnier, Helene Mathiex-Fortunet, Jean Francois Flejou

    
• • ·Cardiopulmonary Complications with Non-Anesthesiologist-Administered Propofol vs. Standard Sedation: The CORI Experience

    Page :P132

    John J.Vargo II, Glenn M. Eisen, Douglas O. Faigel, Jennifer Holub, David A. Lieberman

     
• • ·The Demographics of Propofol-Mediated Endoscopy: The CORI Experience

    Page :P132

    John J.Vargo II, Glenn M. Eisen, Doulgas O. Faigel, Jennifer Holub, David A. Lieberman

     
• • ·Is Patient Acceptability of Oral Sodium Phosphate as Preparation for Colonoscopy as Good as Is Claimed?

    Page :P133

    Amro Salem, David Underwood, William Dicky, Daphne Garrett, Paul Neilly, Robert Gilliland

    
• • ·Intravenous Atropine as Pre-Medication for Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Re-evaluation of Its Utility

    Page :P133

    Andy Li, Wendy Williams, Richard Thompson

     
• • ·Sedation Without Anesthesiologist in 5250 Endoscopic Procedures: Midazolam vs. Midazolam + Dolantine vs. Propofol

    Page :P133

    Ferran Gonzalez-Huix, Xavier Aldeguer, Esther Fort, Elisabet Salinas, Montserrat Figa, Manuela Hombrados, Rosa Chavero, Doroteo Acero

    
• • ·The Effects of Stress Coping Profiles and a Distraction/Relaxation Intervention on Patient Acceptance of Colonic Cleansing for Colonoscopy

    Page :P133

    Robert L. Barclay

    
• • ·Development of an Instrument to Predict Endoscopic Tolerance

    Page :P134

    Luis R. Pena, Houssam Mardini, Nicholas Nickl

    
• • ·Clinical Implications of the Extent of Invasion of T3 Esophageal Cancer as Determined by Endoscopic Ultrasound

    Page :P134

    Tony E. Yusuf, Gavin C. Harewood, Jonathan E. Clain, Michael J. Levy, Kenneth K. Wang, Mark D. Topazian, Elizabeth Rajan

     
• • ·Development of a Decision Board to Elicit Patient Preferences for Palliation of Dysphagia due to Unresectable Esophageal Cancer

    Page :P134

    Charles B. Evans, Leslie Nelson, Tamir Ben-Menachem

    
• • ·Celecoxib Relieves Periprocedural Arthritis Pain in Patients Undergoing Colonoscopy

    Page :P134

    Rohini Vij, Mark McCoy, Gurkirpal Singh, George Triadafilopoulos

    
• • ·Follow-up Endoscopy After Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

    Page :P135

    Nam Cheol Hwang, Jun Haeng Lee

    
• • ·Does Indication for Colonoscopy Affect Completion? An Examination of Colonoscopy Completion Rates Within a Large National Database

    Page :P135

    James Nachiondo, Jennifer Holub, Atif Zaman, Glenn Eisen, Douglas Faigel

    
• • ·Long Term Outcome of Biliary and Duodenal Stenting in Palliative Treatment of Patients with Unresectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

    Page :P135

    Frederique Maire, Philippe Ponsot, Alain Aubert, Dermot Otoole, Olivia Hentic, Philippe Levy, Philippe Ruszniewski, Pascal Hammel

    
• • ·Risk Factors Associated with Colonoscopic Perforation

    Page :P135

    Jack I. Ramage, Scott W. Grisolano, Bret T. Petersen, Kenneth W. Schroeder, Beverly J. Ott, Christopher J. Gostout

     
• • ·Risk of Significant Endoscopic Findings in Patients with Constipation

    Page :P136

    James Fink, Glenn Eisen, Jennifer Holub, Kandice Knigge

     
• • ·Diagnostic Yield of Colonoscopy for the Evaluation of Isolated Abdominal Pain

    Page :P136

    Kevin C. Yee, John P. Cello, James Ostroff

    
• • ·Appropriate Use of Colonoscopy and Risk of Missing Colorectal Neoplasia

    Page :P136

    Gianluca Bersani, Angelo Rossi, Giorgio Ricci, Alessandra Suzzi, Enrico Ricci, Claudio Cortini, Danilo Baroncini, Paolo Cioccolini, Vittorio Alvisi

    
• • ·Is Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Necessary Following a Normal Barium Swallow for Evaluation of Dysphagia?

    Page :P136

    Stuart Flanagan, Tony Tham

    
• • ·The Role of Therapeutic Endoscopy for Postoperative Management of Obstructive Symptoms After Hand Assisted Roux-En-Y-Gastric Bypass

    Page :P137

    Kristoffel R. Dumon, David Metz, Michael L. Kochman, Noel N. Williams

     
• • ·Cost-Effective Analysis of Gastric Cancer Screening in Japan

    Page :P137

    Kenji Kobayashi, Tetsuya Mine

    
• • ·Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) for Barrett's Esophagus with High-Grade Dysplasia (BE + HGD): Cost-Effectiveness Model with Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis

    Page :P137

    Dan Comay, Gord Blackhouse, Ron Goeree, David Armstrong, John K. Marshall

     
• • ·Do We Perform a Colonoscopy for Haemorrhoidal Bleeding ?

    Page :P137

    Francois Agret, Stephane Nahon, Pierre Lahmek, Bruno Lesgourgues, Thierry Tuszynski, Nicolas Delas

    
• • ·Cost-effectiveness of Capsule Endoscopy in Diagnosing Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding: An International Comparison

    Page :P138

    Elvira Mueller, Bjoern Schwander, Rito Bergemann

    
• • ·A Cost-Minimization Analysis of Alternative Strategies in Diagnosing Pancreatic Cancer

    Page :P138

    Victor K. Chen, Miguel R. Arguedas, Meredith L. Kilgore, Mohamad A. Eloubeidi

    
• • ·The Optimal Utilization of EUS in Pancreatic Cancer Staging

    Page :P138

    Ali A. Siddiqui, William M. Tierney

     
• • ·Economic Evaluation of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy in Diagnosing Crohn's Disease

    Page :P138

    Neil I. Goldfarb, Laura Pizzi, Christopher Salvador, Vanja Sikirica, Joseph P. Fuhr

    
• • ·Clinical Impact of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) - A Prospective Study

    Page :P139

    Andre Chong, Paul Desmond, Robert Chen

    
• • ·Recent or Current GI Bleeding: AVMs Must Be Obliterated When Detected on Endoscopy. A Long-Term Follow-Up Study

    Page :P139

    Kashyap N. Katwala, Stephen J. Sontag

     
• • ·Long Term Outcome of Endoscopic Management of Biliary Strictures Following Liver Transplantation

    Page :P139

    Rajan S. Singh, Rafat S. Rizk, Kris V. Kowdley, Michael B. Kimmey

     
• • ·Endoscopic Evaluation and Treatment of Ampullary Tumors

    Page :P140

    Michel Kahaleh, Vanessa M. Shami, Cynthia Yoshida, Christopher A. Moskaluk, Reid B. Adams, Paul Yeaton

     
• • ·Influence of Hypochlorhydria on Bacterial Overgrowth in the Proximal Small Intestine

    Page :P140

    Yoshihisa Urita, Yoshinori Kikuchi, Kazuo Hike, Naotaka Torii, Eiko Kanda, Hidenori Kurakata, Masahiko Sasajima, Motonobu Ozaki, Kazumasa Miki

    
• • ·A Prospective Study of Colonoscopy Completion Rates for a Single Endoscopy Service Within a University Teaching Hospital

    Page :P140

    Diarmuid S. Manning, Gayle Bennett, Suzi Clarke, Richard Walsh, Hugh E. Mulcahy

    
• • ·The German Sphincterotomy Registry. A Voluntary Quality Assurance Project

    Page :P140

    Matthias Maier, Christian Ell, Franz Hartmann, Ralf Jakobs, Franziska Plath, Thomas Roesch, Alexander Bachor

    
• • ·Effectiveness of Prolonged pH Monitoring Using a Catheter-Free System in Children Undergoing Upper Endoscopy

    Page :P141

    Toba Weinstein, Jeremiah Levine

    
• • ·Incidence of Infantile and Familial GER in Children with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)

    Page :P141

    Vasundhara Tolia, Lynette Essenbacher, Kim Boyer, Joel Ager

    
• • ·Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GER) Questionnaire to Assess Quality of Life (QOL) in Patients and Parents

    Page :P141

    Vasundhara Tolia, Lynette Essenmacher, Kim Boyer, Joel Ager

    
• • ·Use of ERCP in Management of Pediatric Patients: Indications, Findings, Therapies, and Complications

    Page :P141

    Chiliang Cheng, Evan L. Fogel, Stuart Sherman, Lee McHenry, James L. Watkins, Joseph F. Fitzgerald, Joseph M. Croffie, Sandeep K. Gupta, Glen A. Lehman

    
• • ·Endoscopy and Children: Dealing with Fears

    Page :P142

    Ane I. Linden, Suzana Muller

    
• • ·Patient Reported Complications Following Pediatric Outpatient Colonoscopy and Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

    Page :P142

    Steven J. Steiner, Marian D. Pfefferkorn, Joseph F. Fitzgerald

    
• • ·Methods in the Development of a Multidimensional Measure for Recurrent Abdominal Pain in Children (MMRAP): A Population-Based study

    Page :P142

    Hoda M. Malaty, Suhaib A. Abudayyeh, Kimberly J. O'Malley, Mark A. Gilger, David Y. Graham, Michael J. Wilsey, Linda Rabeneck

    
• • ·Fellow Perceptions of Computer-Based Endoscopy Simulators vs. Actual Procedures for Training Purposes

    Page :P142

    Laurie N. Fishman, Jenifer R. Lightdale, Adrienne R. Newburg, Leonardo Villegas, Victor L. Fox

     
• • ·Endoscopic Management of Duodenal Webs in Infants

    Page :P143

    Nelson Garcia, Satinder Gill, Martin Graham, Campbell Harris, Alvin M. Zfass

    
• • ·LAPEG (Laparoscopic Assisted Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy): Towards a Safer Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Placement

    Page :P143

    Koorosh Kooros, Alejandro F. Flores, Marc S. Lessin, Brian F. Gilchrist

    
• • ·One Hundred Fourteen Experiences of ERCP in Children

    Page :P143

    Sun Yeon Lee, Soo Hee Chang, Kyung Mo Kim

    
• • ·Endoscopic Manifestations of Erosive Esophagitis in Children

    Page :P143

    Mark A. Gilger, Hashem B. El-Serag, Craig L. Dietrich, Benjamin D. Gold, Eric G. Hassall

    
• • ·EUS in the Diagnosis and Management of Esophageal Pathology in Children

    Page :P144

    Antonio Quiros, Shiro Urayama

    
• • ·Computer-generated, Digital, Multimedia Database for Colonoscopy

    Page :P144

    Piet C.de Groen, Jung Hwan Oh, Wallapak Tavanapong, Johnny S. Wong

    
• • ·Lymphoma of the Terminal Ileum Presenting as Intussusception and Hematochezia

    Page :P144

    Ramamurti Chandra, Katie P. Miller, Dennis Borochovitz

    
• • ·The DAVE Project (Digital Atlas of Video Endoscopy): A New Internet Based Digital Video Atlas for Educational Purposes

    Page :P144

    Brenna C. Bounds, William R. Brugge, Dan Collier, Peter B. Kelsey

    
• • ·Development of the White Light-Emitting Diode-Illuminated Digestive Endoscope

    Page :P145

    Hideo Yanai, Hiroki Nakamura, Kiwamu Okita

    
• • ·M2A Patency Capsule Prior to Video Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Morphological Small Bowel Strictures

    Page :P145

    Cristiano Spada, Gianluca Spera, Maria Elena Riccioni, Andrea Tringali, Pietro Familiari, Michele Marchese, Lucio Petruzziello, Livia Biancone, Francesco Pallone, Guido Costamagna

    
• • ·Feasibility, Safety and Acceptability of String Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Barrett's Esophagus

    Page :P145

    Francisco C. Ramirez, Masud Shaukat, Rodney Akins, Michele A. Young, David A. Johnson

     
• • ·Evaluation of the Given Patency System in the GI Tract: Results of a Multi-Center Study

    Page :P145

    Guido Costamagna, Cristiano Spada, Gianluca Spera, Maria Elena Riccioni, Livia Biancone, Gouveia Hermano, Juan Manuel Herrerias, Herbert Lochs, Horst Neuhaus, Nageshwar Reddy, Paul Rutgeerts, Stefan Schreiber, Francesco Pallone, Selby Warwick

    
• • ·Effects of Temporary Gastric Electrical Stimulation With Endoscopically Placed Electrodes: A Report Of 41 Consecutive Patients

    Page :P146

    Oscar Batista, Robert Schmieg, Thomas L. Abell

     
• • ·In vivo Histology of Normal and Diseased Human Colonic Mucosa Using a Fluorescence Confocal Endomicroscope

    Page :P146

    Finlay Macrae, Adrian L. Polglase, Wendy J. McLaren, Elise R. Murr, Peter M. Delaney

    
• • ·New Technique of Magnification Pharmaco-endoscopy for Detection of Early Gastric Cancer

    Page :P146

    Katsuro Shirakawa, Tetsuya Nakamura, Yasuo Okura, Takahiro Fujimori, Akira Terano, Hironori Masuyama

     
• • ·170° Wide Angle Colonoscope: Effect on Miss Rates and Efficiency

    Page :P146

    Viju Deenadayalu, Douglas K. Rex

    
• • ·A Novel Autofluorlesence Imaging Videoendoscopy System for Diagnosis of Esophago-Gastric Cancers

    Page :P147

    Noriya Uedo, Hiroyasu Iishi, Masaharu Tatsuta, Yoshiyuki Hukushima, Koji Higashino, Ryu Ishihara, Hiroyuki Narahara

    
• • ·M2A Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Versus Enteroclysis; A Prospective Study in 68 Patients with Suspected Small Bowel Disease

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    Periklis Apostolopoulos, Eleftheria Giannakoulopoulou, Ioannis S. Papanikolaou, Georgios Alexandrakis, X. Papacharalampous, Chrissostomos Kalantzis, Peter Gabriel, Nikolaos Kalantzis

    
• • ·Narrow Band Imaging System Could Be a Promising Tool to Detect a Stage 0 Head and Neck Cancer: New Enlightenment to the Endoscopists

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    Manabu Muto, Yasushi Sano, Atsushi Ohtsu, Shigeaki Yoshida

    
• • ·Does Chromo Endoscopy in Association with High-Resolution Video Endoscopy Improve Colorectal Adenomas Diagnosis by Colonoscopy?

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    Marie Georges Lapalus, Thierry Helbert, Bertrand Napoleon, Jean Francois Rey, Philippe Houcke, Thierry Ponchon, S.F. Ed

    
• • ·Randomized Controlled Evaluation of a Novel Endoscopic Stapling System in an Animal Model for GERD

    Page :P148

    Steven A. Edmundowicz, Juan M. Perrone, Lawrence C. Siegel, James R. Gannoe, Thomas A. Meininger

     
• • ·Force Transmission at Flexible Endoscopy with Conventional Endoscopes and Shape Locking Endoscope Guide Catheter

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    Paul Swain, Vahid Sadaat, Rodney Brenneman, Richard Ewers

    
• • ·Solutions to Some Difficulties in Sewing at Flexible Endoscopy

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    Paul Swain, Annette Fritscher-Ravens, Sandy Mosse, Per-Ola Park, Keiichi Ikeda, Tim Mills

    
• • ·Weight Gain Following Bariatric Surgery Secondary to Staple Line Disruption and Stomal Dilation: Endotherapy Using Sodium Morrhuate to Induce Stomal Stenosis Prevents Need for Surgical Revision

    Page :P149

    Marc F. Catalano, Suku George, Miriam Thomas, Joseph E. Geenen, Thomas Chua

     
• • ·En-block Resection of Large Colorectal Laterally Spreading Tumors by Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Using Flex Knife

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    Atsushi Imagawa, Naohisa Yahagi, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Naomi Kakushima, Masashi Oka, Katsuya Kobayashi, Takuhei Hashimoto, Hideyuki Miyoshi, Yoshikazu Moriyama, Masao Omata

    
• • ·Correlation Between Clinical Outcome and Enteryx^® Implant Shape

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    Glen A. Lehman, Karen Hieston, Lawrence B. Cohen, Colleen D'Souza, James Aisenberg, Robert Ganz, Jan Walters, T.Raymond Foley, Margaret “Peg” Porter, Karen Wagner, Rebecca Hummel, David Johnson, Tammy L. Stacy, Sheila Friberg, Jacques Deviere, Nathalie Severs, Gregory Haber, Maria Cirocco, Jeffrey Peters, Rosemarie DeMonte, Teresa Rodriguez

     
• • ·Treatment of Esophageal Perforations and Symptomatic Anastomotic Leaks with a New Self-Expandable Plastic Stent

    Page :P150

    Frank Kullmann, Nadia Ratiu, Heiko Rath, Juergen Schoelmerich, Cornelia Gelbmann

    
• • ·Rotatable Planar Electrodes for Endoscopic Haemostasis

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    Gary Long, Tim Mills, Paul Swain

    
• • ·Approximation of Large Mucosal Defects after Endoscopic Mucosal Resection: A New Technique Using a Detachable Snare and Clips

    Page :P150

    Bo-In Lee, Kyu-Yong Choi, Byung-Wook Kim, Hwang Choi, Se-Hyun Cho, Se-Hee Kim, Woo-Chul Chung, In-Seok Lee, Kang-Moon Lee, Hiun-Suk Chae, Myung-Gyu Choi, In-Sik Chung

     
• • ·Graded Esophageal Mucosal Ablation with Cryotherapy and Protective Effects of Submucosal Saline

    Page :P150

    Gottumukkala S. Raju, Ijaz Ahmed, Shu-Yuan Xiao, Douglas Brining, Manoop S. Bhutani, Pankaj J. Pasricha

     
• • ·Implantation of a Tubular Membrane in the Small Intestine

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    Brian S. Kelleher, Corbett Stone, Ross Tsukashima, Dana Launer

    
• • ·Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of Large Colorectal Lesions

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    Chris Fraser, David Swain, Noriko Suzuki, Brian Saunders

    
• • ·Does the Number of Sutures Make a Difference? A Study with a New Device for Endoluminal Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux

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    Z.A. Saeed, Anwaar A. Khan, Altaf Alam, Shahid R. Khalid, Nasir H. Lak, Arshad K. Butt

    
• • ·Endoscopic Treatment of Esophagogastric Fistulae with an Acellular Matrix

    Page :P151

    Fauze Maluf-Filho, Eduardo Moura, Paulo Sakai, Arthur Garrido, Shinichi Ishioka, Joaquim Gama-Rodrigues, Luiz V. Berti

    
• • ·Improving Endotherapy - A New Concept for Intraluminal Endoscopic Suturing

    Page :P152

    Arnaldo B. Feitoza, Christopher Gostout, Elizabeth Rajan, Mary Knipschield, Lori Herman, Lawrence Burgart

    
• • ·Peptic Ulcer Bleeding, NSAID Use and Helicobacter Pylori Infection: A Prospective Study Evaluating Prevalence and Outcome

    Page :P152

    Monique E.Leerdam van, Dewkoemar Ramsoekh, Erik A.J. Rauws, Alfons A.M. Geraedts, Guido N. Tytgat

     
• • ·No Influence of Helicobacter Pylori and Previous NSAID/ASA Therapy on Early Rebleeding Rate in Patients with Peptic Ulcer Bleeding

    Page :P152

    Istvan Racz, Katalin Bircher, Andrea Szabo, Gyula Pecsi, Artur Nemeth

    
• • ·Quadruple Therapy Is an Effective Salvage Regimen for Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Patients After Failure of Standard Triple Therapy - Comparison of OMBT 7, 14 Days Regimen -

    Page :P152

    Rok Son Choung, Sang Woo Lee, Hyung Joon Yim, Min Jeong Kim, Yong Sik Kim, Hong Sik Lee, Hoon Jai Chun, Jai Hyun Choi, Ho Sang Ryu, Jin Hai Hyun

     
• • ·Endoscopic 13C-Urea Breath Test for Detection of Helicobacter Pylori Infection After Partial Gastrectomy

    Page :P153

    Yoshihisa Urita, Yoshinori Kikuchi, Kazuo Hike, Naotaka Torii, Eiko Kanda, Hidenori Kurakata, Masahiko Sasajima, Motonobu zaki, Kazumasa Miki

    
• • ·Effect of the Temporary Placement of Stent in Benign Pyloric Stenosis

    Page :P153

    Hyo Jung Kim, Jong-Jae Park, Chang Don Kang, Sung-Joon Lee, Jin Yong Kim, Jong Eun Yeon, Jae Seon Kim, Kwan Soo Byun, Young-Tae Bak, Chang Hong Lee

     
• • ·EMR-Induced Ulcer Healing Rate According to the Duration of Omeprazole Therapy

    Page :P153

    Sun-Young Lee, Jae J. Kim, Jun Haeng Lee, Young-Ho Kim, Poong-Lyul Rhee, Jong Chul Rhee

    
• • ·CagA Positive Helicobacter Pylori Strains Are Associated with Increased Risk of Peptic Ulcer Bleeding Among NSAID Users. A Multicenter Case-Control Study

    Page :P153

    Michalis Economou, Dimitrios Tzourmakliotis, Spilios Manolakopoulos, Sotiris Bethanis, Christina Bergele, John Lakoumentas, Pantelis Sklavos, Haralambos Milionis, Alexandra Margeli, Evangellos Vogiatzakis, Alec Avgerinos

    
• • ·Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation Should Be the Initial Therapy of Choice in Benign Ulcer Related Gastric Outlet Obstruction

    Page :P153

    Vineet Ahuja, Vikram Bhatia, Kaushal Madan, G. Sathyanarayan, Mahesh P. Sharma

    
• • ·Autoimmune Pancreatitis Can Be Confirmed with Gastroscopy

    Page :P154

    Terumi Kamisawa, Masami Yoshiike, Hitoshi Nakajima, Atsutake Okamoto

    
• • ·Clinicopathological Features of Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis

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    Yun-Ju Jo, Nam-In Kim, Young-Sook Park, Tae-Hun Kim, Yeon-Ho Joo

    
• • ·Endoscopic Dilation of Gastroenteric Anastomotic Stricture After Gastric Bypass

    Page :P154

    Nelson Heitor Coelho, Julio Pereira Lima, Claudio Rolim Teixeira, Ronaldo Torresini, Rosane Von Muhlen Cirne, Renato Souza, Luis De Carli

    
• • ·Diagnosis of Gastric Neoplasms by Newly Developed Auto-fluorescence Imaging Video Endoscopy

    Page :P154

    Akihiro Namihisa, Tatsuo Ogihara, Akimitsu Ohkawa, Noritomo Nakaniwa, Satoshi Abe, Osamu Kobayashi, Takeshi Terai, Hiroto Miwa, Toshifumi Ohkusa, Nobuhiro Sato

    
• • ·Benefits and Safety of a Novel Double-Balloon Method Enteroscopy in the Detection of Small Intestinal Abnormalities

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    Keigo Mitsui, Shu Tanaka, Katya Gudis, Tsuguhiko Seo, Masaoki Yonezawa, Kazuhiro Nagata, Yoshiaki Shibata, Isao Shinozawa, Atsushi Tatsuguchi, Shunji Fujimori, Teruyuki Kishida, Choitsu Sakamoto

    
• • ·Intraoperative Enteroscopy for the Diagnosis of Bleeding from Unknown Origin. A Series of 58 Consecutive Patients

    Page :P155

    Ralf Jakobs, Dirk Hartmann, Georg Bolz, Claus Benz, Dieter Schilling, Erhard Siegel, Uwe Weickert, Juergen F. Riemann

    
• • ·Double-Balloon Enteroscopy in Patients with Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding and/or Chronic Abdominal Pain

    Page :P155

    Andrea D. May, Lars Nachbar, Ahad Wardak, Chriatian Ell

    
• • ·Small-Bowel Tumors Diagnosed and Treated by Double-Balloon Endoscopy: Report of Twelve Cases

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    Michiko Iwamoto, Hironori Yamamoto, Keijiro Sunada, Tomonori Yano, Hiroto Kita, Yutaka Sekine, Yoshikazu Hayashi, Hiroyuki Sato, Tomohiko Miyata, Takaaki Iwaki, Hironari Ajibe, Yoshiyuki Kwamura, Kenichi Ido, Kentarou Sugano

    
• • ·Analysis of the Clinical Features and Endoscopic Treatment of Small Intestinal Angiodysplasia Identified by Using Double-Balloon Enteroscopy

    Page :P156

    Hiroyuki Sato, Hironori Yamamoto, Hiroto Kita, Keijiro Sunada, Yoshikazu Hayashi, Tomonori Yano, Michiko Iwamoto, Takaaki Iwaki, Tomohiko Miyata, Yutaka Sekine, Akiko Kuno, Yosiyuki Kwamura, Hironari Ajibe, Kenichi Ido, Kentaro Sugano

    
• • ·Diagnostic Yield of Enteroscopy Using a Dedicated Enteroscope vs. Pediatric Colonoscope

    Page :P156

    Jose G.de la Mora, Christopher J. Gostout, Elizabeth Rajan, Mary Knipschield

     
• • ·Usefulness of Double-Balloon Total Enteroscopy for Diagnosis and Treatment of Small Intestinal Diseases

    Page :P156

    Naoki Ohmiya, Ayumu Taguchi, Masahiro Yamada, Kennosuke Shirai, Kenji Kamiya, Tetsuo Matsuura, Masayasu Ozeki, Nobuyuki Mabuchi, Hironobu Kanazawa, Masanao Nakamura, Akihiro Ito, Yoshiki Hirooka, Yasumasa Niwa, Hidemi Goto

    
• • ·Clinical Features of Small Intestinal Ulcers Induced by the Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Identified by the Double-Balloon Enteroscopy

    Page :P156

    Yoshikazu Hayashi, Hironori Yamamoto, Hiroto Kita, Keijiro Sunada, Hiroyuki Sato, Tomonori Yano, Michiko Iwamoto, Yutaka Sekine, Tomohiko Miyata, Akiko Kuno, Takaaki Iwaki, Yoshiyuki Kawamura, Hironari Ajibe, Kenichi Ido, Kentaro Sugano

    
• • ·Accessibility of the Double-Balloon Endoscopy to the Anatomically Altered Gastrointestinal Tract by Surgical Procedures

    Page :P157

    Keijiro Sunada, Hironori Yamamoto, Hiroto Kita, Tomonori Yano, Michiko Iwamoto, Yoshikazu Hayashi, Hiroyuki Sato, Takaaki Iwaki, Yoshiyuki Kawamura, Hironari Ajibe, Kenichi Ido, Kentaro Sugano

    
• • ·Transnasal and Peroral Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy by Ultrathin Endoscope in Unsedated Patients: Feasibility, Tolerance, and Complications

    Page :P157

    Mario A. Vitale, Giuseppe Villotti, Lucia D'Alba, Maria Assunta De Cesare, Stefano Frontespezi, Federico Iacopini, Fiammetta Bracci, Giampaolo Iacopini

    
• • ·A New Infection Prevention Kit for Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEGSAS) Can Prevent Peristomal Infection

    Page :P157

    Yutaka Suzuki, Nobuyoshi Hanyu, Katsuhiko Yanaga

    
• • ·Complications of Radiologically and Endoscopically-Placed Feeding Gastrostomy Tubes

    Page :P157

    Elizabeth Carey, Shahriar S. Parsa, Eric Huettl, Darius Sorbi

     
• • ·Efficacy of an Over-tube for Reducing the Risk of Peristomal Infection After PEG Placement: A Prospective Randomized Comparison

    Page :P158

    Iruru Maetani, Masaki Ikeda, Jun-Ichi Shimura, Takeo Ukita, Yoshihiro Sakai, Masatoshi Yasuda

    
• • ·Prognostic Factors of One-Month Mortality After Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy and Advantages of the Introducer Technique

    Page :P158

    Mitsuhiro Yata, Masami Terada, Hiroyuki Amano, Sadayo Matsumoto, Yukio Tagashira, Junichi Abe, Noriko Yano, Shigeru Kuwayama

    
• • ·Randomized Prospective Comparison of Direct Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy (DPEJ) vs Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy with Jejunal Extension (PEG-J) Feeding Tube Placement for Enteral Feeding

    Page :P158

    Mark H. Delegge, Gregory Ginsberg, Steve McClave, James DiSario, Glen Lehman, John Fang

    
• • ·Predicting Outcome in Patients with Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy

    Page :P158

    Yakub I. Khan, Ryan Fauble, Michael Piper, Sami Akkary, Catherine Lobocki

    
• • ·Laboratory Parameters May Help Predict In-Hospital Mortality After Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)

    Page :P159

    Uma Kantamneni, Ajit Kokkat, Mario Ricci, Hatef Massoumi, Edward Norkus, Nejat Kiyici, Hilary Hertan

     
• • ·Use of Propofol in High Risk PEG and Direct PEJ Placements

    Page :P159

    Kenny Chiu, Korta Yuasa, Maya Gambarin, Alan Kotin, Hans Gerdes, Mark Schattner, Moshe Shike

    
• • ·Placement of Gastrostomy Tubes in Patients with Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts Does Not Result in Increased Incidence of Shunt Infection or Decreased Survival

    Page :P159

    Brent Roeder, Adnan Said, Mark Reichelderfer, Deepak Gopal

    
• • ·Effect of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy on Gastro-esophageal Reflux and Gastric Emptying

    Page :P159

    Akihito Iida, Toshihiro Konagaya, Tosihiko Hayakawa, Yasushi Funaki, Akihito Kasahara, Hiroshi Imamura, Shinichi Kakumu, Hiroshi Kaneko

    
• • ·Complications of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy(PEG) and Risk Factors of Peristomal Wound Infection

    Page :P160

    Han-Hyo Lee, Ki-Nam Shim, Jung-Mi Kwon, Jun-Sik Nam, Moon Sun Yeom, Hye-Kyung Jung, Sung-Ae Jung, Sun Young Yi, Doe-Young Kim, Kwon Yoo, Il-Hwan Moon

    
• • ·Duodenal Polypectomy: A High Risk Procedure

    Page :P160

    Gregory Monkewich, Gregory Haber, Paul Kortan, Catherine Streutker, Maria Cirocco, Nancy Bassett, Gabor Kandel, Norman Marcon

    
• • ·Endoscopic Papillectomy of the Major Papilla: Results in 55 patients

    Page :P160

    Jennifer J. Telford, Kaumudi Somnay, John R. Saltzman, Peter B. Kelsey, Robert Schapiro, William R. Brugge, Brenna C. Bounds, David L. Carr-Locke

    
• • ·Re-Evaluation of Trans-Gastrostomic Endoscopy for PEJ Placement: Outcome Parameters

    Page :P160

    William L. Berger, Kia Saeian

    
• • ·Palliative Endoscopic Stenting in Malignant Duodenal Obstruction - an Alternative to Surgical Gastroenterostomy?

    Page :P161

    Max Bittinger, Thomas Eberl, Reinhard Scheubel, Reinhard Fleischmann, Helmut Messmann

    
• • ·Does Endoscopic Duodenal Stenting Interfere with Previously Inserted Biliary Drainage?

    Page :P161

    Y.D. Cho, B.R. Kim, Sang Woo Cha, Young Koog Cheon, Y. Kim, J.H. Moon, Y.S. Kim, Chan Sup Shim, Boo Sung Kim

    
• • ·Rendezvous Laparoscopic Endoscopic Resection of Gastroduodenal Stromal Tumors

    Page :P161

    Thomas Abernathy, Lok T. Tio, Frederick C. Finelli

     
• • ·Does Endoscopic Duodenal Stenting Interfere with Previously Inserted Biliary Drainage?

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    Y.D. Cho, B.R. Kim, Sang Woo Cha, Y.K. Cheon, Y. Kim, J.H. Moon, Y.S. Kim, Chan Sup Shim, Boo Sung Kim

    
• • ·Long-term Outcome of Argon Plasma Coagulation Therapy in 84 Patients with Bleeding Gastrointestinal Angiomata

    Page :P162

    Simon A. Zanati, Jonathan Cohen, Gregory B. Haber, Gabor Kandel, Paul Kortan, Norman E. Marcon

     
• • ·Age-Adjusted Hospitalization Rates for Complicated Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers in the US: Have COX-2 Specific Inhibitors and PPIs Made Any Difference?

    Page :P162

    Gurkirpal Singh, Alka Mithal, George Triadafilopoulos

     
• • ·Emergency Endoscopy Within 4 Hours Is an Independent Predictive Factor for Reduced Mortality in Patients Presenting with High-Risk Upper GI Bleeding

    Page :P162

    Tze-Zen Ong, Khay-Guan Yeoh, Khek-Yu Ho

    
• • ·Impact of Multimodal Endoscopic Therapy on Outcome of Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding (AUGIB): Comparison Between 2002 and 1983-85 in the Treviso Area (North-East Italy)

    Page :P162

    Silvano Loperfido, Ludovica Bellina, Nadia Dal Bo, Sira Bizzotto, Elena Piovesana, Alessandro Caroli, Helena Heras Salvat, Luisa Maifreni, Fabio Monica, Adelina Salvador, Marzia Groppo, Lajos Okolicsanyi

     
• • ·Frequency of Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding (UGIB) in Patients with Established Varices

    Page :P163

    Kevin J. Peifer, Gary R. Zuckerman, Mauricio Lisker-Melman, Chandra Prakash

    
• • ·Utilisation of the Rockall Score in the Development of a Clinical Pathway for the Management of Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

    Page :P163

    Peter Bampton, Jayne Sandford, Gautam Ramnath, Graeme Young

    
• • ·The Blatchford Scoring System Do not Predict the Need for Intervention in Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage

    Page :P163

    Virginie Humbert-Sebbagh, Alain Attar, Philippe Le Toumelin, Kouroche Vahedi, Yoram Bouhnik

    
• • ·Nasogastric Aspirates Frequently Lead to Erroneous Results and Delay of Therapy in Patients with Suspected UGI Bleeding

    Page :P163

    Asyia Ahmad, Joseph M. Bruno, Robert Boynton, Carlos Leon, Zaid Alnoah, Norman Zitomer, James C. Reynolds

    
• • ·Evaluation of Endoscopic Treatment of Bleeding Gastroduodenal Ulcers: A 7 year Experience

    Page :P164

    Riadh Bouali, Fawzi Khediri, Slimen Ourak, Amine Hila

    
• • ·A Prospective, Randomized Trial of Endoscopic Band Ligation Versus Endoscopic Epinephrine Injection for Actively Bleeding Mallory-Weiss Syndrome

    Page :P164

    Chang-Hwan Park, Wan-Sik Lee, Young-Eun Joo, Hyun-Soo Kim, Sung-Kyu Choi, Jong-Sun Rew, Sei-Jong Kim

    
• • ·Usefulness of the Combined Endoscopic Hemostatic Therapy of Hemoclip Method Following 5% Hypertonic Saline-Epinephrine Injection for the Management of Actively Bleeding Peptic Ulcers

    Page :P164

    Akira Horiuchi, Yoshiko Nakayama, Hideyasu Fujii

    
• • ·A Prospective Comparison of Two Endoscopic Clipping Devices in an Animal Model

    Page :P164

    Jeanin E.Van Hooft, Jacques J. Bergman, Paul Fockens

    
• • ·Procedure of Endoscopic Hemostasis Using a Distal Attachment and Short Clips Against Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

    Page :P165

    Naoki Hosoe, Hiroyuki Imaeda, Haruhiko Ogata, Hidekazu Suzuki, Tatsuhiro Masaoka, Manabu Nakashita, Tomoko Tsuda, Hiroyuki Kimura, Koichi Aiura, Yasushi Iwao, Hiroshi Nagata, Koichiro Kumai, Toshifumi Hibi, Hiromasa Ishii

    
• • ·The Usefulness of Endoscopic Treatment Compared Hemoclipping with Band Ligation on Active Bleeding of Mallory-Weiss Syndrome

    Page :P165

    Jong Hyun Park, Hiun Suk Chae, Young Seok Cho, Sung Soo Kim, Sok Won Han, Chang Don Lee, In-Sik Chung

    
• • ·Capsule Endoscopy (CE) for Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding (OGIB): Does the Yield Decrease with Increased Access?

    Page :P165

    Robert Enns

    
• • ·Sensitivity and Inter-Observer Variability for Capsule Endoscopy Image Analysis in a Cohort of Novice Readers

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    Gary Chen, Simon Chan, Clifford Quan, Mary Kalpakian, Tam Tran, Pedram Enayati, Mary Lee Henderson, Gareth Dulai, Ian Arnott, Fumiaki Kitahara, Jeff Gornbein, Rome Jutabha

    
• • ·Prospective Controlled Multicentric Trial Comparing Capsule Endoscopy with Intraoperative Enteroscopy: Long Term Results in Patients with Chronic Gastrointestinal Bleeding

    Page :P166

    Harald Schmidt, Dirk Hartmann, Frank Kinzel, Dieter Schilling, Georg Bolz, Peter Reitzig, Henning E. Adamek, Hartmut Hollerbuhl, Klaus Guenther, Klaus Schoenleben, Juergen F. Riemann, Hans J. Schulz

    
• • ·A Negative Capsule Endoscopy Decreases Resource Utilization in Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

    Page :P166

    Stacey Shapira, Kaja Pluta, Robert Enns

    
• • ·Diagnostic Yield of Video Capsule Endoscopy for Iron Deficiency Anemia Without Overt Gastrointestinal Bleeding

    Page :P166

    Kirk Bernadino, Peter B. Anderson, Steve P. Bensen

    
• • ·The Significance of Capsule Endoscopy (CE) Findings: Results from the CORI Database

    Page :P166

    Douglas O. Faigel, Jennifer Holub, Jonathan Leighton, Glenn Eisen

    
• • ·The Diagnostic Yield of Capsule Endoscopy in Iron Deficiency Anemia

    Page :P167

    Zvi Fireman, Shosh Frideman

    
• • ·Influence of Patient Selection on the Outcome of Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Chronic Gastrointestinal Bleeding

    Page :P167

    Andrea D. May, Ahad Wardak, Nachbar Lars, Stefanie Remke, Christian Ell

    
• • ·Automatic Detection of “Red Spots” During Videocapsule Study of the Small Intestine for Unexplained GI Bleeding: Is It Useful?

    Page :P167

    Veronique Michalet, Sabine Roman, Sylvie Radenne, Jean-Louis Gaudin, Jean-Christophe Souquet

    
• • ·Value of the Suspected Blood Indicator in Wireless Capsule Endoscopy

    Page :P167

    Simon A. Zanati, Shou-Jiang Tang, Elena Dubcenco, Gregory Monkewich, Naveen Arya, Gregory B. Haber, Gabor Kandel, Paul Kortan, Norman E. Marcon

    
• • ·Second Capsule Endoscopy Examination in Patients with Severe Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA)

    Page :P168

    Simon Bar-Meir, Moshe Nadler, Olga Barkai, Zvi Fireman, Eytan Scapa, Eytan Bardan, Rami Eliakim

     
• • ·Clinical Outcome of Endoscopic Aspiration Mucosectomy for Early Stage Gastric Cancer

    Page :P168

    Satoshi Tanabe, Wasaburo Koizumi, Katsuhiko Higuchi, Tohru Sasaki, Katsunori Saigenji

    
• • ·Evaluation of the Diagnostic Yield of Capsule Endoscopy (CE) in Patients with Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding (OGIB) or Unexplained Chronic Iron Deficiency Anemia (UIDA)

    Page :P168

    Juergen R.A. Barnert, Monika Wicker, Max Bittinger, Theo Eberl, Theo Eberl, Werner Schmidbaur, Helmut Messmann

    
• • ·Impact of Videocapsule Findings in the Management and Evolution of Unexplained Digestive Bleeding : 50 Patients with 11 Months Follow-up

    Page :P168

    Favre Olivier, Jacob Philippe, Daudet Jacques

    
• • ·Recurrence Rate and Risk Factors After Endoscopic Mucosal Resection

    Page :P169

    Dong Seok Lee, Chang Keun Park, Chang Min Cho, Young-Oh Kweon, Chang Hun Yang, Yong Hwan Choi, Sung Kook Kim

     
• • ·Efficacy and Safety of Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Using Precut Method for Treatment of Early Gastric Cancer: Impact of Learning Curve

    Page :P169

    Il Ju Choi, Hee Jin Chang, Hee Sung Kim, Chan Gyoo Kim, Jun Ho Lee, Keun Won Ryu, Young Woo Kim, Jae-Moon Bae

    
• • ·A New Procedure of En-Bloc Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) Using Improved Papillotomy Knife (MUCOSECTOME)

    Page :P169

    Kawahara Yoshiro, Shigeatu Fujiki, Yasushi Shiratori

    
• • ·The Magnified Endoscopic Finding of an Irregular Microvascular Pattern is a Very Useful Marker for Differentiating Between Gastritis and Gastric Cancer: A Prospective Study

    Page :P169

    Kenshi Yao, Akinori Iwashita, Toshiyuki Matsui, Tsuneyoshi Yao, Keisuke Ikeda, Yasuhiro Takagi, Yosuke Kikuchi, Makoto Yorioka, Kanta Kikuma

    
• • ·The Natural History of Sporadic Duodenal Adenomas and Risk of Synchronous Colonic Adenomas

    Page :P170

    Alexander C. Ford, Olorunda Rotimi, Simon M. Everett

    
• • ·Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) for Diffuse-Type Mucosal Gastric Cancer

    Page :P170

    Masaya Inoue, Takuji Gotoda, Roy M. Soetikno, Hisanao Hamanaka, Ichiro Oda, Daizo Saito

    
• • ·The Comparison of Covered and Uncovered Expandable Metal Stents in the Palliation of Malignant Gastric Outlet Obstruction

    Page :P170

    Yu Kyung Cho, Sang-Woo Kim, Se-Hee Kim, Hae-Won Han, In-Seok Lee, Myung Gyu Choi, In-Sik Chung

    
• • ·Role of Endoscopic Follow-up After Radical Gastrectomy for Stomach Cancer

    Page :P170

    Yong Soo Kim, Tae Kim, Yong Chan Lee, Si Young Song, Won Ho Kim, Jae-Bock Chung, Jin-Kyung Kang, Seung Woo Park

    
• • ·The Effectiveness of Through-the-scope Self-Expandable Metal Stent in Palliation of Malignant Gastrointestinal Obstruction

    Page :P171

    Jeong Seop Moon, Eun Soon Kim, You Sun Kim, Jung Whan Lee, Soo Hyung Ryu

    
• • ·Fundamental Endoscopic Findings of Early Gastric Cancer: Importance of Recognition

    Page :P171

    Tatsuo Hirano

    
• • ·The Discordance Between Endoscopic Forceps Biopsy and Endoscopic Polypectomy Specimen of Gastric Polyps

    Page :P171

    Dong Ho Lee, Na Young Kim, Jin Wook Kim, Jin Hyeok Hwang, Won Jae Yoon, Hyun Chae Jung, Yong Bum Yoon, In Sung Song

    
• • ·Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Lesions of the Esophago-Gastric Junction and Gastric Cardia

    Page :P171

    Naohisa Yahagi, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Naomi Kakushima, Atsushi Imagawa, Katsuya Kobayashi, Takuhei Hashimoto, Masashi Oka, Masao Omata

    
• • ·Efficacy of Endoscopic Mucosal Resection with Suction in the Treatment of Gastric Adenoma

    Page :P172

    Jae G. Kim, Hyung Joon Kim, Bong Gi Cha, Jae Hyuk Do, Sae Kyung Chang, Sill Moo Park

    
• • ·High Yield of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy in Complicated Celiac Disease

    Page :P172

    Jeanine Daly, Andrea N. Culliford, Moshe Rubin, Peter H.R. Green

    
• • ·Metastatic Tumors to the Stomach: Analysis of 83 Patients Diagnosed by Endoscopy

    Page :P172

    Noriko Sakemura, Takuji Gotoda, Takahisa Matsuda, Hisanao Hamanaka, Ichiro Oda

    
• • ·Influence of Collagen in Endoscopic Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Gastric Cancer

    Page :P172

    Brigitte Mayinger, Martin Jordan, Thomas Horbach, Werner Hohenberger, Eckhart Hahn

    
• • ·Capsule Endoscopy: Improving the Transit Time and the Image View

    Page :P173

    Zvi Fireman, Dan Paz

    
• • ·The Capsule Is Not Better and Is Less Cost-Effective Than Conventional Means in Diagnosing Small Bowel Pathology (i.e.: Crohn), but Superior to Enteroclysis in Mapping its Extent

    Page :P173

    George Katsoras, George Grammatopoulos, Charalambos Pavlopoulos, Greg Tsiotos, Konstantinos Delis, Anastasios Grammatopoulos

    
• • ·A Prospective Study of Cox-2 Inhibitors vs NSAIDS Induced Small Bowel Lesions in Asymptomatic Patients Using Video Capsule Endoscopy

    Page :P173

    Jose Luis Vazquez-Iglesias, Benito Gonzalez-Conde, Emilio Estevez-Prieto, David Martinez-Ares, Fausto Galdo, Genaro Grana, Antonio Atanes

     
• • ·Wireless Capsule Enteroscopy: A Comparison with Enterography, Push Enteroscopy and Ileo-colonoscopy in the Diagnosis of Small Bowel Crohn's Disease

    Page :P173

    Ervin Toth, Frans-Thomas Fork, Per Almqvist, Cecilia Benoni, Olle Ekberg, Olof Grip, Tornbjorn Gustafson, Stefan Lindgren, Bodil Ohlsson, Rolf Olsson, Klas Sjoberg, Hans Verbaan

     
• • ·Factors That Delay Transit Time of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy

    Page :P174

    Simon Chan, Gary Chen, Mary Kalpakian, Clifford Quan, Mary Lee Henderson, Tam Tran, Pedram Enayati, Gareth Dulai, Ian Arnott, Fumiaki Kitahara, J. Gornbein, Rome Jutabha

    
• • ·Is There a Way to Improve Reading Performance of Wireless Capsule by the Multi-View® System Using Maximal Speed of Reading

    Page :P174

    Emmanuel Ben Soussan, Stephane Lecleire, Simon Ramirez, Michel Antonietti, Guillaume Savoye

     
• • ·Diagnosing Crohn's Disease (CD) of the Small Bowel (SB): Should Capsule Endoscopy (CE) Be Used? CE vs. Other Diagnostic Modalities

    Page :P174

    Elena Dubcenco, Khursheed N. Jeejeebhoy, Rima Petroniene, Arthur H. Zalev, Geoffrey W. Gardiner, Jan E. Irvine, Jeffrey P. Baker

    
• • ·Capsule Endoscopy of the Small Intestine in Graft Versus Host Disease

    Page :P174

    Samuel N. Adler, Harold Jacob, Michael Y. Shapira, Reuven Or, Eliezer Rosenmann

    
• • ·Will a Lesion Seen by Capsule Endoscopy be Amenable to Endoscopic Diagnosis & Treatment?

    Page :P175

    Jose G.de la Mora, Christopher J. Gostout, Elizabeth Rajan, Mary Knipschield

    
• • ·Should an Entero-CT Scanner (CT) Necessarily Preceed Capsule Endoscopy (CE) Recording When Exploring Patients with Suspected Intestinal Disease (SID)?

    Page :P175

    Michel M. Delvaux, Valerie Laurent, Denis Regent, Gerard Gay

    
• • ·Interobserver Variability in Wireless Capsule Endoscopy (WCE): 40 Cases of Celiac Disease (CD)

    Page :P175

    Andrea N. Culliford, Moshe Rubin, Jeanine Daly, Peter H.R. Green

    
• • ·A Retrospective Evaluation of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy: Determination of Factors That Influence Transit Time

    Page :P175

    Simon Chan, Jennifer Wang, Jan M. Daniels, Rome Jutabha, Simon K. Lo

    
• • ·Tegaserod Decreases Small Bowel Transit Times in Patients Undergoing Capsule Endoscopy

    Page :P176

    Ira J. Schmelkin

     
• • ·Is the Angiodisplasia of the Small Bowel a Real Source of Obscure GI Bleeding ( OGIB) or Just an Aging Alteration of Small Bowel?

    Page :P176

    Thiago Secchi, Paula Poletti, Ying Tung, Manoel Galvao, Gregorio Feldman, Artur Parada

    
• • ·Reduction of Gastric Transit Time of Video Capsule Endoscopy by Right Lateral Positioning

    Page :P176

    Ritu Sachdev, Patricia Hibberd, Anish Mammen, David R. Cave

     
• • ·The Assessment of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy in Paediatrics

    Page :P176

    Mark A. Furman, Maria Mylonaki, Robert Heuschkel, Simon H. Murch, Paul Swain, Annette Fritscher-Ravens, Mike Thomson

    
• • ·Diagnostic Value of Capsule Endoscopy (CE) in Obscure Digestive Bleeding (ODB) and Effect of Erythromycin Injection

    Page :P177

    Dimitri Coumaros, Laurent Claudel, Patrick Levy, Michel Doffoel

    
• • ·Can Capsule Endoscopy Help Differentiate the Aetiology of Indeterminate Colitis?

    Page :P177

    David A. Whitaker, Georgia Hume, Graham L. Radford-Smith, Mark N. Appleyard

    
• • ·Analysis of Incomplete Small Bowel Investigation in Capsule Endoscopy

    Page :P177

    Jin Hai Hyun, Bo-Ra Keum, Rok Son Choung, Yong Sik Kim, Yoon Tae Jeen, Hoon Jai Chun, Hong Sik Lee, Soon Ho Um, Sang Woo Lee, Jai Hyun Choi, Chang Duck Kim, Ho Sang Ryu

    
• • ·Wireless Capsule Endoscopy vs Small Bowel Enteroclysis in the Detection of Ileal Involvement in Crohn's Disease: A Prospective Controlled Trial

    Page :P177

    Riccardo Marmo, Gianluca Rotondano, Maria Antonia Bianco, Roberto Piscopo, Livio Cipolletta

     
• • ·Does Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Have a Role in Evaluating Small Bowel Disorders Other Than Bleeding?

    Page :P178

    Shyam Varadarajulu, Tammy Glenn, Brenda J. Hoffman

     
• • ·Influence of Bowel Preparation for Capsule Endoscopy: Quality of Examination and Transit Time

    Page :P178

    Emmanuel Ben Soussan, Michel Antonietti, Stephane Lecleire, Guillaume Savoye

    
• • ·Capsule Endoscopy (CE): Indications and Results from 100 Consecutive Patients in 2 Tertiary Hospitals in Switzerland

    Page :P178

    Peter Hengstler, Christoph Gubler, Peter Bauerfeind, Christa Meyenberger

     
• • ·Randomised Controlled Trial of Polyethyelene Glycol Administration Prior to Capsule Endoscopy

    Page :P179

    Andre Chong, Ashley Miller, Andrew Taylor, Paul Desmond

     
• • ·A Pilot Study of Capsule Endoscopy Reading by a Nurse Endoscopist

    Page :P179

    Shai Friedland, Kuan Wu, Roy M. Soetikno

    
• • ·Wireless Capsule Endoscopy in the Diagnosis of Small Intestinal Neoplasms in Patients with Gastrointestinal Polyposis Syndromes. Preliminary Results of a Comparative Study with Barium Contrast Series

    Page :P179

    Alfredo Mata, Josep Llach, Antoni Castells, Maria Pellise, Gloria Fernandez-Esparrach, Angels Gines, Josep Maria Rovira, Josep Maria Pique, Josep Maria Bordas

    
• • ·Capsule Endoscopy for the Evaluation of Small Bowel: Great Expectations Still Waiting to Be Met

    Page :P179

    Giacomo C. Sturniolo, Vincenza Di Leo, Maria G. Vettorato, Renata D'Inca'

    
• • ·Indications Versus Findings in Capsule Endoscopy (CE)

    Page :P180

    Davendra Ramkumar

     
• • ·Long Term Plastic Stent Treatment for Benign Bile Duct Strictures: Not Always a “Benign” Course

    Page :P180

    Doug Tran, Sean Lee, Rama Venu, Allan G. Halline, Russell D. Brown

    
• • ·Long-Term Results of Patients with Benign Biliary Strictures Treated with Endoprosthesis

    Page :P180

    Yutaka Noda, Naotaka Fujita, Go Kobayashi, Katsumi Kimura, Kei Itoh, Jun Horaguchi, Osamu Takazawa, Atsuo Matsunaga, Mikiko Nomura, Kazuo Ishida, Toshiki Sugawara

    
• • ·Endoscopic Therapy of 110 Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis in a Single Centre, 1984-2003

    Page :P180

    Johannes Wittmann, George J.M. Webster, Adrian R.W. Hatfield, Stephen P. Pereira

     
• • ·Is There a Different Outcome Between Endoscopic Treatment of Intrahepatic (IHBL) Versus Extrahepatic Biliary Leak (EHBL)?

    Page :P181

    Susana Escalante-Glorsky, Hashim Khandawalla, Claudio Navarrete, Marc Catalano, Isaac Raijman

    
• • ·Outcome of Biliary Leaks (BL) After Endoscopic Therapy in Immunocompromised Versus Immunocompetent Patients

    Page :P181

    Susana Escalante-Glorsky, Hashim Khandawalla, Claudio Navarrete, Marc Catalano, Isaac Raijman

    
• • ·New Methods: Rendezvous Technique Is Used to Seal Biliary Leak After PTBD (Percutaneous Trans-Hepatic Biliary Drainage) with Transpapillary Injection of N-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate (Histoacryl)

    Page :P181

    Nobuo Toda, Yukinaga Yukinaga, Hiroki Matsumoto, Hiroki Matsumoto, Makoto Taniguchi, Hayato Nakagawa, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata, Kazumi Tagawa, Masao Omata

    
• • ·Comparative Outcome of Iatrogenic Versus Traumatic Bile Leak After Endoscopic Therapy

    Page :P181

    Susana Escalante-Glorsky, Hashim Khandwalla, Marc Catalano, Claudio Navarrete, Isaac Raijman

    
• • ·Comparison of Radiation Dosimetry Effects of Metallic Biliary Stents

    Page :P182

    Peter Darwin, Eric Goldberg, X.Allen Li

    
• • ·A Prospective Study of the Early Use of Needle-Knife for Difficult Biliary Cannulation

    Page :P182

    Arthur J. Kaffes, Guduru Rao, Parupudi Sriram, D. Santosh, D.Nageshwar Reddy

    
• • ·Pancreatic Duct Stent Occlusion - Can It Be Predicted?

    Page :P182

    Miriam Thomas, Marc F. Catalano, Joseph E. Geenen

     
• • ·Diagnosis and Patients Management of Gallbladder Disease by Bile Cytology Using Endoscopic Transpapillary Gallbladder Drainage Tube

    Page :P182

    Takao Itoi, Kazuto Nakamura, Atsushi Sofuni, Fumihide Itokawa, Kazuhiro Kakimi, Jun Sanada, Fuminori Moriyasu

    
• • ·Importance of Real Time Interpretation (INTERP) of ERCP Films Over Conventional Static Images: Medicolegal Implications

    Page :P183

    Miriam Thomas, Joseph E. Geenen, Marc F. Catalano

    
• • ·Endoscopic Stenting of the Gallbladder in Patients with End Stage Liver Disease and Symptomatic Gallbladder Disease

    Page :P183

    Jason D. Conway, Mark W. Russo, Roshan Shrestha

    
• • ·Stenting of the Pancreatic Duct to Aid in Common Bile Duct Cannulation During Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

    Page :P183

    Mark Titus, Eric Goldberg, Oleh Haluszka, Peter Darwin

    
• • ·Assessment of Occult Pancreatobiliary Reflux by Biliary Amylase Levels in Patients with Pancreaticobiliary Disease

    Page :P183

    Takao Itoi, Kazuto Nakamura, Atsushi Sofuni, Fumihide Itokawa, Kazuhiro Kakimi, Jun Sanada, Fuminori Moriyasu

    
• • ·Yield of Repeat ERCP for Persistently Elevated LFTs After a Previously Normal Cholangiogram in Liver Transplant Patients with Choledochocholedochostomy Anastomosis

    Page :P184

    Evan L. Fogel, Lee McHenry, James L. Watkins, Suzette Schmidt, A.J. Tector, Jonathan A. Fridell, Stuart Sherman, Glen A. Lehman

    
• • ·Evaluation of Mucosa in Early Gallbladder Carcinoma by Using Double Contrast Cholangiography

    Page :P184

    Koji Yoshida

    
• • ·Development of a Biliary Stricture Model in Yucatan Miniature Swine

    Page :P184

    Scott W. Grisolano, Bret T. Petersen, Lori J. Herman, Jodie L. Deters, Thomas C. Smyrk

    
• • ·Peroral Cholangioscopy in Combination with Endoscopic Transpapillary Bile Duct Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer

    Page :P184

    Yasuhiro Nakano, Satoshi Tanno, Manabu Osanai, Kazuya Koizumi, Yusuke Mizukami, Toshikatsu Okumura, Yutaka Kohgo

    
• • ·Predictors of Endoscopic Therapy Outcome in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Patients Experiencing Biliary Leak or Stricture

    Page :P185

    Ali Fazel, Henry Chiu, Shea Ross, Consuelo Soldevila-Pico, Koorosh MoezArdalan, Christopher Forsmark

     
• • ·Giant Ampullary Diverticula: Spectrum of Disease and Success of Cannulation

    Page :P185

    Marc F. Catalano, Suku George, Miriam Thomas, Meng Hua, Joseph E. Geenen

     
• • ·Selective Cannulation of the Common Bile Duct: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Sphincterotomes

    Page :P185

    Neena S. Abraham, Stacey P. Williams, Kara Thompson, Jonathan Love, Don MacIntosh

    
• • ·Common Channel Formation and Associated Pancreaticobiliary Disease: Prospective Study by ERCP

    Page :P185

    Terumi Kamisawa, Masami Yoshiike, Naoto Egawa, Hitoshi Nakajima, Atsutake Okamoto

    
• • ·Occult Pancreatobiliary Reflux and Associated Mucosal Changes of the Gallbladder

    Page :P186

    Jin Kan Sai, Masafumi Suyama, Yoshihiro Kubokawa, Hiroyuki Tadokoro, Nobuhiro Sato

    
• • ·Success of Endoscopic Therapy in Traumatic Bile Duct Lesions

    Page :P186

    Andreas Adler, Winfried Veltzke, Hassan Abou-Rebyeh, Bertram Wiedenmann, Peter Neuhaus, Rainer Hintze

    
• • ·Deep Cannulation of the Common Bile Duct at Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: How Challenging Is It?

    Page :P186

    Mohammad Wehbi, Kamil Obideen, Amaar Ghazale, Aasma Shaukat, Qiang Cai

    
• • ·Dilated Ducts: Is It a Reliable Sign for Choledocholithiasis in Patients with Acute Calculous Cholecystitis (ACC)?

    Page :P186

    Affan Quadri, Marc F. Catalano, Joseph E. Geenen

     
• • ·Post-ERCP Radiology Interpretation of Cholangio-pancreatograms Appears To Be of Limited Benefit and May Be Inaccurate

    Page :P186

    Nitin Khanna, Gary May, Marty Cole, Syd Bass, Joe Romagnuolo

    
• • ·Biliary Stent Clogging Solved by Nanotechnology? An in-vitro Study

    Page :P187

    Uwe Seitz, Andreas Block, Tina Schaefer, Uwe Wienhold, Sabine Bohnacker, Klaus Siebert, Stefan Seewald, Frank Thonke, Boris Brand, Peter Schaefer, Nib Soehendra

    
• • ·Surface Modification with Anti-adhesion Peptide: A Novel Approach to Prevent Bacterial Attachment and Biliary Stent Blockage

    Page :P187

    Joseph W. Leung, Yan-Lei Liu, Xiao-Bing Wang, Rajendra Ramsamooj, Kit S. Lam

    
• • ·Covered Metallic Stents for the Management of Distal Malignant Biliary Obstruction -Risk Factors for the Specific Complications

    Page :P187

    Hiroyuki Isayama, Yousuke Nakai, Yutaka Komatsu, Takeshi Tsujino, Nobuo Toda, Naoki Sasahira, Natsuyo Yamamoto, Kenji Hirano, Minoru Tada, Haruhiko Yoshida, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata

    
• • ·Evaluation of a Modified Duodenoscope Facilitating Guidewire Fixation for ERCP

    Page :P187

    Michelle C. Beilstein, Nuzhat A. Ahmad, Michael L. Kochman, William B. Long, Janak N. Shah, Gregory G. Ginsberg

    
• • ·A Randomized Controlled Comparative Study of Covered Versus Uncovered Self-Expandable Metal Stent for Malignant Biliary Obstruction

    Page :P188

    S.H. Lee, Sang Woo Cha, Young Koog Cheon, Y. Kim, J.H. Moon, Y.D. Cho, Y.S. Kim, J.S. Lee, M.S. Lee, Chan Sup Shim, Boo Sung Kim

    
• • ·Endoscopic Drainage of Malignant Common Bile Duct (CBD) Stenosis by a Covered Metal Stent (CMS) : Results of a Prospective Study

    Page :P188

    Dimitri Coumaros, Bertrand Napoleon, A. Balamane, Marc Barthet, Rene Laugier, Denis Sautereau, Thierry Yzet, Philippe Desurmont, Jean Marc Canard, Thierry Ponchon

    
• • ·Endoscopic 6 mm Zilver Self-Expanding Metal Stents (SEMS) for Malignant Obstruction of the Bifurcation: A Pilot Study

    Page :P188

    Christopher Lawrence, David J. Desilets, Donald E. Conklin, Frank J. Lukens, Sunil G. Sheth, Willis G. Parsons, Douglas A. Howell

    
• • ·A Randomized Multicenter Trial Comparing Plastic to Covered Metal Stents for the Palliation of Lower Malignant Biliary Obstruction: A Planned Interim Analysis

    Page :P188

    Peter L. Moses, Alan N. Barkun, Stuart R. Gordon, Roger D. Mitty, M.Stanley Branch, Thomas E. Kowalski

    
• • ·The Effectiveness of Ciprofloxacin in Prolonging Plastic Biliary Stent Patency: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Page :P189

    Gabriel Chan, Jeffrey Barkun, Neena Abraham, Alan Barkun, Eric Valois, Albert Cohen, Gad Friedman, Jose Parent, Robert Enns, Jonathan R. Love, Vicky Baffis, Mansour Jabbari, Peter Szego, Larry Stein

    
• • ·Management of Biliary Obstruction in Patients Requiring Duodenal Self-Expandable Metal Stent Placement

    Page :P189

    Emad Abu-Hamda, Bret T. Petersen, Todd H. Baron, Mark V. Larson, Michael J. Levy, Christopher J. Gostout

    
• • ·Internal Biliary Drainage is Superior to External Biliary Drainage in Reversing Kupffer Cell Dysfunction in Rats with Obstructive Jaundice

    Page :P189

    Wen Li, Billy C.S. Leung, Angus C.W. Chan, Sydney S.C. Chung

    
• • ·Prospective Assessment of Patient Outcome Following Photodynamic Therapy for Advanced Cholangiocarcinoma

    Page :P190

    Gavin Harewood, Todd Baron, Ashwin Rumalla, Kenneth Wang, Gregory Gores, Linda Stadheim, Piet de Groen

     
• • ·Additional p53 and K-ras Immunohistochemical Stain Can Not Enhance the Outcome of Brush Cytology During ERCP

    Page :P190

    Ho Gak Kim, Joong Goo Kweon, Eun Young Kim, Chang Hyeong Lee, Jong Seok Bae, Sun Woo Park

    
• • ·Partially Covered Metal Stenting in Patients with Symptomatic Common Bile Duct Stenosis Secondary to Chronic Pancreatitis: A Pilot Study

    Page :P190

    Paolo Cantu, Alejandro Morales, Olivier Le Moine, Jacques Deviere

     
• • ·Utility of Intraductal Ultrasonography for the Assessment of Cystic Duct Patency to Evaluate the Risk of Acute Cholecystitis After Biliary Metallic Stent Placement

    Page :P191

    Yousuke Nakai, Hiroyuki Isayama, Yutaka Komatsu, Takeshi Tsujino, Nobuo Toda, Naoki Sasahira, Natsuyo Yamamoto, Kenji Hirano, Minoru Tada, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata

    
• • ·Comparison of the Zilver Stent to Three Other Self-Expanding Metal Stents (SEMS) in the Endoscopic Palliation of Malignant Biliary Obstruction

    Page :P191

    Sinda Mein, Elizabeth Cruz, Karen C. Bagatelos, James W. Ostroff

     
• • ·Metal Versus Plastic Stents in Malignant Biliary Obstruction: A Meta-Analysis of the Effect on Long-Term Patency

    Page :P191

    Arno Dormann, Manuel Perez-Miranda, Nathalie Verin, Antoinette Wenk Lang

     
• • ·Endoscopic Sphincterotomy Versus Endoscopic Papillary Balloon Dilatation for Choledocholithiasis in Liver Cirrhosis with Coagulopathy

    Page :P192

    Do Hyun Park, Myung-Hwan Kim, Sung Koo Lee, Sang Soo Lee, Moon Hee Song, Jung Sik Choi, Dong Wan Seo, Young Il Min

    
• • ·High Prevalence of Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction in Patients with Biliary-Pancreatic Disease Referred to Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

    Page :P192

    Rodrigo A. Rodrigues, Ermelindo D. Libera, Ana Guimaraes, Angelo Ferrari, Stephan Geocze

    
• • ·ERCP with Sphincter of Oddi Manometry (SOM) at an Ambulatory Endoscopy Center (AEC): An Assessment of Complications

    Page :P192

    Erik Springer, Yang K. Chen, Daus Mahnke, Mainor R. Antillon, Raj J. Shah

    
• • ·Failed Biliary ERCP: A Prospective Multicenter Study of Risk Factors, Complications, and Resource Utilization

    Page :P192

    David G. Perdue, Martin L. Freeman

    
• • ·Is the Complication Rate the Same for Index Versus Repeat Biliary Sphincterotomy?

    Page :P193

    Isaac Raijman, Susana Escalante-Glorsky

    
• • ·What is the Best Patient's Position During ERCP? A Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Prone vs. Supine Position

    Page :P193

    Vittorio Terruzzi, Franco Radaelli, Gianmichele Meucci, Giorgio Minoli

    
• • ·Endoscopic Snare Papillectomy of Ampullary Tumors: 10-Year Review of 55 Cases at Indiana University Medical Center

    Page :P193

    Chiliang Cheng, Stuart Sherman, Evan L. Fogel, Lee McHenry, James L. Watkins, Toyomi Fukushima, Glen A. Lehman

    
• • ·Endoscopic Therapy in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)—Does the Complication Risk Outweigh Therapeutic Benefit?

    Page :P193

    Satyananda Kumar Vuddagiri, Renee France, Richard Kozarek

    
• • ·Prospective Study of Value of 1 and 6 hr Amylase, Lipase Levels in the Prediction of Post ERCP Pancreatitis (PEP) Following Sphincterotomy of Pancreatic Segment (PES) of Sphincter of Oddi

    Page :P194

    Suku George, Jeffrey D. Linder, Joseph E. Geenen, Marc F. Catalano

    
• • ·Why Do We Fail at ERCP?

    Page :P194

    Pavan Manchikalapati, Shyam Varadarajulu, Charles M. Wilcox

     
• • ·Prospective Analysis of Pancreatic Sphincterotomy as a Pre-cut Technique

    Page :P194

    Michel Kahaleh, Stephen J. Bickston, Jeffrey Tokar, Tarun Mullick, Paul Yeaton

     
• • ·Severe Post-ERCP Pancreatitis May Become (Almost) Extinct

    Page :P194

    Paul R. Tarnasky

     
• • ·Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in Patients 80 years of Age and Older: Safe and Effective

    Page :P195

    Eva Fritz, Andreas Kirchgatterer, Dietmar Hubner, Gerhard Aschl, Maximilian Hinterreiter, Bernhard Stadler, Peter Knoflach

    
• • ·Early Complication of Endoscopic Biliary Stenting in Patients with Inoperable Malignant Biliary Stricture

    Page :P195

    Sang Woo Cha, Jong Ho Moon, Young Deok Cho, Bong Min Ko, Young Koog Cheon, Young Seok Kim, Yun Soo Kim, Joon Seong Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim, Boo Sung Lee

    
• • ·Post-ERCP Pancreatitis: Does Prophylactic Pancreatic Duct Stent Placement Reduce the Risk?

    Page :P195

    David J. Novak, Lotika Sharma, Franca B. Barton, Firas Al-Kawas

    
• • ·Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangitis (RPC): Characteristics and Outcomes from Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiograms

    Page :P195

    Robert Enns, Jack Amar, Donald Carr

    
• • ·Endoscopic Transpapillary Laser Lithotripsy Using FREDDY (Frequency Doubled Double Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser) Technology for Difficult Common Bile Duct Stones

    Page :P196

    Tae Hyeon Kim, Sang Wook Kim, Joo Jin Yeom, Geum Suk Seo, Suck Chei Choi, Yong-Ho Nah

    
• • ·Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) and Endoscopic Management of Intrahepatic Lithiasis

    Page :P196

    Gianluca Spera, Cristiano Spada, Massimiliano Mutignani, Vincenzo Perri, Andrea Tringali, Pietro Familiari, Guido Costamagna

     
• • ·Detection of Small Bile Duct Stones by Intraductal US in Patients with Highly Suspected Choledocholithiasis Showing No Filling Defect on ERCP

    Page :P196

    Jong Ho Moon, Sang Woo Cha, Young Koog Cheon, Young Seok Kim, Young Deok Cho, Jin Oh Kim, Yun Soo Kim, Joon Seong Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Hae Kyung Lee, Chan Sup Shim, Boo Sung Kim

    
• • ·Clinical Usefulness of Intraductal US for Clarification of Small Filling Defect on ERC in Patients with Suspected Choledocholithiasis

    Page :P196

    Sang Woo Cha, Jong Ho Moon, Young Deok Cho, Bong Min Ko, Young Koog Cheon, Young Seok Kim, Yun Soo Kim, Joon Seong Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Hae Kyung Lee, Chan Sup Shim, Boo Sung Kim

    
• • ·Endoscopic Papillary Balloon Dilation for Secondary Bile Duct Stones in Young Patients

    Page :P197

    Jong Ho Moon, Sang Woo Cha, Young Koog Cheon, Young Seok Kim, Young Deok Cho, Yun Soo Kim, Joon Seong Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim, Boo Sung Kim

    
• • ·Endoscopic Balloon Dilation of the Biliary Sphincter Compared to Endoscopic Biliary Sphincterotomy for Removal of Common Bile Duct Stones During ERCP: A Meta-analysis of Randomized, Controlled Trials

    Page :P197

    Todd Baron, Gavin Harewood

     
• • ·An Angulated Common Bile Duct Predisposes to Recurrent Bile Duct Stones After Endoscopic Stone Extraction

    Page :P197

    Daniel Keizman, Maya Ish Shalom, Fred M. Konikoff

    
• • ·The Inflated-Balloon-Pulling Method Is a Useful Method for Estimating the Safe Upper Margin of Endoscopic Sphincterotomy (Est)

    Page :P197

    Hyun-Jun Kim, Sang-Heum Park, Suck-Ho Lee, Hong-Joo Kim, Il-Kwun Chung, Hong-Soo Kim, Sun-Joo Kim

    
• • ·MRCP Vs ERCP: A Comparative Study in Diagnosis of Common Bile Duct Stones

    Page :P198

    Luigi T. Familiari

    
• • ·Endoscopic Management of Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangitis: A Single Center Retrospective Review

    Page :P198

    Elizabeth Cruz, Karen C. Bagatelos, Paul S. Chard, Sinda M. Mein, Fernando Velayos, James W. Ostroff

    
• • ·Safety and Efficacy of Endoscopic Sphincterotomy and Bile Duct Clearance in Patients with Acute Cholangitis Due to the Common Bile Duct Stones

    Page :P198

    Neven Ljubicic, Luka Rotkvic

     
• • ·Outcome After Failure of Initial Mechanical Lithotripsy (ML) of Biliary and Pancreatic Stones

    Page :P198

    Suku George, Isaac Raijman, Joseph E. Geenen, Marc F. Catalano

    
• • ·Intraoperative ERCP for the Management of Choledocholithiasis: A Comparative Study

    Page :P199

    Luis R. Rabago, Maria Delgado, Cristina de Vicente, Ignacio Moral, Nuria Ventosa, Jose Luis Castro, Jaime Vazquez Echarri, Rosa Llorente, Jose Romeo, Francisco Gea, Jose Luis Martinez Veiga

     
• • ·Dilated Ducts: Is It a Reliable Sign for Choledocholithiasis in Patients with Acute Biliary Pancreatitis (ABP)?

    Page :P199

    Affan Quadri, Marc F. Catalano, Joseph E. Geenen

     
• • ·Risk Factors for Choledocholithiasis in a High-Risk Population with Symptomatic Gallstone Disease

    Page :P199

    Aldo A. Garza, Wendy K. Ayala, Cynthia A. Becerra, Jose A. Castellanos, Hector J.J. Maldonado-Garza

    
• • ·Long-Term Stenting for Choledocholithiasis

    Page :P200

    Carlos Barrientos

    
• • ·Argon Plasma Coagulation for Distal Migration or Improper Placement of Self-Expanding Metal Stents (SEMS)

    Page :P200

    Erik Springer, S.R. Nash, Raj J. Shah, Mainor R. Antillon, Yang K. Chen

    
• • ·Effectiveness of a New, Long Cytology Brush in the Evaluation of Malignant Biliary Obstruction: Final Results of a Prospective Study

    Page :P200

    Evan L. Fogel, Mario DeBellis, Lee McHenry, James L. Watkins, Suzette Schmidt, Stuart Sherman, Glen A. Lehman

    
• • ·Small Sphincterotomy Combined with Papillary Dilation with Large Balloon Permits Retrieval of Large Stones Without Crushing Them

    Page :P200

    Atsushi Minami, Takao Okuyama, Shinji Hirose

    
• • ·Removal of Self Expandable Metallic Wallstents

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    Michel Kahaleh, Jeffrey Tokar, Tri Le, Paul Yeaton

     
• • ·Precut Papillotomy Using a New Sphincterotome (Iso-Tome)

    Page :P201

    Sang-Heum Park, Hyun-Jun Kim, Suck-Ho Lee, Hong-Joo Kim, Hong-Soo Kim, Sun-Joo Kim

    
• • ·Randomized Control Trial of EST with Either Endocut Mode or Conventional Pure Cut Mode

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    Mitsuhiro Kida, Hidehiko Kikuchi, Masao Araki, Miyoko Takezawa, Maya Watanabe, Yoshiki Kida, Hiroshi Imaizumi, Katsunori Saigenji

    
• • ·Covered Wallstent for the Management of Malignant Biliary Obstruction

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    Yousuke Nakai, Hiroyuki Isayama, Yutaka Komatsu, Takeshi Tsujino, Nobuo Toda, Naoki Sasahira, Natsuyo Yamamoto, Kenji Hirano, Minoru Tada, Kawabe Takao, Masao Omata

    
• • ·Yield of Pancreatic Juice Cytology (PJC) in the Diagnosis of Strictures of the Pancreas Duct

    Page :P202

    James L. Watkins, Evan L. Fogel, Lee McHenry, Laura Lazzell-Pannell, Suzette Schmidt, Harvey Cramer, John M. Chappo, Julia Leblanc, John DeWitt, Stuart Sherman, Glen A. Lehman

    
• • ·EUS-Guided Pancreatic Pseudocyst Drainage: Comparison with Standard Endoscopic Cystenterostomy

    Page :P202

    Marc F. Catalano, Suku George, Miriam Thomas, Meng Hua, Joseph E. Geenen

     
• • ·Factors Predictive of Resolution in Pancreatic Pseudocyst Treated Endoscopically

    Page :P203

    Michel Kahaleh, Thomas Rockoff, Stephen Bickston, Cynthia Yoshida, Vanessa M. Shami, Paul Yeaton

     
• • ·Endoscopic Transmural Drainage of Pancreatic Fluid Collections in Outpatients

    Page :P203

    Christopher M. Gibbs, Todd H. Baron

    
• • ·Endoscopic Drainage of Large Bi-Lobular Pancreatic Pseudocyst in an Adolescent Using Combined EUS-Assisted Cystduodenostomy and EUS-Guided Cystgastrostomy

    Page :P203

    Ali T. Nawras, Surinder S. Devgun, Michael J. Finnegan, Kevin Gaylord

    
• • ·Surgical Treatment Is More Effective Than Percutaneous Drainage for Pancreatic Pseudocysts–Long Term Follow-up of Patients with Pancreatic Pseudocyst After Drainage

    Page :P203

    Steven Keilin, Qiang Cai, Ammar Ghazale

    
• • ·Pancreatoscopy with Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy (EHL): Primary or Adjunctive Therapy for Pancreatic Stones?

    Page :P204

    Raj J. Shah, Daniel A. Langer, Mainor R. Antillon, Yang K. Chen

    
• • ·Symptomatic Pancreatic Duct (PD) Strictures: Result of Ductal Dilation and Serial Stenting

    Page :P204

    Meng Hua, Miriam Thomas, Marc F. Catalano, Joseph E. Geenen

     
• • ·Long-Term Outcome of Pancreatic Duct Stone Removal in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis

    Page :P204

    Omar Khan, Suku George, Joseph E. Geenen, Marc F. Catalano

     
• • ·108 Cases of Pancreatolithiasis Treated by ESWL+Endoscopy: Mainly about 67 Cases Treated by EPDBD (Endoscopic Pancreatic Duct Balloon Dilation): Its Usefulness and Safety

    Page :P204

    Tadao Tsuji

    
• • ·Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Lithoptripsy for Pancreatic Calculi: A 10-year Experience at a Single U.S. Center

    Page :P205

    Lee McHenry, James L. Watkins, Kenyon Kopecky, Evan L. Fogel, Chi-Liang Cheng, Anne E. Kochell, Lee Ann Shelly, Stuart Sherman, Suzette Schmidt, Thomas J. Howard, Laura Lazzell-Pannell, Glen A. Lehman

    
• • ·Does the Addition of Balloon Dilatation to Stent Insertion Decrease Recurrence of Pancreatic Duct Stricture in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis?

    Page :P205

    Sang Soo Lee, Myung-Hwan Kim, Sung Koo Lee, Dong-Wan Seo, Do Hyun Park, Jeong Sik Choi, Young-Il Min

     
• • ·The Efficacy of Pancreatic Stenting for Management of Pancreatic Stones

    Page :P205

    Naoki Sasahira, Yutaka Komatsu, Hiroyuki Isayama, Yosuke Nakai, Natsuyo Yamamoto, Kenji Hirano, Takeshi Tsujino, Nobuo Toda, Minoru Tada, Takao Kawabe, Tetsuo Katamoto, Ryo Nakata, Masao Omata

    
• • ·Pancreas Divisum: 3-6 Years Follow-up After Endoscopic Therapy

    Page :P206

    Mohammad Alsolaiman, Peter Cotton, Robert Hawes

     
• • ·Is the Rate of Iatrogenic Acute Pancreatitis the Same with Manipulation of the Major Papilla Versus Minor Papilla?

    Page :P206

    Isaac Raijman, Susana Escalante-Glorsky, Marc Catalano, Atilla Ertan

    
• • ·Is Incomplete Pancreas Divisum Merely a Normal Anatomic Variant Without Clinical Implications?

    Page :P206

    Terumi Kamisawa, Masami Yoshiike, Naoto Egawa, Hitoshi Nakajima, Atsutake Okamoto

    
• • ·Endoscopic Evaluation of the Minor Papilla Prior to Pancreatography at ERCP: A Prospective Study

    Page :P206

    Christopher Lawrence, Douglas A. Howell, Andreas M. Stefan, Frank J. Lukens

     
• • ·Minor Papillotomy in Pancreas Divisum: Do Complications and Restenosis Rates Differ Between Use of the Needle Knife Papillotome (NKS) vs. Ultratapered Traction Sphincterotome (UTS)?

    Page :P207

    Jamie Berkes, Sandee Bernklau, Allan Halline, Rama Venu, Russell Brown

     
• • ·Predictors of Outcome in Pancreatic Duct Disruption Managed by Endoscopic Stenting

    Page :P207

    Shyam Varadarajulu, Radu Tutuian, Mark Payne, Robert H. Hawes, Peter B. Cotton

    
• • ·Morbidity and Mortality of ERCP-induced Severe Acute Pancreatitis

    Page :P207

    Santhi Swaroop Vege, Suresh T. Chari, Bret T. Petersen, Todd H. Baron, Joanna R. Jones, Padma N. Munukuti, Mauricio Zapiach

    
• • ·Predictors for Severity of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis

    Page :P207

    Linda S. Lee, Christopher C. Thompson, John Saltzman, William R. Brugge, Rie Ookubo, David L. Carr-Locke

    
• • ·There Are Benefits of Overnight Observation After Outpatient ERCP

    Page :P208

    Jeffrey D. Linder, Paul R. Tarnasky

     
• • ·Disconnected Pancreatic Tail Syndrome (DPTS): Clinical Features, Management, & Outcome

    Page :P208

    Christopher Lawrence, Douglas A. Howell, Andreas M. Stefan, Donald E. Conklin, Frank J. Lukens, Ronald F. Martin, Andrew Landes, Becky Benz

    
• • ·Patent Accessory Pancreatic Duct Prevent Post-ERCP pancreatitis

    Page :P208

    Terumi Kamisawa, Naoto Egawa, Hitoshi Nakajima, Atsutake Okamoto

    
• • ·The Use of Corticosteroids in the Prevention of ERCP-Induced Pancreatitis: A Meta Analysis

    Page :P208

    Ma Cecilia M. Sison, Jade D. Jamias, Ma Lourdes O. Daez

    
• • ·Endoscopic Treatment for Main Pancreatic Duct Rupture Following Silastic Ring Vertical Banded Gastroplasty

    Page :P209

    Marianna Arvanitakis, Reza Chamlou, Myriam Delhaye, Celso Matos, Jean Closset, Jacques Deviere

    
• • ·ERCP with Endoscopic Sphincterotomy (ES) in Acute Biliary Pancreatitis (ABP). 6 Year Review of Outcomes

    Page :P209

    Chad Gonzales, William B. Silverman

    
• • ·Endoscopic Interventions and Jejunal Feeding in the Management of Acute Biliary Pancreatitis

    Page :P209

    Tibor Gyokeres, Maria Burai, Eszter Schafer, Richard Schwab, Akos Pap

    
• • ·Endoscopic Minor Papilla Interventions in Patients Without Pancreas Divisum

    Page :P209

    Moon Hee Song, Myung-Hwan Kim, Sung Koo Lee, Dong Wan Seo, Sang Soo Lee, Do Hyun Park, Young Il Min

    
• • ·Pancreatographic Findings of Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis

    Page :P210

    Terumi Kamisawa, Naoto Egawa, Masami Yoshiike, Hitoshi Nakajima, Atsutake Okamoto

    
• • ·Techniques for Pancreatic Sphincterotomy; Lack of Expert Consensus

    Page :P210

    Mohammad Alsolaiman, Peter Cotton, Robert Hawes, Giuseppe Aliperti, David L. Carr-Locke, Evan L. Fogel, Martin L. Freeman, Gregory G. Ginsberg, Douglas A. Howell, Richard A. Kozarek, Glen L. Lehman, Lee McHenry, Stuart Sherman, James Watkins, Charles M. Wilcox

     
• • ·Idiopathic Recurrent Pancreatitis (IRP): Does It Progress to Chronic Pancreatitis?

    Page :P210

    Miriam Thomas, Marc F. Catalano, Joseph E. Geenen

    
• • ·Management of Pancreatic Pleural Effusion, Ascites and External Pancreatic Fistulae by Endoscopic Retrograde Pancreatography and Nasopancreatic Drain Placement

    Page :P210

    Deepak K. Bhasin, Ismail Siyad, Surinder Rana, Babu R. Thapa, Ujjal Poddar, Birinder Nagi

    
• • ·Relationship Between the Radiological Anatomy and Patency of the Accessory Pancreatic Duct: Dye-Injection ERP Study

    Page :P211

    Terumi Kamisawa, Naoto Egawa, Masami Yoshiike, Hitoshi Nakajima, Atsutake Okamoto

    
• • ·Endoscopic Treatment of Pancreatic Ascites

    Page :P211

    Isaac Raijman, Susana Escalante-Glorsky, Hashim Khandawalla, Steven Glorsky, Craig Fischer

    
• • ·Endoscopic Feature of Gastric Varices Caused by Left-Sided Portal Hypertension due to Pancreatic Disease

    Page :P211

    Tadayuki J. Takagi, Atsushi Irisawa, Katsutoshi Obara, Ayako Saito, Goro Shibukawa, Go Yamamoto, Takuto Hikichi, Takeru Wakatsuki, Hidemichi Imamura, Yukio Sato

    
• • ·Interventional Endoscopic Ultrasound Cholangiography: Report of Five Cases

    Page :P211

    Michel Kahaleh, Cynthia Yoshida, Vanessa M. Shami, Paul Yeaton

     
• • ·A Prospective Multi-centre Study of the Safety and Accuracy of Combined Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) - guided Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) and Trucut Needle Biopsy (TNB)

    Page :P212

    William Tam, Guru Aithal, Jeremy Dean, Stephen P. Pereira

     
• • ·Experimental Study of Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Ethanol Injection in the Pancreas; Novel Strategy for Pancreatic Lesion

    Page :P212

    Reiko Ashida, Kenji Yamao, Kakuya Matsumoto, Kenji Okubo, Akira Sawaki, Nobumasa Mizuno, Kazuhide Higuchi, Tetsuo Arakawa

    
• • ·Control of Traumatic Chylothorax with EUS-Guided Thoracic Duct Injection Sclerotherapy

    Page :P212

    David H. Robbins, Mark Block, David Lewin, Michael Wallace, Brenda Hoffman

    
• • ·Prediction of Recurrence of Esophageal Varices Following Endoscopic Treatment Using Color Doppler Endoscopic Ultrasonography

    Page :P212

    Shoryoku Hino, Hiroshi Kakutani, Keiichi Ikeda, Kazuki Sumiyama, Yujiro Uchiyama, Akira Kuramochi, Yoko Kitamura, Muneo Kawamura, Hisao Tajiri, Mitsuyoshi Urashima

    
• • ·Large Series Western European Experience with the Olympus MH908 Slim-Probe Shows Greater Complete Staging of Esophageal Cancer Without the Need for Dilatation

    Page :P213

    Charles Vu, Laura Doig, Simon Anderson, Steven Tsang, John Meenan

    
• • ·The Accuracy of EUS Staging as Compared to Laparoscopic Staging of Esophageal Cancer

    Page :P213

    Neeraj Kaushik, Asif Khalid, Debra Brody, James Luketich, Kevin McGrath

    
• • ·Endosonographic Staging of Obstructive Esophageal Cancer: How Far Should We Go?

    Page :P213

    Jan-Werner Poley, Sarwa Darwish Murad, Jelle Haringsma, Marjan L. Hordijk, Hugo W. Tilanus, Ernst J. Kuipers

    
• • ·Eus Assessment of the Tumor Response After Concomitant Radiochemotherapy in Esophageal Cancer. Diagnostic and Prognostic Implications

    Page :P213

    Pascal Burtin, Chantal Milan, Olivier Bouche, Marc Giovannini, Michel Pelletier, Thierry Conroy, Olivier Ruget, Laurent Bedenne

    
• • ·A Prospective Comparative Study of Staging Accuracy Rates for Nurse Performed EUS in Esophageal Cancer

    Page :P214

    John Meenan, Laura Doig, Charles Vu, Simon Anderson

    
• • ·Large Series Prospective Experience with EUS for Post-Chemotherapy Staging of Esophageal Cancer. Time to Answer the Question of Clinical Value

    Page :P214

    John Meenan, Laura Doig, Charles Vu, Simon Anderson

    
• • ·Detailed Analysis of the Diagnostic Operating Characteristics of Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) in Patients with Esophageal Cancer

    Page :P214

    Hirofumi Shirakawa, Nozomu Kobayashi, Takuji Gotoda, Takahiro Kozu, Daizou Saitou, Roy Soetikno

    
• • ·A Prospective, Blinded Trial Comparing the Accuracy of PET, EUS and CT with Resection Pathology in the Staging of Esophageal Cancer Following Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy

    Page :P214

    John Meenan, Charles Vu, Sheila Rankin, Peter Harper

    
• • ·Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound Examination in Predicting Curative Resection Status of Advanced Esophageal Cancer: A Prospective Study

    Page :P215

    Mohandas K. Mallath, Harish Peshwe, Shesta Mehta, Mukta Ramadwar, Rajesh Mistry

    
• • ·The Detection of Unsuspected Liver Metastases During EUS Staging of Cancer of the Esophagus and Cardia

    Page :P215

    Asif Khalid, Debra Brody, James Luketich, Kevin McGrath

    
• • ·Utility of Esophagoprobe Guidewire Manipulation in Imaging the Celiac Axis Region for Staging of Stenotic Esophageal Carcinoma

    Page :P215

    Shiro Urayama, Jason L. Umphress

     
• • ·Is It Worthwhile to Evaluate Pancreas in Patients Undergoing Staging EUS for Esophageal Cancer?

    Page :P215

    Sudhanshu Gogia, Mike Bismar, Brian Collins, Arlene M. Correa, Linus Ho, Banke Agarwal

    
• • ·Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) of the Esophageal Wall in Patients with Non Cardiac Chest Pain (NCCP)

    Page :P216

    Eric M. Ward, Massimo Raimondo, Timothy A. Woodward, Sami R. Achem

     
• • ·Possible Role of EUS-FNA in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

    Page :P216

    Ray Shidrawi, Kamini Patel, Mark Pelling, Loong-Yuan Han, Annette Fritscher-Ravens

    
• • ·EUS Features of Mediastinal Tuberculosis: A PCR Based Cytodiagnosis by Trans-esophageal EUS-FNA

    Page :P216

    Parupudi V.J. Sriram, Arthur J. Kaffes, P. Rajasekhar, R. Vijaikumar, Mohd. Mateen, Gudur V. Rao, Duvvuru Bhaskar Reddy, Duvvuru Nageshwar Reddy

    
• • ·Diagnosing Sarcoidosis by Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA)

    Page :P216

    Jouke T. Annema, Maud Veselic, Klaus F. Rabe

    
• • ·Prospective Comparison of EUS, PET and CT Scan for Staging Lung Cancer: Preliminary Analysis

    Page :P217

    Mandeep Sawhney, Amy Holmstrom, Robert Kratzke, Kathryn Rice, Suruchi Kaul, Douglas Nelson, Rosemary Kelly

     
• • ·Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration of the Left Adrenal Gland in Patients with Thoracic or Gastrointestinal Malignancies

    Page :P217

    Mohamad A. Eloubeidi, Stefan Seewald, Ashutosh Tamhane, Boris Brand, Victor Chen, Ichiro Yasuda, Robert Cerfolio, Salem Omar, Theodoros Topalidis, Charles Mel Wilcox, Nib Soehendra

    
• • ·Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Combined with Flow Cytometry in the Diagnosis of Suspected Mediastinal or Retroperitoneal Lymphoma

    Page :P217

    Mohit Mehra, Ashutosh Tamhane, Mohamad A. Eloubeidi

    
• • ·Assessment of Clinical Impact of Endoscopic Ultrasound on Rectal Cancer

    Page :P218

    Gavin Harewood, Michael Levy, Jonathan Clain

     
• • ·Effect of Biopsy on Endoscopic Ultrasound Staging of Rectal Tumors

    Page :P218

    Marco Sailer, Ruediger Goertz, Dieter Bussen, Martin Fein

     
• • ·Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Staging of Rectal Cancer: Diagnostic Accuracy Before and Following Chemoradiation

    Page :P218

    Benjamin Avidan, Moshe Nadler, Iris Barshack, Yaakov Maor, Simon Bar-Meir

     
• • ·Enhanced Sensitivity for Detecting Malignant Lymphadenopathy in Rectal Cancer When Linear EUS Is Added to Radial EUS: Impact on Patient Management

    Page :P219

    Michael J. Levy, Tony E. Yusuf, Jonathan E. Clain, Gavin C. Harewood, Elizabeth Rajan, Mark D. Topazian, Kenneth K. Wang, Maurits J. Wiersema, Nicole L. Pochron

     
• • ·Value of EUS-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration via Rectum for the Diagnosis of Recurrent Rectal Carcinoma and Peri-Rectal Malignant Tumors

    Page :P219

    Atsushi Irisawa, Manoop S. Bhutani, Takuto Hikichi, Goro Shibukawa, Tadayuki J. Takagi, Go Yamamoto, Takeru Wakatsuki, Hidemichi Imamura, Yukie Yamada, Katsutoshi Obara, Yukio Sato

    
• • ·Misinterpretation of Endoscopic Ultrasonography Re-Staging After Preoperative Radiochemotherapy in Rectal Cancer: Preliminary Results

    Page :P219

    Carlo Fabbri, Luca De Luca, Sandro Macchia, Francesco Salvi, Vincenzo Cennamo, Antonio Piemontese, Danilo Baroncini, Paola Billi, Maria Pia Foschini, Antonio Maestri, Giovanni Frezza, Alessandro Repici, Nicola D'Imperio

    
• • ·A New Esophageal Variceal Pressure Measurement Device

    Page :P219

    Larry S. Miller, Qing Dai, June Park, Stephanie Irizarry, Tung Nguyen, Vinod Thangada, Elan Miller, Joseph Kim

    
• • ·A 360° Radial Electronic Echoendoscope: A New Technology in Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)

    Page :P220

    Andrea N. Culliford, Charles J. Lightdale, Stavros N. Stavropoulos, Peter D. Stevens

    
• • ·Virtual Pancreatoscopy Using Three-dimensional Endoscopic Ultrasonography

    Page :P220

    Senju Hashimoto, Yoshiki Hirooka, Akihiro Itoh, Terutomo Itoh, Hiroki Kawashima, Kazuo Hara, Akira Kanamori, Naoki Ohmiya, Yasuo Niwa, Hidemi Goto

    
• • ·Derived M-mode Ultrasonography: A Valuable Imaging Modality for the Visual Assessment of Esophageal Motility

    Page :P220

    Valmik Bhargava, Hwoon-Yong Jung, Vikas Bhalla, James L. Puckett, Jianmin Liu, Ravinder K. Mittal

     
• • ·The Sonobrush: A Novel EUS-Guided Biopsy Device for Pancreatic Masses

    Page :P221

    Seng-Ian Gan, Brenna R. Bounds, Martha Pitman, William R. Brugge

     
• • ·Computer-Assisted Analysis of EUS Images for Parenchymal and Border Differences in Pancreatic Mass Lesions

    Page :P221

    Nina Phatak, Nuzhat Ahmad, Gregory Ginsberg, Chandra Sehgal, Michael Kochman

    
• • ·Evaluation of a Prototype Dual Transducer Radial Echoendoscope

    Page :P221

    David H. Robbins, Brenda Ferguson, Brenda Hoffman, Robert Hawes

    
• • ·Initial Experience of High-Frequency Ultrasound Probe Sonography Using a Multi-Bending Scope

    Page :P221

    Shigeto Yoshida, Shinji Tanaka, Toshiki Yamaguchi, Akira Fukumoto, Daisuke Kamino, Madoka Nakao, Kayoko Kunihiro, Yutaka Mitsuoka, Hideharu Okanobu, Shiro Oka, Noriaki Manabe, Yasuhiko Kitadai, Norihiko Hayakawa, Kazuaki Chayama

    
• • ·The Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) for Diagnosing Solid Pancreatic Lesions Using a New 25-Gauge Needle System

    Page :P222

    Sammy Ho, Robert Bonasera, Hazar Michael, Bonnie Pollack, James Grendell, Mala Gupta, Martin Feuerman, Simcha Pollack, Frank Gress

    
• • ·Intraductal Ultrasound of the Pancreato-biliary System Using Dual Plane Reconstruction

    Page :P222

    Yu-Jeong A. Choi, Stavros Stavropoulos, Savreet Sarkaria, Charles Lightdale, Peter D. Stevens

    
• • ·One Step Endoscopic Drainage of Pancreatic Pseudocysts: Use of a New Therapeutic Echo Endoscope

    Page :P222

    Riad R. Azar, Frank J. Quayle, Dayna Early, Cara L. Kohlmeier, Steven A. Edmundowicz

    
• • ·EUS FNA Is More Sensitive Than CT/US FNA for Diagnosing Pancreatic Malignancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Page :P222

    John D. Horwhat, Kevin McGrath, Robert A. Enns, Helen Stiffler, M.Stanley Branch, John Baillie, Erik K. Paulson, Paul Jowell

     
• • ·The Negative Predictive Value (NPV) of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) in a Large Series of Patients with Suspected Pancreatic Cancer

    Page :P223

    Jason B. Klapman, Kenneth J. Chang, Phuong T. Nguyen

    
• • ·New Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Criteria for Diagnosis of Chronic Pancreatitis (CP)

    Page :P223

    Enrique Vazquez-Sequeiros, Daniel Boixeda, Victor Moreira, Antonio Gracia Plaza

    
• • ·Detection of K-ras Point Mutation Increases the Efficacy of EUS-FNA for the Diagnosis of Ductal Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

    Page :P223

    Fauze Maluf-Filho, Marcia S. Kubrusly, Jose Eduardo M.da Cunha, Paulo Sakai, Jose Jukemura, Andre Montagnini, Marcel C.C. Machado, Shinichi Ishioka

    
• • ·Assessment of Telomerase Activity in Samples Obtained from Pancreatic Lesions by Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) Is Clinically Useful

    Page :P223

    Girish Mishra, Doug Case, Mary Zhao, David Bridgers, Ben Pineau, John Sweeney, Kim Geisinger, Simon Bergman, James Cappellari, Coty Ho, Susan Melin, Russel Howerton, Ed Levine, Perry Shen, Jamal Ibdah

    
• • ·A Prospective Evaluation of Tandem EUS and ERCP as a Single Procedure

    Page :P224

    Jake Matlock, Shawn Mallery, Rebecca Lai, Martin Freeman

    
• • ·Prospective Comparison of EUS, ERCP, and EUS-Guided True Cut Biopsy (EUS-TCB) for Suspected Chronic Pancreatitis

    Page :P224

    John DeWitt, Kathleen McGreevy, Julia LeBlanc, Lee McHenry, Glen Lehman, Evan Fogel, Bill Cummings, Stuart Sherman

    
• • ·Malignant Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy in Patients with Pancreatobiliary Cancer

    Page :P224

    Banke Agarwal, Sudhanshu Gogia, Arlene M. Correa, Linus Ho, Brian T. Collins

    
• • ·Impact of Needle Size on Pancreatic FNA Cytology

    Page :P224

    John G. Kuldau, Richard Dobhan, Thomas J. Savides, Cynthia Behling

     
• • ·Transcript Heterogeneity in Pancreatic Cancer Revealed by Microarray Expression Profiling Derived from EUS-FNA Tissue

    Page :P225

    Shiro Urayama, Albert Truong

    
• • ·An Endoscopic Pancreatic Function Test (ePFT) Can Decrease Frequency of Negative EUS in Evaluation of Patients with Chronic Abdominal Pain (CAP)

    Page :P225

    Darwin Conwell, Gregory Zuccaro, John Vargo, John Dumot, Frederick VanLente, Patricia Trolli

     
• • ·Prospective Trial of Intraductal Ultrasonography for Evaluation of Unclear ERCP Findings

    Page :P225

    Till Wehrmann, Ksenia Martchenko, Nikos Stergiou

    
• • ·Usefulness of p53 Immunostaining in Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy Specimens for Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer

    Page :P225

    Takao Itoi, Kazuto Nakamura, Atsushi Sofuni, Fumihide Itokawa, Kazuhiro Kakimi, Jun Atsushi, Fuminori Moriyasu

    
• • ·EUS: An Ideal Initial Test for Elderly Patients with Idiopathic Pancreatitis

    Page :P226

    Karin M. Rettig, Allan G. Halline, Russell D. Brown, Rama P. Venu

    
• • ·Endosonography (EUS) for Detection of Anomalous Union of the Pancreaticobiliary Duct (AUPBD) in Patients with Asymptomatic Gallbladder Wall Thickening

    Page :P226

    Bong Min Ko, Sang Woo Cha, Young Seok Kim, Jong Ho Moon, Young Deok Cho, Yun Soo Kim, Joon Seong Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim, Boo Sung Kim

    
• • ·Usefulness of Endoscopic Ultrasonography in the Differentiation Between Malignant and Benign Causes of Thickened Gallbladder Wall

    Page :P226

    Don Lee, Sung Koo Lee

    
• • ·Predictors of Accuracy in Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Guided Fine Needle Aspirate (FNA) of the Pancreas

    Page :P226

    Richard Zubarik

    
• • ·Clinical and Endosonographic Predictors of the Number of EUS-FNA Passes of Solid Pancreatic Masses: A Prospective Multivariable Analysis in 300 Consecutive Cases

    Page :P227

    Mohamad A. Eloubeidi, Ashutosh Tamhane, Charles M. Wilcox

    
• • ·Assessment of Benign and Malignant Biliary Strictures with Three-dimensional Endoscopic Intraductal Ultrasound

    Page :P227

    William Tam, Johannes Wittmann, Adrian R.W. Hatfield, Stephen P. Pereira

    
• • ·Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced Endoscopic Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Biliary Diseases

    Page :P227

    Yoshiki Hirooka, Akihiro Itoh, Senju Hashimoto, Terutomo Itoh, Hiroki Kawashima, Kazuo Hara, Akira Kanamori, Naoki Ohmiya, Yasumasa Niwa, Hidemi Goto

    
• • ·A Prospective Study of the Yield of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration in Patients with Malignant-Appearing Biliary Strictures with Negative ERCP Bile Duct Brush Cytology

    Page :P227

    Lee McHenry, Evan L. Fogel, James L. Watkins, Mario de Bellis, Julia LeBlanc, John DeWitt, John Chappo, Harvey Cramer, Stuart Sherman, Lois Bucksot, Laura Lazzell-Pannell, Suzette Schmidt, Glen A. Lehman

     
• • ·Can the EUS Nodal Assessment Predict the Cytopathological Type of Pancreatic Tumors?

    Page :P228

    Jason B. Klapman, Kenneth J. Chang, Phuong T. Nguyen

     
• • ·Endosonographic and Histopathological Staging of Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer: Do We Need a New TNM-Classification?

    Page :P228

    Dirk Domagk, Raihana Diallo, Christopher Poremba, Christina Schleicher, Agnes Bankfalvi, Wolfram Domschke, Josef Menzel

    
• • ·In Room Cytopatologist Adequacy. Is It mandatory During Endoscopic Ultrasonography Fine Needle Aspiration?

    Page :P228

    Paolo G. Arcidiacono, Marzia Rossi, Gianni Mezzi, Pieralberto Testoni

    
• • ·Endoscopic Ultrasound and Computer Tomography Are Inaccurate Methods of Classifying Cystic Pancreatic Lesions

    Page :P228

    Henning Gerke, Tracy A. Jaffe, Robert M. Mitchell, Michael F. Byrne, Helen Stiffler, M.Stanley Branch, John Baillie, Paul S. Jowell

    
• • ·Pre-Operative Identification of Malignancy in Cystic Lesions of Pancreas by EUS-FNA

    Page :P229

    Banke Agarwal, Mike Bismar, Sudhanshu Gogia, Linus Ho, Arlene M. Correa, Brian T. Collins

    
• • ·Benign Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms: Does F/U EUS-FNA Confirm or Alter the Diagnosis

    Page :P229

    Marc F. Catalano, Suku George, Miriam Thomas, Meng Hua, Joseph E. Geenen

     
• • ·Diagnostic and Therapeutic Guidelines for Endoscopic Treatment of Common Bile Duct Stones in Cholecystectomized Patients

    Page :P229

    Davorin Dajcman

     
• • ·A Comparison of Sampling Techniques of Suspected Malignant Biliary Strictures

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    Sanjeev M. Wasan, Madhukar Kaw

    
• • ·Focal or Diffuse “Fullness” of the Pancreas on CT Is Usually Benign, but the Yield of Malignancy, Albeit Small, Justifies EUS +/- FNA

    Page :P230

    John D. Horwhat, Henning Gerke, John Baillie, M.Stanley Branch, Paul Jowell

     
• • ·A Comparative Study of Diagnostic Value of Cytologic Sampling by EUS-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration and that by ERP for the Management of Pancreatic Mass Without Biliary Stricture

    Page :P230

    Takeru Wakatsuki, Atsushi Irisawa, Takuto Hikichi, Goro Shibukawa, Takuto J. Takagi, Go Yamamoto, Hidemichi Imamura, Katsutoshi Obara, Yukio Sato

    
• • ·Do Stents Reduce the Diagnostic Yield of EUS-FNA in Malignant Strictures?

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    Gregory Olds, Pankaj Singh, Stacie Vela, Deepak Agrawal, Boolchand Vikram, Ananya Das, Gerard Isenberg, Richard C.K. Wong, Michael V. Sivak, Ashish Sharma, Ahmed Khan, Amitabh Chak

    
• • ·Long Term Outcome in Patients with Endosonographic Findings Suggestive of Mild Chronic Pancreatitis

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    Pankaj Singh, Stacie Vela, Deepak Agrawal, Gregory Olds, Vikram Boolchand, Ananya Das, Gerard Isenberg, Richard C.K. Wong, Michael V. Sivak, Ashish Sharma, Ahmed Khan, Amitabh Chak

    
• • ·Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration of Solid Pancreatic Masses: A Learning Curve

    Page :P231

    Mohamad A. Eloubeidi, Ashutosh Tamhane, Charles M. Wilcox

    
• • ·EUS-FNA of Proximal Biliary Strictures After Negative Tissue Sampling at ERCP

    Page :P231

    John DeWitt, Vijay Misra, Julia LeBlanc, Stuart Sherman, Lee McHenry, Kathleen McGreevy

    
• • ·Clinical Evaluation of Biliary Tract Lesions in Autoimmune Pancreatitis Using Intraductal Ultrasonography

    Page :P231

    Yuta Nakamura, Junji Yoshino, Kazuo Inui, Takao Wakabayashi, Kazumu Okushima, Hironao Miyoshi, Saburo Nakazawa

    
• • ·Diagnostic Yield of Standard Brush Cytology (BC) Versus EUS-FNA for Pancreatic Cancer with Associated Malignant Biliary Stricture. Is It Time to Bury the Standard Biliary Brush?

    Page :P232

    Kirk Bernadino, Stuart R. Gordon, Douglas J. Robertson

     
• • ·EUS as an Adjunct to ERCP for the Diagnosis of Malignant Pancreaticobiliary Duct Stricture

    Page :P232

    Pankaj Singh, Stacie Vela, Deepak Agrawal, Gregory Olds, Vikram Boolchand, Gerard Isenberg, Richard C.K. Wong, Michael V. Sivak, Ashish Sharma, Ahmed Khan, Stavan P. Parmar, Amitabh Chak

    
• • ·Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasound, Fine Needle Aspiration, Cytology, and Cyst Fluid Tumor Markers in Patients with Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: Comparison with Surgical Pathology and 12-month Follow-up

    Page :P232

    Abdulrhaman M. Al-Jebreen, Rafael Perini, Francis Sutherland, Joseph Romagnuolo

    
• • ·EUS Meets VOXEL-MAN a 3-D Anatomical Animation of Longitudinal Endoscopic Ultrasound (L-EUS)

    Page :P232

    Eike Burmester, Thomas Leineweber, Silke Hacker, Ulf Tiede, Jens Niehaus, Thomas Huetteroth

    
• • ·Frequency and Significance of Acute Intracystic Hemorrhage During EUS-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration

    Page :P233

    Shyam Varadarajulu, Charles M. Wilcox, Mohamad Eloubeidi

    
• • ·Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Compared with Endoscopy and Transabdominal Ultrasound (TUS) in the Work-up of Patients with Upper Abdominal Pain (UAP): A Prospective Multi-Center Cohort Study

    Page :P233

    Kenneth J. Chang, Amitabh Chak, Charles Lightdale, Kenneth Binmoeller, Yang K. Chen, Richard A. Erickson, Gregory C. Albers, Michael V. Sivak, Phuong Nguyen, John G. Lee, Gerard A. Isenberg, Richard C.K. Wong

     
• • ·A Prospective Study of the Current Utilization Patterns of EUS by Clinical Gastroenterologists

    Page :P233

    Miriam Thomas, Girish Mishra, Amitabh Chak, Maurits Wiersema, Eileen Robinson, Naresh T. Gunaratnam

    
• • ·Practice Patterns and Attitudes Towards Role of EUS in Staging of GI Malignancies: A Survey of Physicians and Surgeons

    Page :P233

    Nuzhat A. Ahmad, Karl Kim, Michael Kochman, Gregory G. Ginsberg

    
• • ·EUS-Guided Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) in Subepithelial Intramural GI-Tract Masses (SIGIM): Results in 105 Lesions

    Page :P234

    Shawn Mallery, Rebecca Lai, Ricardo Bardales, Edward Stelow, Steven Debol, Michael Stanley

     
• • ·Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology of Mediastinal Lymph Nodes: Therapeutic Impact in Patients with Pancreatobiliary and Gastric Neoplasias

    Page :P234

    Ignacio Fernandez-Urien, Jose Carlos Subtil, Maite Herraiz, Maite Betes, Susana de la Riva, Eduardo Espinet, Cristina Carretero, Miguel Munoz-Navas, Maria Dolores Lozano

    
• • ·Yield of Tissue Sampling for Submucosal Lesions Evaluated by EUS: A Comparison Between Forceps Biopsies and Endoscopic Submucosal-Mucosal Resection

    Page :P234

    Michael J. Cantor, Raquel E. Davila, Douglas O. Faigel

    
• • ·Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration of Left Adrenal Gland Masses

    Page :P234

    Mazen Alsatie, John DeWitt, Julia LeBlanc, Lee McHenry, Stuart Sherman, John Chappo

    
• • ·Assessment of Knowledge of the Application and Utility of Endoscopic Ultrasound Among Physicians and Surgeons

    Page :P235

    Tony E. Yusuf, Gavin C. Harewood, Jonathan E. Clain, Michael J. Levy, Kenneth K. Wang, Mark D. Topazian, Elizabeth Rajan

     
• • ·A First Report of Tumor Seeding by EUS-FNA

    Page :P235

    Sarto C. Paquin, Tju Siang Chua, Genevieve Tessier, Gilles Gariepy, Ginette Raymond, Raymond Bourdages, Anand Sahai

    
• • ·A New Method to Assess the Adequacy of Trucut Core Biopsy Specimens

    Page :P235

    Brian C. Jacobson, Irina Dubinchik, Niall Swan

     
• • ·Prospective Evaluation of On-Site FNA Cytology Analysis vs Final Cytology Analysis in EUS Cases

    Page :P235

    Glen Arluk, Olga Ioffe, Anna Berry, Pat Bourquin, Bruce Greenwald, Peter Darwin

    
• • ·Improving the Accuracy of Ultrasound-Endoscopy Fine- Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA): Factors Predicting a Correct Diagnosis and Usefulness of an Attendant Pathologist

    Page :P236

    Maria Pellise, Angels Gines, Manel Sole, Diana Vera, Gloria Fernandez-Esparrach, Antoni Castells, Alfredo Mata, Josep Llach, Josep Maria Bordas, Josep Maria Pique

    
• • ·A Prospective Study Comparing Endoscopy and Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) in the Evaluation of GI Subepithelial Masses

    Page :P236

    Joo Ha Hwang, Steven Shaw, Hubert H. Nietsch, Stephen J. Rulyak, Michael D. Saunders, Michael B. Kimmey

     
• • ·A Prospective Evaluation of EUS-Guided Celiac Plexus Block in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis and Pancreas Cancer

    Page :P236

    Julia K. LeBlanc, John Dewitt, Lee McHenry, Stuart Sherman, Thomas Imperiale, Edith Collins

    
• • ·Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology (EUS-FNA): Factors Predicting Diagnosis Accuracy and Number of Passes Necessary to Obtain Adequate Specimens

    Page :P236

    Jose Carlos Subtil, Ignacio Fernandez-Urien, Maite Betes, Maite Herraiz, Susana De la Riva, Eduardo Espinet, Cristina Carretero, Miguel Munoz-Navas, Maria Dolores Lozano

    
• • ·Unexplained Thickened Folds on CT: Does EGD Help Select Patients for EUS? A Prospective Analysis

    Page :P237

    Eric Lam, Rayburn Rego, Sarto C. Paquin, Tju Siang Chua, Genevieve Tessier, Ginette Raymond, Anand Sahai

    
• • ·Preoperative Diagnosis of GISTs Using Endoscopic Ultrasonography Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (EUS-FNAB)

    Page :P237

    Akira Sawaki, Kenji Okubo, Nobumasa Mizuno, Reiko Ashida, Tsuneya Nakamura, Masahiro Tajika, Hiroki Kawai, Kenji Yamao

    
• • ·Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) vs. Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) – Optimizing Tissue Acquisition During Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Evaluation of Submucosal Lesions

    Page :P237

    Hansen Kwok, Phuong T. Nguyen, John G. Lee, Catherine J. Christie, Kenneth J. Chang

    
• • ·Impact of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) on Management of Patients with Large Gastric Folds and Endoscopic Biopsies Negative for Malignancy (LGF-NB)

    Page :P237

    Maria Pellise, Angels Gines, Alejandro Membrillo, Gloria Fernandez-Esparrach, Maria Teresa Soria, Antonio Soriano, Alfredo Mata, Josep Llach, Josep Maria Bordas, Josep Maria Pique

     
• • ·Endoscopic and Echoendoscopic Evaluation of Gastric Varices Eradication with Cianoacrilate

    Page :P238

    Erika Macedo, Fernanda Thuler, Veruska Di Sena, Gustavo De Paulo, Frank Nakao, Jose Ardengh, Angelo P. Ferrari

    
• • ·The Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasonography as Further Examination Evaluating the Depth of Invasion of Gastric Cancer

    Page :P238

    Yosuke Otake, Takuji Gotoda, Takahiro Kozu, Ichiro Oda, Daizo Saito

    
• • ·Clinicopathologic Study of Gastric Submucosal Tumor: Endosonographic and Immunohistochemical Findings of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs) in Stomach

    Page :P238

    Bong Min Ko, Su Jin Hong, Kye Won Kwon, Chang Beom Ryu, Joo Young Cho, Joon Seong Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim, Boo Sung Kim

    
• • ·FDG-PET Imaging of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Correlation with Histopathological Findings by Using EUS-FNA

    Page :P238

    Masahiro Yamada, Yasumasa Niwa, Yoshiki Hirooka, Nobuhiro Ando, Fumiyuki Miyata, Ryouji Miyahara, Akira Ohashi, Tsuguo Kamioka, Shusuke Kitabatake, Masanao Nakamura, Naoki Ohmiya, Akihiro Itoh, Hidemi Goto

    
• • ·Unsedated Peroral Small-Caliber Endoscopy for Screening of Cirrhotics for Esophageal Varices (EV)

    Page :P239

    Curuchi P. Anand, Judy Lindsey, Florinela Oprescu, Terence Angtuaco, Sandeep Bhargava, Vivek Raj

    
• • ·Combined Treatment - Botulinum Toxine and Pneumatic Dilation in Patients with Achalasia - Long Term Results

    Page :P239

    Radek Kroupa, Ales Hep, Jiri Dolina, Zuzana Matyasova, Vlastimil Valek

    
• • ·Lower Esophageal Sphincter Pressure and Timed Barium Esophagogram, Two Objective Parameters in the Assessment of Achalasia

    Page :P239

    Reza Malekzadeh, Ghodratollah Montazeri, Mohamad H. Derakhshan, Shapoor Shirani, Javad Mikaeli, Arezoo Estakhri

    
• • ·Endoscopic Management of Zenker's Diverticulum: A Gastroenterologist Approach

    Page :P239

    Isaac Raijman, Susan Escalante, Claudio Navarrete

    
• • ·A Randomized, Prospective Trial of Electrosurgical Incision Followed by Rabeprazole Versus Bougie Dilation Followed by Rabeprazole of Symptomatic Esophageal (Schatzki's) Rings

    Page :P240

    Jason Wills, Kristen Hilden, James A. DiSario, John Fang

    
• • ·Pill Esophagitis Is a Distinct Endoscopic Entity vs Reflux Esophagitis - a Case Control Study

    Page :P240

    V.A. Botoman, Nirmala Shanmungan, Eisa Macapagal, Wisam F. Zakko

    
• • ·Effect of Mucosal Sutures on the Muscularis Propria Layer at the Gastroesophageal Junction

    Page :P240

    Julia J. Liu, Johnathan N. Glickman, John Saltzman

    
• • ·Electrocautery Therapy for Refractory Benign Anastomotic Strictures of the Esophagus

    Page :P240

    Marjan L. Hordijk, Ernst J. Kuipers

    
• • ·Endoscopic Treatment of Anastomotic Strictures Following Resection of Esophageal CA: Increased Success Using Submucosal Corticosteroid Injection

    Page :P241

    Marc F. Catalano, Suku George, Miriam Thomas, Joseph E. Geenen

     
• • ·Temporary Placement of the Polyflex Stent for the Treatment of Refractory Benign Esophageal Strictures

    Page :P241

    Alessandro Repici, Massimo Conio, Claudio De Angelis, Edda Battaglia, Alessandro Musso, Rinaldo Pellicano, Matteo Goss, Cloe Dalla Costa, Stefania Caronna, Giorgio Saracco, Mario Rizzetto

    
• • ·Endoscopic Resection of Submucosal Tumors of the Esophagus. A Prospective Case Series

    Page :P241

    Till Wehrmann, Ksenia Martchenko, Andrea Riphaus, Nikos Stergiou

    
• • ·Clinical and Endoscopic Features of Patients with Esophageal Membranes and Rings

    Page :P241

    Volker F. Eckardt, Susanne Kuech, Thomas Schmitt, Gudrun Bernhard

    
• • ·Does an Administration Technique of Botulinum Toxin (BT) Injection Matter? Final Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind Study in Patients with Non-advanced Achalasia

    Page :P242

    Jan Martinek, Marek Benes, Milan Siroky, Julius Spicak, Pavel Drastich, Jan Bures

    
• • ·Food and Foreign Body Impaction In Upper GI Tract

    Page :P242

    M Yasser F. Abu-Safieh

     
• • ·Accurate Localization of Enteryx into the Deep Esophageal Wall Without Fluoroscopy

    Page :P242

    Robert A. Ganz, Mark Rydell, Paul Termin

     
• • ·Endoscopic Augmentation of the Lower Esophageal Sphincter for GERD: Final Results of a European Multicenter Study of the Gatekeeper System^TM

    Page :P242

    Paul Fockens, Guy Boeckxstaens, Armando Gabbrielli, Guido Costamagna, Jan Hattlebakk, Svein Odegaard, Hans-Dieter Allescher, Thomas Roesch, Stefan Muehldorffer, Jean Bastid, Jean Francois Rey, Christophe Bastid

    
• • ·Endoscopic Full-Thickness Plication for GERD: Durability at 12-Months

    Page :P243

    Douglas Pleskow, Richard Rothstein, Simon Lo, Robert Hawes, Richard Kozarek, Gregory Haber, Christopher Gostout, Anthony Lembo

    
• • ·Lugol's Chromoendoscopy Improves the Detection of Esophagitis in Patients with Nonerosive Reflux Disease

    Page :P243

    Frederick T. Dy, Jose D. Sollano, Alvin P. Quino, Johnny T. Go, Melchor M. Chan, Victoriano Y. Lim, Carmelita D. Dalupang

    
• • ·Spongiosis as a Marker for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) in Esophageal Biopsies

    Page :P243

    Pablo A. Bejarano, Steven A. Simon, Mehdi Nassiri, Miami Endoscopy Center

    
• • ·Predictors of Enteryx® Outcomes at 12 Months

    Page :P243

    Jacques Deviere, Lawrence B. Cohen, James Aisenberg, Robert A. Ganz, Glen A. Lehman, T.Raymond Foley, David A. Johnson, Gregory B. Haber, Jeffrey H. Peters

     
• • ·A Prospective Multicenter Phase II Study to Evaluate Endocynch Suturing System for the Treatment of GERD

    Page :P244

    Thierry Ponchon, Jean Boyer, Jean Charles Grimaud, Jean-Christophe Letard, Jean Escourrou, Frederick Ducrot, Jean Marc Canard, Jean Francois Rey, Group Sfed

    
• • ·The Stretta Procedure Improves GERD Symptoms and Anti-secretory Drug Use at 2 Years, while Normalizing Gastric Emptying Function in the Majority of Impaired Subjects

    Page :P244

    Mark Noar, Joan Smith

    
• • ·2-D and 3-D Endoluminal Ultrasound Localization of Endoscopic Plications with Simultaneous Manometry (Location of Plications and Depth of Sutures)

    Page :P244

    Qing Dai, James G. Brasseur, John Dimitriou, Chan Chung, Antonia Thomas, Wassim Assari, Larry S. Miller

     
• • ·Gatekeeper TM Reflux Repair System: Results of Two Years Follow-up

    Page :P244

    Armando Gabbrielli, Laura Cipolloni, Monica Pandolfi, Sara Emerenziani, Michele Cicala, Guido Costamagna

    
• • ·Clinical Benefits of Enteryx® for High-Dose PPI Patients

    Page :P245

    David A. Johnson, James Aisenberg, Lawrence B. Cohen, Robert A. Ganz, Glen A. Lehman, T.Raymond Foley, Jacques Deviere, Gregory B. Haber, Jeffrey H. Peters

    
• • ·The Transverse Fold “Flap Valve” at the Gastroesophageal Junction Does Not Prevent Reflux Disease When a Hiatal Hernia Is Present

    Page :P245

    Benson T. Massey

     
• • ·Comparison of Endoluminal Gastroplication Configuration Techniques: A Long Term Study

    Page :P245

    Richard Davis, Janese Gerhardt, Rebecca Welch, Charles Filipi

    
• • ·The Clinical Efficacy of the Endoscopic Suturing Device for Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

    Page :P245

    Julia J. Liu, Ria Ookubo, John Saltzman

    
• • ·Does Endoscopy Alter Management for Uncomplicated Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease?

    Page :P246

    Graham B. Turner, Tony C.K. Tham

    
• • ·Study of a Role of Salivary Secretion in Reflux Esophagitis in Patients with Scleroderma

    Page :P246

    Tomohiro Kato, Hiroshi Araki, Minoru Nakai, Takafumi Naiki, Takahiko Asano, Hideki Hayashi, Tomoo Naito, Ichiro Yasuda, Masahito Nagaki, Hisataka Moriwaki

    
• • ·Extended (48 hr) Monitoring in Patients with Extra-esophageal Manifestations of GERD

    Page :P246

    Sami R. Achem, Mark E. Stark, Dawn D. Ferguson, Eric M. Ward, Diane M. Davis, Susan I. Nedrow, Ernest P. Bouras, Herbert C. Wolfsen, David S. Loeb, Kenneth R. DeVault

     
• • ·First Experience with a New Endoscopic Suture Device (ESD) for Endoscopic, Endoluminal Therapy of GERD

    Page :P246

    Dieter Schilling, Ralf Kiesslich, Peter R. Galle, Juergen Riemann

    
• • ·Fatty Meal and Alcohol Tolerance Test Using Catheter Free Bravo pH Monitoring System

    Page :P247

    Susumu Kurosawa, Shinko Kato, Teruyuki Tanaka, Shigeo Ozawa, Masakatsu Yosikawa, Rei Kashima, Shino Ohno, Tetsuo Ebihara, Hideo Kamiichi, Junichi Kawashima, Katsuhiko Tsuda, Koji Yakabi

    
• • ·Differences Between Japanese Patients Having Endoscopic Esophagitis with and Without Reflux Symptoms

    Page :P247

    Seiji Kimura, Masanori Tanaka

    
• • ·Laparoscopic Antireflux Reoperation: The Case for the Third Antireflux Procedure

    Page :P247

    Aureo L.de Paula, Tulio M.R. Cunha, Luiz Q. Silva, Antonio Luiz V. Macedo, Vladimir Schraibman

    
• • ·Comparison of Argon Plasma Coagulation and Paravariceal Injection Sclerotherapy of 1% Polidocanol in Mucosa-Fibrosing Therapy for Esophageal Varices

    Page :P247

    Shigenaga Matsui, Masatoshi Kudo, Tsutomu Ichikawa, Ryousuke Nakaoka, Toshihiko Kawasaki, Mikio Shiomi

    
• • ·Endoscopic Treatment of Bleeding Gastric Varices by Cyanoacrylate Injection at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital

    Page :P248

    Phadet Noophun, Pradermchai Kongkam, Rungsun Rerknimitr

     
• • ·Early and Late Results of Endoscopic Injection of N-Butil-2-Cyanoacrylate in Bleeding Gastric Varices

    Page :P248

    Petruska Marques, Fauze Maluf-Filho, Sergio Matuguma, Paulo Sakai, Shinichi Ishioka

    
• • ·Endoscopic Ligation of Oesophago-Gastric Varices with a New Multiple Band Ligator

    Page :P248

    Paola Billi, Andrea Grilli, Costance Mwangemi, Danilo Baroncini, Carlo Fabbri, Vincenzo Cennamo, Davide Lo Cuoco, Luca De Luca, Nicola D'Imperio

    
• • ·Long-Term Efficacy of Endoscopic Variceal Ligation for Esophageal Variceal Bleeding: The Presence of Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy and Total Number of EVL Sessions Were Risk Factors of Rebleeding

    Page :P248

    Dong Ho Lee, NaYoung Kim, Jin Wook Kim, Jin-Hyeok Hwang, Young Bum Yoon, In Sung Song, Chung Yong Kim

    
• • ·EUS Features in Elder Patient with Esophageal Varices; How to Manage for Esophageal Varices in Eldely?

    Page :P249

    Tadayuki J. Takagi, Atsushi Irisawa, Katsutoshi Obara, Ayako Saito, Goro Shibukawa, Go Yamamoto, Takuto Hikichi, Takeru Wakatsuki, Hidemichi Imamura, Yukio Sato

    
• • ·A Prospective Study on Long-term Outcome of Modified EVL for Prophylactic Patients with Risky Varices

    Page :P249

    Nobuhiko Nagamine, Kazunori Ono, Kennichi Ido, Kentaro Sugano

    
• • ·Does a Change in the Portal Pressure After Endoscopic Variceal Treatment Influence a Long-Term Prognosis?

    Page :P249

    Tadayuki J. Takagi, Atsushi Irisawa, Katsutoshi Obara, Ayako Saito, Goro Shibukawa, Go Yamamoto, Takuto Hikichi, Takeru Wakatsuki, Hidemichi Imamura, Yukio Sato

    
• • ·Molecular Aberrations Are Still Present After Ablative Therapy of Barrett's Esophagus

    Page :P249

    Mariska Hage, Herman van Dekken, Kees J. Vissers, Jelle Haringsma, Ernst J. Kuipers, Peter D. Siersema

    
• • ·Endoscopic Ablation of Barrett's Esophagus: A Randomized Trial of Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Versus Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC)

    Page :P250

    Clive J. Kelty, Roger Ackroyd, Nicola J. Brown, Timothy J. Stephenson, Christopher J. Stoddard, Malcolm W.R. Reed

    
• • ·Successful Eradication of Barrett's Mucosa With Argon Coagulation and Acid Suppression: Mid Term Results

    Page :P250

    Emad Y. Rahmani, Omar Nehme, Kathy Arney, Carolyn Turpin

    
• • ·Complete Ablation of Porcine Esophageal Epithelium Using a Balloon-based Bipolar Electrode

    Page :P250

    Robert A. Ganz, David S. Utley, Roger Stern, Jerome Jackson, Kenneth P. Batts, Paul Termin

     
• • ·Photodynamic Therapy for Dysplastic Barrett's Esophagus and Early Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Should be First Line Therapy!

    Page :P250

    Emad Y. Rahmani, Carolyn Turpin, Kathy Arney

    
• • ·Optimization of Aminolevulinic Acid-based Photodynamic Therapy of Barrett's Esophagus with High Grade Dysplasia

    Page :P251

    David G. Forcione, Tayyaba Hasan, Bernhard J. Ortel, Norman S. Nishioka

    
• • ·Photodynamic Therapy for Dysplastic Barrett's Esophagus and Mucosal Adenocarcinoma

    Page :P251

    Herbert C. Wolfsen, Lois L. Hemminger

    
• • ·Relationship Between Acute Mucosal Injury, Treatment Efficacy and Esophageal Stricture Following Photodynamic Therapy of Barrett's Esophagus

    Page :P251

    Masoud Panjehpour, Mary N. Phan, Bergein F. Overholt

    
• • ·Endoscopic Resection Combined with Photodynamic Therapy for High Grade Dysplasia and Early Cancer in Barrett's Esophagus

    Page :P251

    Femke Peters, Mohammed Kara, Wilda Rosmolen, Fiebo ten Kate, Bert Bultje, Sheila Krishnadath, Paul Fockens, Jan van Lanschot, Sander van Deventer, Jacques Bergman

    
• • ·Interim Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) Comparing Green and Red Laser Photodynamic Therapy Using Low Dose ALA for High Grade Dysplasia in Barrett's Esophagus

    Page :P252

    Chelliah R. Selvasekar, Marco R. Novelli, Sally Thorpe, Stephen G. Bown, Laurence B. Lovat

    
• • ·Pilot Human Study of a Balloon-based Bipolar Electrode for Ablation of Esophageal Epithelium: Results in Subjects Prior to Planned Esophagectomy

    Page :P252

    Robert A. Ganz, Kenneth Batts

    
• • ·Endoscopic Ablation of Barrett's Neoplasia. Rotterdam Results

    Page :P252

    Jelle Haringsma, Peter D. Siersema, Ernst J. Kuipers

    
• • ·Photodynamic Therapy in High Grade Dysplasia in Barrett's Oesophagus Using 5 Amino-Laevulinic Acid Sensitization

    Page :P252

    Finlay A. Macrae, Raje Rajesekaram, Robert Thomas, P.S. Bhathal

    
• • ·Endoscopic Mucosal Resection for High-Grade Dysplasia and Intramucosal Carcinoma Occurring in Barrett's Esophagus

    Page :P253

    Massimo Conio, Alessandro Repici, Renzo Cestari, Sabrina Blanchi, Guido Missale, Gabriella Lapertosa, Gianni Calandri, Rosangela Filiberti

    
• • ·Quality of Life After Palliative Treatment for Esophageal Carcinoma: A Longitudinal Prospective Comparison Between Stent Placement and Single Dose Brachytherapy

    Page :P253

    Marjolein Y.V. Homs, Marie-Louise Essink-Bot, Gerard J.J.M. Borsboom, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Peter D. Siersema

    
• • ·Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Combined with Chemoradiotherapy for Superficial Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

    Page :P253

    Yuichi Shimizu, Mototsugu Kato, Junji Yamamoto, Souichi Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Tsukagoshi, Masahiro Fujita, Masao Hosokawa, Masahiro Asaka

    
• • ·A Prospective, Randomized Study Comparing Two Self-Expanding Stents in the Palliation of Patients with Dysphagia Due to Inoperable Esophageal Cancer

    Page :P253

    Massimo Conio, Alessandro Repici, Giorgio Battaglia, Giovanni De Pretis, Jean Francois Demarquay, Max Bittinger, Helmut Messmann, Luigi Ghezzo, Sabrina Blanchi, Rita Conigliaro, Luigi Gianfrate, Michele Togni, Gianni Calandri, Rosangela Filiberti

    
• • ·Role of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in a Multimodality Staging Protocol with Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) and Computed Tomography (CT) for Esophageal Cancer

    Page :P254

    Peter Stanko, Deepak Gopal, Terrence Frick, Tracey Weigel, Patrick Pfau

    
• • ·High Intensity Biopsy / High Frequency Ultrasound Probe Protocol May Accurately Identify Barrett's Patients Who Are Candidates For Local Ablative Therapy

    Page :P254

    Duke H. Nguyen, Sandeep Lahoti, Chris Derbis

    
• • ·Endoscopic Mucosal Resection for Esophageal Cancer Using EEMR-Tube (Control of the Size of Resected Mucosa and Preventing Perforation)

    Page :P254

    Takashi Ogata, Yu Takagi

    
• • ·Outcome of 138 Patients with Early Gastro-esophageal Cancer: Surgical vs. Endoscopic Resection

    Page :P254

    Rohit Bhave, Vanessa Shami, Charles Dye, Kerry Collier, Irving Waxman, William R. Brugge

     
• • ·Implantation of a Self-expanding Plastic Esophageal Stent (Polyflex Stent) - Experience in 39 patients

    Page :P255

    Klaus Radecke, Guido Gerken, Ulrich Treichel

    
• • ·Esophageal Stents with Anti-Reflux Valve for Tumors Involving the Distal Esophagus and Gastric Cardia: A Randomized Trial

    Page :P255

    Marjolein Y.V. Homs, Peter J. Wahab, Ernst J. Kuipers, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Tim A. Grool, Jelle Haringsma, Peter D. Siersema

    
• • ·Endoscopic Mucosal Resection for Superficial Esophageal Neoplastic Lesion: Comparison Between Macroscopic, Histological and Follow-up Results

    Page :P255

    Thierry Ponchon, Mihai Ciocirlan, Jean-Christophe Saurin, Bertrand Napoleon, Christine Lefort, Jean Christophe Souquet, Bertrand Pujol, Annick Chavaillon

    
• • ·Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Screening Among High-Risk Patients: National Prospective Study of the French Digestive Endoscopy Society (SFED)

    Page :P255

    Johann Dubuc, Jean-Arnaud Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Barbier, Thierry Barrioz, Rene Laugier, Guy Boulay, Denis Grasset, Denis Sautereau, Dan Grigoresco, Joel Butel, Jean-Louis Legoux, Thierry Ponchon

     
• • ·Comparison of 3 Types of Covered Metal Stents for the Palliation of Malignant Dysphagia: Results from the Ludwigshafen Esophageal Cancer Register

    Page :P256

    Axel Eickhoff, Mathias Knoll, Ralf Jakobs, Uwe Weickert, Jens C. Eickhoff, Juergen F. Riemann

    
• • ·Palliation of Malignant Dysphagia and Fistulae with Self Expanding Metal Stents

    Page :P256

    Mike Bismar, Firas Alkassab, Jaffer A. Ajani, Patrick M. Lynch, William A. Ross

    
• • ·Tumor Related Factors Influencing the Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Cancer of the Esophagus and the Gastro-esophageal Junction

    Page :P256

    Henderik L.Van Westreenen, Pierre A.M. Heeren, Hendrik M.van Dullemen, John T.H.M. Plukker

    
• • ·Endoscopic Resection of Superficial Esophageal Squamous-Cell Carcinomas: Western Experience

    Page :P256

    Oliver Pech, Liebwin Gossner, Andrea May, Manfred Stolte, Christian Ell

    
• • ·Successful En-Bloc Resection of Large Superficial Esophageal Cancer Using Sodium Hyaluronate and Small-Caliber-Tip Transparent Hood

    Page :P257

    Makoto Nishimura, Hironori Yamamoto, Hiroto Kita, Keijiro Sunada, Kazunobu Hanatuka, Hiroshi Kawata, Kenichi Ido, Kentaro Sugano

    
• • ·An Unusual Presentation of a Giant Fibrovascular Polyp and Review of the Experience at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN: A Case Series

    Page :P257

    Jonathan Gonenne, Susan C. Abraham, Kenneth K. Wang, Carlton W. Thomas, Gianrico Farrugia, Jonathan Clain, Paul J. Limburg

    
• • ·Long Term Results of PDT for Early Neoplasia in Barrett's Esophagus

    Page :P257

    Oliver Pech, Liebwin Gossner, Andrea D. May, Manfred Stolte, Christian Ell

    
• • ·The Synergistic Use of Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC) and Self-Expanding Metallic Stents (SEMS) for the Palliation of Malignant Dysphagia

    Page :P257

    Wing-Kin Syn, Iqbal Khan, Minesh Patel, Adrian Parnell, Michael P. Skander, Monzur M. Ahmed

    
• • ·Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Superficial Type Early Esophageal Cancer by Image Processing on Ordinary Endoscopic Pictures

    Page :P258

    Tatsuya Mikami, Yoshihiro Sasaki, Shinsaku Fukuda, Ryukichi Hada, Akihiro Munakata

    
• • ·Treatment of Early Upper Gastrointestinal Tumors Using Photodynamic Therapy

    Page :P258

    Mark Zammit, Grant Fullarton

    
• • ·Wide Endoscopic Mucosal Resection in Esophagus Using Modified Needle Knife: Porcine Model Experiment

    Page :P258

    Shiro Urayama, Jason L. Umphress

    
• • ·A Prospective Endoscopic Study of Cardial Intestinal Metaplasia

    Page :P258

    Muls Vinciane

    
• • ·Prevalence of Barrett's Esophagus (BE) in Asymptomatic Women

    Page :P259

    Lauren B. Gerson, Subhas Banerjee, George Triadafilopoulos

     
• • ·Simultaneous Screening for Barrett's and Colorectal Cancer

    Page :P259

    Gareth Dulai, Dennis M. Jensen, M. Saad, I. Mawas, J. Yu, L. Fontana

     
• • ·Colorectal Neoplasia in Veterans Is Associated with Barrett's Esophagus but Not with Use of Proton-Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) or Aspirin/NSAIDs

    Page :P259

    Peter D. Siersema, Stanley Yu, Peyman Sahbaie, Peter Simpson, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Ernst J. Kuipers, George Triadafilopoulos

    
• • ·The Prevalence of Hiatal Hernia Is the Same in Every Age Group - In Young and Old Alike. Part 2 in a Series: The Origins of GERD

    Page :P260

    Stephen J. Sontag, Thomas Schnell, Jack Leya

     
• • ·Barrett's Esophagus in Blacks and Hispanics: A Real Challenge to the “Acquired” Theory of Development. Part 4 in a Series: The Origins of GERD

    Page :P260

    Stephen J. Sontag, Thomas Schnell, Jack Leya, Greg Chejfec

     
• • ·Primary Care Physician (PCP) Attitudes Towards Unsedated Endoscopy (UE) and Screening Practices for Barrett's Esophagus (BE): A Survey Study

    Page :P260

    Ashley L. Faulx, Vikram Boolchand, Ananya Das, Stephen Zyzanski, Gerard Isenberg, Gregory Cooper, Michael V. Sivak, Amitabh Chak

    
• • ·Is Esophagoscopy Alone Sufficient for Patients with Reflux Symptoms? - Final Results

    Page :P261

    Stephan M. Wildi, Tammy F. Glenn, Robert F. Woolson, Wei Wang, Robert H. Hawes, Michael B. Wallace

    
• • ·Improved Routine Detection of Barrett's Esophagus

    Page :P261

    Jean-Francois Rey, Konstantin Kuznetsov

    
• • ·High Resolution Chromoendoscopy with Acetic Acid for the Detection of Intestinal Metaplasia and Early Neoplasia in Barretts Esophagus - a Prospective Trial

    Page :P261

    Liebwin Gossner, Andrea May, Manfred Stolte, Christian Ell

    
• • ·The Detection of Barrett's Esophagus After Endoscopic Healing of Erosive Esophagitis

    Page :P261

    Sameh Hanna, Allan Weston, Sharad Mathur, Matthew Hall, Robert J. Schmitz, Rachel Cherian, Prateek Sharma

    
• • ·Unrecognized Barrett's Esophagus in Patients with Erosive Esophagitis Unveiled by Methylene Blue Chromoendoscopy

    Page :P262

    Stephen N. Wong, Jose D. Sollano, Melchor M. Chan, Rolando Lopez, Johnny T. Go, Victoriano Y. Lim, Carmelita D. Dalupang, Ramon E. Carpio

    
• • ·Barrett's Esophagus Screening: Is Age Really a Factor?

    Page :P262

    Tammy Glenn, Carolyn Reed, Robert H. Hawes

     
• • ·DNA Ploidy Analysis with Image Cytometry on Barrett's Esophagus-related Dysplasia and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

    Page :P262

    Chenggong Yu, Qin Huang, Michael Klein, Raj K. Goyal

    
• • ·Temporal Change in Barrett's Esophagus Segment Length (BESL) During Prospective Surveillance

    Page :P262

    Leilani M. Sharpe, Xiaohong Li, David Cowan, Brian J. Reid, Douglas S. Levine, Kamran Ayub, Patricia L. Blount

    
• • ·Capsule Endoscopy: Can It Replace Upper Endoscopy to Screen for Barrett's?

    Page :P263

    Felice Schnoll-Sussman, Adam B. Hernandez, Toral Shah

    
• • ·Ultra-Jumbo Biopsies for Sampling Barrett Esophagus in Surveillance and Post-Ablation Therapy Patients

    Page :P263

    Drew Schembre, Marla Fenske

     
• • ·The Prevalence of Barrett's Esophagus in Native Americans

    Page :P263

    Verapan Vongthavaravat, Madhavi Rudraraju, Richard F. Harty

    
• • ·Narrow Band Imaging Endoscopy for the Detection of Dysplastic and Non Dysplastic Barrett's Esophagus

    Page :P263

    Prateek Sharma, Sharad Mathur, Anita Dixon, Allan Weston

    
• • ·Acetic Acid Magnification ChromoEndoscopy Detects All Focal High Grade Dysplasia in Barrett's Esophagus

    Page :P264

    Michael Miros, David Cohn, Neal Walker

    
• • ·Acetic Acid Chromoendoscopy Improved Detection of Islands of Barrett's Epithelium in GERD Patients

    Page :P264

    H.K. Kim, S.H. Park, J.K. Kim, Kyu-Young Choi, In-Sik Chung, K.W. Chung, H.S. Sun

    
• • ·Should We Biopsy an Irregular Z-Line? The Yield of Biopsy to Diagnose Short-Segment Barrett's Esophagus

    Page :P264

    Dawn D. Ferguson, Kenneth R. DeVault, Herbert C. Wolfsen

    
• • ·Duration of Heartburn Is the Only Symptom Characteristic That Distinguishes Between Patients with Long Segment (LSBE) and Those with Short Segment Barrett's Esophagus (SSBE)

    Page :P264

    Jimmy Kim, Lisa Camargo, Richard E. Sampliner, Harinder S. Garewal, Ronnie Fass

    
• • ·Barrett's Dysplasia and Mucosal Carcinoma Patients Referred for Photodynamic Therapy --- Do They Come from Surveillance Programs?

    Page :P265

    Herbert C. Wolfsen, Lois L. Hemminger, Kenneth R. DeVault

    
• • ·Does Instillation of Peppermint Oil Solution in the Cecum Facilitate Terminal Ileal Intubation? A Prospective, Randomized, Double-blind Study

    Page :P265

    Madhusudhan R. Sanaka, D.Roy Ferguson, Annette Kyprianou, Hemangi Kale, Kevin D. Mullen, Saeid Amini

    
• • ·Endoscopic Balloon Dilation Is Safe and Effective in Patients with Ileal Pouch Strictures

    Page :P265

    Bo Shen, Bret Lashner, Aaron Brzezinski, Feza Remzi, Jane Bast, Marlene Bambrick, Victor Fazio

     
• • ·Is a Recent Episode of Diverticulitis an Acceptable Indication for Colonoscopy?

    Page :P266

    Pascale Anglade, Daniel Gelrud, Adriana Milillo, Daniel Mishkin

    
• • ·Sublingual Hyoscyamine Facilitates Colonoscopy and Decreases Colon Motility: A Randomized, Double Blinded, Placebo Controlled Trial

    Page :P266

    Louis A. Chaptini, Eileen M. Janec, Gregory I. Seltzer, Steven R. Peikin, Adam B. Elfant

    
• • ·Application of Double-Balloon Endoscopy for Technically Difficult Cases with Conventional Colonoscopy

    Page :P266

    Tomonori Yano, Hironori Yamamoto, Hiroto Kita, Keijiro Sunada, Yoshikazu Hayashi, Hiroyuki Sato, Michiko Iwamoto, Yutaka Sekine, Tomohiko Miyata, Akiko Kuno, Takaaki Iwaki, Yoshiyuki Kawamura, Hironari Ajibe, Kenichi Ido, Kentaro Sugano

    
• • ·Finger-assisted Endorectopexy: Description and Prospective Study of a Method for the Endoscopic Treatment of Stage 3 Internal Hemorrhoids and Prolapse

    Page :P266

    Z.A. Saeed

    
• • ·Reduced Volume Lavage Solution Versus Sodium Phosphate Tablet Preparation for Colonoscopy

    Page :P267

    Juan A. Guerrero, Charles E. Brady

    
• • ·Correlation of Colonic Thickening on Computed Tomography (CT) with Colonoscopy

    Page :P267

    Shardul A. Nanavati, Rassa Shahidzadeh, Hashem El-Serag, Gulchin A. Ergun

    
• • ·EMR of Large Sessile Colorectal Polyps: Are Complications and Recurrences Related to the Technique?

    Page :P267

    Pietro Familiari, Lucio Petruzziello, Monica Pandolfi, Armando Gabbrielli, Gianluca Spera, Andrea Tringali, Cristiano Spada, Guido Costamagna

    
• • ·Open Access Colonoscopy: Appropriateness of Indication and Diagnostic Yield According to ASGE 2000 Guidelines

    Page :P267

    Iqbal Siddique, Krishna Mohan, Anjum Memon, Fuad Hasan

    
• • ·Colonoscopic Diagnosis of Mucocele of the Appendix

    Page :P268

    Simon A. Zanati, Norman E. Marcon, Gregory B. Haber, Gabor Kandel, Paul Kortan

    
• • ·Reduced Volume Versus Standard Volume Lavage Solution for Colonoscopy

    Page :P268

    Juan A. Guerrero, Charles E. Brady, John Dalton

    
• • ·Endoscopic Treatment of Anorectal Condylamata Acuminata Using Argon Plasma Coagulation

    Page :P268

    Georgios Alexandrakis, Periklis Apostolopoulos, Ioannis S. Papanikolaou, Marios Christoforou, Gerasimos Markatos, Panagiotis Skordilis, Alexandra Alogari, Peter Gabriel, Nikolaos Kalantzis

    
• • ·The Effect of Prior Abdominal and Pelvic Surgery on Colonoscopy Completion and Insertion Time

    Page :P268

    Sang Kil Lee, Chang Hwan Choi, Tae Il Kim, Won Ho Kim

    
• • ·Routine Terminal Ileal Intubation at Colonoscopy Increases Diagnostic Yield

    Page :P268

    Alan Coss, Abdur R. Aftab, Derek Power, Frank E. Murray, Stephen E. Patchett

    
• • ·Usefulness of Endoscopic Examination for Japanese Patients Developing Intestinal Damage After Bone Marrow Transplantation

    Page :P269

    Ai Machida

    
• • ·Technical Modification of the Double-balloon Endoscopy to Access to the Proximal Side of the Stenosis in the Distal Colon

    Page :P269

    Tomonori Yano, Hironori Yamamoto, Hiroto Kita, Makoto Nishimura, Keijiro Sunada, Yoshikazu Hayashi, Hiroyuki Sato, Michiko Iwamoto, Yutaka Sekine, Tomohiko Miyata, Akiko Kuno, Takaaki Iwaki, Yoshiyuki Kawamura, Hironari Ajibe, Kenichi Ido, Kentaro Sugano

    
• • ·Is Magnifying Colonoscopy Effective to Prevent Post-EMR Bleeding?

    Page :P269

    Kazuko Beppu, Takeshi Terai, Wensheng Pan, Satoshi Abe, Naoto Sakamoto, Osamu Kobayashi, Hiroto Miwa, Toshifumi Ohkusa, Tatsuo Ogihara, Nobuhiro Sato

     
• • ·A Prospective Comparison of Colonoscopy and Flexible Sigmoidoscopy for the Evaluation of Young Adults with Rectal Bleeding: Preliminary Results

    Page :P269

    Ryan D. Madanick, Jason A. Slate, Brian S. Dooreck, Rachel N. Koppelman, Jeffrey B. Raskin

    
• • ·Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding Due to Colonic Dieulafoy Lesions: Cumulative Incidence and Treatment Outcomes

    Page :P270

    Scott W. Grisolano, Jack I. Ramage, Darrell S. Pardi, Bret T. Petersen

    
• • ·Argon Plasma Coagulation in the Prevention of Recurrent Bleeding from Colonic Angiodysplasias

    Page :P270

    Jorge A. Olmos, Mariano Marcolongo, Valeria Pogorelsky, Leandro Herrera, Jorge Davolos

    
• • ·Bleeding from Rectal Varices in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis - an Ominous Event

    Page :P270

    Max Bittinger, Andreas Probst, Thomas Eberl, Werner Schmidbaur, Juergen Barnert, Gertrud Jechart, Helmut Messmann

    
• • ·Clinical Factors Are Predictive of Bleeding Location in Severe Hematochezia

    Page :P270

    Arash Zarimani, Dennis Jensen, Vichuda Lousuebsakul, Jeff Gornbein, Mary Jensen

     
• • ·Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Chronic Radiation Enteritis

    Page :P271

    Gary T. Marshall, Richard C. Thirlby, James E. Bredfeldt, Neil B. Hampson

     
• • ·Usefulness of Angiography in Patients with Undiagnosed Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

    Page :P271

    Carmen Abadia, Ana Adet, Saperas Esteve, Faust Feu, J.R. Armengol, Juan Malagelada, Pique Jose M

    
• • ·The Right and Left Conundrum: Colonoscopy or Flexible Sigmoidoscopy for the Investigation of Isolated Rectal Bleeding (IRB)

    Page :P271

    Maeve M. Skelly, Ramesh Arasaradnam, Mark T. Donnelly

     
• • ·Comparison of Safety and Outcome Between Two Argon Plasma Coagulation Settings for Radiation Proctopathy in Patients with Prostate Cancer

    Page :P271

    Richard S. Kwon, Clair Beard, Anthony V. D'Amico, David L. Carr-Locke

    
• • ·Efficacy and Effective Endoscopic Findings of Granulocyte and Monocyte Absorption Apheresis (GCAP) and Leukocytapheresis (LCAP) Therapy in Patients with Refractory Active Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

    Page :P272

    Kenji Watanabe, Takayuki Matsumoto, Yoshio Jinno, Shiro Nakamura, Nobuhide Oshitani, Kazuhide Higuchi, Tetsuo Arakawa

    
• • ·Diagnosing Crohn's Disease (CD) with Capsule Endoscopy (CE): Careful Consideration Required

    Page :P272

    Davendra Ramkumar, Robert Summers

    
• • ·Rifaximin as Short-Term “Bridge Therapy” in Mild-Moderate Left Sided Colitis Resistant to 5 ASA.

    Page :P272

    Gianfranco Tammaro, M. Apuzzo, M.E. Bazuro, M. Ferrara, G. Pippa

    
• • ·Is the Mucosal Inflammation in Ulcerative Colitis Assessed Equally on Videos and Photos?

    Page :P272

    Thomas de Lange, Stig Larsen, Lars Aabakken

    
• • ·Composition of Hdl Is Dependent on the Inflammatory State During Crohn's Disease

    Page :P273

    R.E.L. Hezemans, Johannes H.M. Levels, Daan W. Hommes, Sander J. van Deventer, Erik de Groot

    
• • ·Going the Extra Inch: Quantifying the Benefits of Terminal Ileal Intubation

    Page :P273

    James B. Canavan, Elaine W. Kay, Stephen E. Patchett, Frank E. Murray

    
• • ·A Novel Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Method Using the Hook Knife for Large Colorectal Tumors

    Page :P273

    Kinichi Hotta, Tsuneo Oyama, Yoshinori Miyata

    
• • ·Impact of Facilitated Follow-Up on Adherence to Surveillance (or Secondary Screening) Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer

    Page :P273

    Ganesh R. Veerappan, Nizar Mukhtar, Corinne Maydonovitch, Brian P. Mulhall

    
• • ·I Once Caught a Fish This Big: Endoscopists' Estimate of Polyp Size

    Page :P274

    David H. McMillen, John M. Inadomi

    
• • ·Does Endoscopic Resection Increase the Risk of Lymph Node Metastases?

    Page :P274

    Yutaka Saito, Takahisa Matsuda, Daizo Saito, Takahiro Fujii, Fabian Emura, Yasushi Sano

    
• • ·Accuracy of FDG-PET in the Detection of Colonic Neoplasms

    Page :P274

    Shai Friedland, Roy M. Soetikno, Marie Carlisle, Alan Taur, Tonya Kolodziejski, George Segall

     
• • ·A Comparision of Dark Lumen MR Colonography and Conventional Colonoscopy for the Detection of Colorectal Polyps

    Page :P274

    Dirk Hartmann, Boris Bassler, Dieter Schilling, Barbara Tiziani, Anika Rosenbaum, Herrmann Breer, Guenter Layer, Juergen F. Riemann

    
• • ·Novel Diagnostic Method for Colorectal Mucosal Lesion Using a Narrow Band Imaging System

    Page :P275

    Kuwamura Hikaru, Machida Hirohisa, Itou Hiroaki, Sano Yasushi, Taku Keisei, Iwasaki Jyunko, Yoshida Siei

    
• • ·Prospective Comparison of CT Colonography and Conventional Colonoscopy for Detection of Colorectal Neoplasms in Daily Clinical Practice Using Second-Look Colonscopy in Cases with Discrepant Results

    Page :P275

    Peter Netzer, Hanno Hoppe, Cristiana Quattropani, Adrian Spreng, Hans-Peter Dinkel

    
• • ·Early and Late Outcome of Patients with Obstructing Colorectal Cancer Treated by Stenting and Elective Surgery: A Comparison with Emergency Surgery and Patients Operated Without Obstructive Symptoms

    Page :P275

    Alessandro Repici, Massimo Conio, Stefania Caronna, Claudio De Angelis, Cloe Dalla Costa, Mario Morino, Alberto Foco, Paolo Mioli, Luca Petruzzelli, Mario Rizzetto, Silvia Martini, Giorgio Saracco

    
• • ·Cost-effectiveness of Magnifying and Conventional Colonoscopy

    Page :P275

    Takahisa Matsuda, Yutaka Saito, Takahiro Kozu, Daizo Saito

     
• • ·“Invasive Pattern” Disclosed with Magnifying Chromo-Endoscopy Is an Indication for Surgical Treatment of Sessile Colorectal Polypoid and Non-Polypoid Lesions

    Page :P276

    Maria Antonia Bianco, Gianluca Rotondano, Maria Lucia Garofano, Riccardo Marmo, Roberto Piscopo, Livio Cipolletta

    
• • ·Diagnosis and Treatment of T1 Colorectal Cancer

    Page :P276

    Hiroshi Kashida, Tsukasa Takeuchi, Toshinori Kurahashi, Norio Fukami, Fuyuhiko Yamamura, Kazuo Ohtsuka, Shin-Ei Kudo

    
• • ·A Prospective, Randomized Comparison of Bipolar Electrocoagulation Versus Conventional Monopolar Hot Biopsy Forceps in the Endoscopic Treatment of Diminutive Rectal Adenomas

    Page :P276

    Gregorios A. Paspatis, Emmanouil Vardas, Nikolaos Papanikolaou, Emmanouil Zois

    
• • ·Clinical and Cost Efficacy of a Weekend Colon Cancer Screening Colonoscopy Clinic

    Page :P276

    Courtney Barancin, Adnan Said, Terrence Frick, Eric Gaumnitz, Deepak Gopal, Russell Jacoby, Michael Lucey, Mark Reichelderfer, John B. Wyman, Patrick Pfau

    
• • ·Colonoscopic Surveillance of Adenomatous Polyps: A Survey of Primary Care Physicians Knowledge of Current Guidelines

    Page :P277

    Gregory Olds, Pankaj Singh, Amitabh Chak, Gregory Cooper

    
• • ·Racial Variation in Colon Pathology Detected After a Positive Screening Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

    Page :P277

    Fritz Francois, James Park, Edmund J. Bini

    
• • ·Recommendations Following Screening Colonoscopy Limited by Inadequate Bowel Preparation

    Page :P277

    Christine T. Bang, Christopher S. Lee, Shahzad Iqbal, Albert D. Min

    
• • ·Colorectal Stenting: An Effective and Costsaving Therapy in Acute Leftsided Obstruction

    Page :P277

    Res Jost, Rahel Jost, Marco Decurtins, Eric Schoch, Brigitte Brunner, Christoph Zollikofer

    
• • ·Colorectal Stenting: An Effective Therapy in Acute Obstruction and Palliation

    Page :P278

    Rahel Jost, Christoph Zollikofer, Marco Decurtins, Eric Schoch, Brigitte Brunner, Res Jost

    
• • ·Do Symptoms Affect Compliance in Colorectal Screening?

    Page :P278

    Gunninder Soin, Darren Smith, Mohammed Ballal, S.N. Selvachandran, David Cade

     
• • ·Relationship of Colon Adenomas to Diet and Exercise in Subjects at High-Risk of Colon Cancer Based on Family History

    Page :P278

    Robert F. Wong, Amy L. Dalton, Jahn Barlow, Jennica Erickson, Ken Boucher, Randall W. Burt

    
• • ·Follow-up of Serrated Adenomatous Polyps: Synchronous and Metachronous Lesions

    Page :P278

    Susan K. Chu, Stanley Dea

    
• • ·Incidence of Proximal Lesions in Patients with Occlusive Colorectal Cancer

    Page :P279

    Nozomu Kobayashi, Yutaka Saito, Takahisa Matsuda, Daizo Saitoh

    
• • ·Incidence and Malignant Potential of Non-polypoid and Polypoid Colorectal Neoplasms at National Cancer Center, Tokyo

    Page :P279

    Takahisa Matsuda, Yutaka Saito, Fabian Emura, Takahiro Kozu, Daizo Saito

    
• • ·Self-expandable Metallic Stents Placement for Acute Obstruction in Colon Cancer: Technical and Clinical Effectiveness, Complications and Impact on Surgical Plan Management

    Page :P279

    Mario A. Vitale, Giuseppe Villotti, Lucia D'Alba, Maria Assunta De Cesare, Stefano Frontespezi, Federico Iacopini, Giampaolo Iacopini

    
• • ·Older Age and Proximal Location Are the Risk Factors for Metachronous Advanced Neoplasms After Colorectal Polypectomy: Analysis of Cases with Long-term Colonoscopic Surveillance

    Page :P279

    Makoto Okamoto, Yutaka Yamaji, Hirotsugu Watabe, Tsuneo Ikenoue, Gouichi Togo, Shintaro Kondo, Miki Ota, Haruhiko Yoshida, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata

    
• • ·Comparison Between High-Resolution Colonoscopy with and Without Chromoendoscopy and Histological Findings in Diminutive Lesions of Rectosigmoid

    Page :P280

    Darius Apel, Ralf Jakobs, Dieter Schilling, Uwe Weickert, Jochen Teichmann, Juergen F. Riemann

     
• • ·Retrospective Analysis of Patients Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer Above the Age of 75 by Colonoscopy

    Page :P280

    Suneetha Duttala, Omar Al-Subee, Murray Ehrinpreis

    
• • ·Disparities in the Risk of Cancer of the Colon and Rectum Remaining Unstaged After Diagnosis

    Page :P280

    James C. Hobley, Eugene Lengerich

    
• • ·Risk of Post-Colon Polypectomy Bleeding, Including Aspirin Intake with Discontinuation Period of Two Weeks.

    Page :P280

    Shigeki Oka, Morio Takahashi, Hiroki Ichimura, Masafumi Kiumi, Hironobu Takada, Hajime Kuwayama

    
• • ·Association Between Serum Insulin Levels and Prevalent Colorectal Neoplasia in a Japanese Population

    Page :P281

    Isao Yoshida, Ayako Suzuki, Toshihide Okada

    
• • ·Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of the Large and Sessile Colorectal Neoplasms. A Prospective Assessment of the Efficacy and Safety

    Page :P281

    Martin Bortlik, Milan Lukas, Stanislav Adamec, Tomas Krechler, Ales Novotny, Petra Chalupna, Ivo Horny

    
• • ·The Role of Intraoperative Colonoscopy in Patients with Left Side Colon Cancer Obstruction

    Page :P281

    Jun Hwan Kim, Byung Ik Jang, Tae Nyeun Kim, Moon Kwan Chung

    
• • ·A Study of Relationship of the Pit Pattern, the Capillary Vessel on the Surface of the Lesion and Pathological Features in Colorectal Neoplasm

    Page :P281

    Yasushi Imai, Hiro-O Yamano, Masaru Nakazato, Satoshi Maeda, Hiro Matsushita

    
• • ·Clinicopathological Differences of Colorectal Cancer in Three Age Groups of a Japanese Population

    Page :P282

    Takeshi Nakajima, Takahisa Matsuda, Yutaka Saito, Daizo Saito, Masahiro Moriya

     
• • ·Physician Recommendation Is the Most Important Factor for Acceptance of Postpolypectomy Surveillance

    Page :P282

    Darius Apel, Christine Koch-Schultheiss, Juergen F. Riemann

    
• • ·Colorectal Cancer Screening Program by Colonoscopy in 55-Yr-Old Subjects

    Page :P282

    Chilovi Fausto, Bertozzo Andrea, Amplatz Stefano, Benvenuti Stefano, Comberlato Michele, Alberto de Guelmi, Di Fede Francesco, Farris Piercarlo, Felder Martina, Grasso Tiziana, Hauer Susanne, Piazzi Lucia, Laura Zancanella

    
• • ·Virtual Histology of Colorectal Lesions Using Endo-Cytoscopy System

    Page :P282

    Keita Sasajima, Haruo Inoue, Shinei Kudo, Tsukasa Takeuti, Hiroshi Kashida

    
• • ·Can Magnification Chromo-Colonoscopy Predict the Histology of Colorectal Polyps More Accurately Than Conventional Colonoscopy?

    Page :P283

    Kazutomo Togashi, Graham L. Radaford-Smith, David G. Hewett, David A. Whitaker, Georgia E. Hume, Leo Francis, Mark N. Appleyard

    
• • ·Colon Polyp Recurrence: Predictors of Early Development of Significant Polyp

    Page :P283

    Jin-Bae Kim, Dong-Soo Han, Jong-Pyo Kim, Hang-Lak Lee, Joo-Hyun Sohn, Joon-Soo Hahm

    
• • ·Endoscopic Diagnosis of Laterally Spreading Tumors in the Colorectum—A Treatment Consideration—

    Page :P283

    Toshio Uraoka, Yutaka Saito, Takahisa Matsuda, Akira Emura, Nozomu Kobayashi, Daizo Saito, Takahiro Fujii

    
• • ·Importance of Hyperplastic Polyps and Adenomas 5mm or Less in Diameter That Are Detected by Screening Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

    Page :P283

    James Park, Fritz Francois, Edmund J. Bini

     
• • ·Frequency of Hyperplastic Polyp-Like Morphology (Serrations) in Sporadic Large Bowel Adenomas.

    Page :P284

    Stefano Serra, Maha Guindi, Robert H. Riddell

     
• • ·Characteristics of Colorectal Cancer and Adenoma Observed in Surveillance Colonoscopy After Endoscopic Resection of All Neoplasms

    Page :P284

    Tabuchi Masafumi

    
• • ·Endoscopic Mucosal Resection - a Safe and Effective Management Tool for Benign and Malignant Colorectal Polyps

    Page :P284

    Jainudeen K.A. Jameel, Stephen H. Pillinger, Peter Moncur, H.H. Tsai, Graeme S. Duthie

    
• • ·Colorectal Cancer Subsite Distribution: Time-Trends and Effects of Aging in a Single Center

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    Aqib Sultan, Angel Nickolov, Randall Brand, Hemant K. Roy

     
• • ·Pit Pattern Diagnosis by Magnifying Endoscopy Defines Neoplastic Changes of the Colonic Epitherial Tumors

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    Yasushi Fukutomi

    
• • ·Endoscopic Mucosal Resection for Advanced Non-Polypoid Colorectal Adenoma and Early Stage Carcinoma

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    Livio Cipolletta, Maria Antonia Bianco, Gianluca Rotondano, Riccardo Marmo, Antonio Prisco, Teresa de Simone, Roberto Piscopo

    
• • ·Clinical Features of Ten Patients with Cowden Disease

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    Marianne Mozer, Terris Benoit, Grandjouan Sophie, Chaussade Stanislas

    
• • ·Hexaminolevulinate- Induced Fluorescence Endoscopy in Patients with Rectal Adenoma and Cancer

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    Esther Endlicher, Cornelia Gelbmann, Ruth Knuechel, Alois Fuerst, Rolf-Marcus Szeimies, Stefan Goelder, Juergen Schoelmerich, Helmut Messmann

    
• • ·Polyp Surveillance - Experience from a Single Gastrointestinal Unit

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    Ramona M. McLoughlin, S.S. Shaji, Asghar Qasim, H.J. O'Connor, Martin Buckley, Colm O'Morain

    
• • ·Treatment of Large Colorectal Polyps : Endoscopic Versus Surgical Resection

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    Denis Bernard, Ledit Alain, Towa Olaf, Chiappa Pascale, Bottlaender Jacques, Peter Andre, Anne Marie Weiss, Maguin Denis

     
• • ·Pitfall of Immunological Fecal Occult Blood Test; a Comparison with Total Colonoscopy

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    Tamiya Morikawa, Jun Kato, Yutaka Yamaji, Ryoichi Wada, Takeshi Kokubo, Toru Mitsushima, Yasushi Shiratori

    
• • ·Endoscopic Implantation of Self-expanding Metal Stents (SEMS) in Acute Malignant Colonic Obstruction

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    Max Bittinger, Werner Schmidbaur, Reinhard Scheubel, Thomas Eberl, Reinhard Fleischmann, Juergen Barnert, Helmut Messmann

    
• • ·Performance and Compliance of Immunochemical vs. Guaiac Faecal Occult Blood Test in Screening for Colorectal Cancer in a Chinese Population

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    L.L. Lim, Khek-Yu Ho, T.Z. Ong, K.G. Yeoh

    
• • ·Correlation Between Mucosal Crypt Patterns Using Magnifying Colonoscopy and Mucosal Dye Spraying and Histological Findings of Colorectal Lesions.

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    Giovanni D.De Palma, Maria Rega, Paola Ciamarra, Francesco Patrone, Luigi Mastantuono, Giovanni Persico

    
• • ·Patient Acceptance of MR-Colonography and Conventional Colonoscopy: - Preliminary Data of a Propsective Comparative Study in Patients with Suspected Colorectal Disease

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    Dieter Schilling, Dirk Hartmann, Barbara Tiziani, Boris Bassler, Guenter Layer, Juergen Riemann

    
• • ·The Frequency of Post-infectious IBS (PI-IBS) in Patients with Acute Diarrhea and the Risk Factors for PI-IBS of Special Reference to the Colonoscopic Findings

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    Jong-Soo Lee, Sung-Ae Jung, Ki-Nam Shim, Seong-Eun Kim, Moon Sun Yeom, Han Hyo Lee, Jun Sik Nam, Hye-Kyung Jung, Sun Young Yi, Doe-Young Kim, Kwon Yoo, Il-Hwan Moon

    
• • ·Endoscopic and Clinicopathological Features of Gastrointestinal Involvement in Churg-Strauss Syndrome

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    Kunihiko Aoyagi, Chifumi Yamamoto, Kazunori Maeda, Koichi Eguchi, Isamu Morita, Shuji Tada, Takayuki Matsumoto, Shotaro Sakisaka

    
• • ·Author Index

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• • ·Subject Index

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