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• • ·MONDAY, MAY 22, 2000

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• • ·TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2000

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• • ·WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2000

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• • ·780 The value of colonoscopic and ileoscopic biopsies in the investigation of chronic diarrhoea

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    Richard C. Pollok, Geoff V. Smith, Sarah F. Meridith, Michael J. Farthing, Peter D. Fairclough

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• • ·833 Tube Placement for ambulatory small bowel manometry : technical aspects and experience.

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    Navreet Malhi-Chowla, Mark E. Stark, Sami R. Achem, Kenneth R. DeVault

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• • ·2213 Endoscopic snare ampullectomy for resection of benign ampullary neoplasm in 25 patients.

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    Ryan Ponnudurai, John Martin, Gregory B. Haber, Paul P. Kortan, Donald G. Ormonde, Gurpal S. Sandha, Roland Ter

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• • ·2214 Peroral intubation of self-expanding metal stents for palliation of inoperable gastric cancer with antral obstruction.

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    Jin Hong Kim, Byung Moo Yoo, Gyn Hyun Lee, Kwang Jae Lee, Ki Baik Hahm, Sung Won Cho

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• • ·2215 Endoscopic mucosal resection using sodium hyaluronate: Development of new devices for a more reliable single-step resection.

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    Hironori Yamamoto, Toshihiko Higashizawa, Yutaka Sekine, Ken Kihira, Yoshinori Hosoya, Kenichi Ido, Kentaro Sugano

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• • ·2216 Endoscopic gastric perforation repair with omental patch, using endoscopic clips.

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    Kiyoshi Hashiba, Ademar M. Carvalho, Gerson Diniz, Nestor B. Andrade, Carlos A. Guedes, Luis Siqueira Fo., Cirilo A. Lima, Humberto E. Coelho, Rodrigo A. Oliveira, Horus A. Brasil

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• • ·2448 A comparative trial of variable stiffness colonoscopes.

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    Douglas A. Howell, Phyllidia M. Ku, David J. Desilets, Janice M. Campana

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• • ·2449 Use of a variable stiffness colonoscope allows completion of colonoscopy after failure with the standard adult colonoscope.

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    Douglas A. Shumaker, Atif Zaman, Ronald M. Katon

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• • ·2450 Transnasal versus transoral endoscopy for placement of naso-enteral feeding tubes in critically ill patients.

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    Daniel Kulling, Peter Bauerfeind, Michael Fried

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• • ·2451 THE IMPACT OF SEDATION VERSUS NO SEDATION IN THE PERFORMANCE OF UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY.

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    Neena S. Abraham, Jack Huang, Paul Wieczorek, Serge Mayrand, Alan N. Barkun

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• • ·2452 Propofol: Multiple advantages for endoscopy and colonoscopy in 1,424 consecutive patients.

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    John A. Walker, Paul F. Schleinitz, Kris N. Jacobson, Anthony A. Haulk, Peter W. Adesman

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• • ·3311 Are current endoscope reprocessing procedures effective in clinical practice?

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    Frank M. Moses, Jennifer Lee

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• • ·3320 Sodium phosphate versus magnesium citrate for low volume oral colonoscopy bowel preparation.

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    Anita Ekambaram, Charles Berkelhammer

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• • ·3321 A prospective randomized single blind trial to optimize bowel lavage for colonoscopy.

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    Miguel Sobrino, Socorro Garcia-Allut, Javier Fernandez-Castroagudin, Manuel Gomez-Balado, Aurelio Lorenzo, Enrique Dominguez-Munoz

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• • ·3322 A discharge scoring system allows early discharge from the ambulatory endoscopy center.

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    J. Brad Morrow, Gregory Zuccaro, Darwin L. Conwell, John J. Vargo, John A. Dumot, Steven S. Shay

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3323 Synergistic sedation with midazolam and propofol versus sedation with propofol alone for interventional endoscopic procedures. A doubleblind, randomized comparison.

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    Hans Seifert, Thomas Schmitt, Tuerkan Gueltekin, Wolfgang F. Caspary, Till Wehrmann

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• • ·3324 Antibiotic prophylaxis before percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy prevents infection and is cost saving.

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    Virender K. Sharma, Colin W. Howden

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• • ·3325 Unsedated colonoscopy performed primarily by trainees: results of a prospective randomized trial.

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    Wendy Z. Davis, Mohamad A. Eloubeidi, Paul S. Jowell

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• • ·3326 Phospho-soda vs.peg lavage as pre-endoscopic preparation for colonoscopy: a randomized trial.

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    David H. Balaban, Byrd S. Leavell, Michael J. Oblinger, Nancy D. Bolton, Daniel J. Pambianco

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• • ·3327 A randomized trial comparing patient-controlled sedation using propofol/Alfentanil to diazemul/Pethidine in patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy.

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    Grace Wh. Liu, Jessica Yl Ching, Simon Kc Chan, James Yw Lau, Laurence Cl Sun, Sc Sdyney Chung

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• • ·3328 Bacteremia and biliary microbiology during ercp: Need for antibiotic coverage ? A prospective study.

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    Ralf Kiesslich, Dorothea Will, Martin Hahn, M. Hohlfelder, M. Maeurer, Michael Jung

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• • ·3329 The plasma propofol concentration during upper gasrointestinal endoscopy in young, middle-aged, and elderly patients.

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    Ken Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Hanai, Tomiei Kazama, Takayuki Iida, Kousuke Takagaki, Shuji Suzuki, Shigeru Isobe, Eizo Kaneko

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• • ·3330 Antibiotic prophylaxis prior to gastrointestinal endoscopy: A survey of asge members.

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    Lester K. Bowser, Shailesh C. Kadakia, James M. Lamiell

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• • ·3331 A QUALITY ASSURANCE POLICY DECREASES INAPPROPRIATE USE OF PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTICS FOR ENDOCARDITIS PRIOR TO GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY.

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    Brenna C. Bounds, Brian J. O'Neill, Sandra A. Cialfi, David L. Carr-Locke

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• • ·3332 UPPER ENDOSCOPY IN CHILDREN WITHOUT SEDATION.

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    Phyllis R. Bishop, Michael J. Nowicki, Paul H. Parker

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• • ·3333 VIP INFUSION INHIBITS DUODENAL MOTILITY DURING ENDOSCOPY: VIDEOMETRIC AND MANOMETRIC ANALYSIS.

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    Kevin Collier, Gary Robinson, John Baillie, Rob Enns, Gregg Valenzuela, Louis Y. Korman

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• • ·3334 Hydrogels and other lubricants in endoscopy.

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    Mark N. Appleyard, Tim N. Mills, Sandy Mosse, Paul Swain

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• • ·3335 Conscious sedation during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy reduces the fear of a new gastroscopy.

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    Onofre Alarcon, Florencio Barroso, Juan Luis Alonso, Maria Corrales

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• • ·3336 A previous interview with a nurse will enable a proper selection to be made of patients for selective sedation in upper gastrointestinal endoscopies.

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    Antonio Sanchez del Rio, Onofre Alarcon, Bego-a Grosso, Monserrat Hernandez, Enrique Quintero

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• • ·3337 Propofol versus remifentanil for anesthesia during colonoscopy.

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    Anneliese T. Moerman, Luc A. Foubert, Danny A. Delooze, Martine M. De Vos, Luc L. Herregods, Eric P. Mortier

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• • ·3338 A prospective study of prokinetics in peg-based bowel lavage for colonoscopy.

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    Antonio Bosch, J. DeWayne Tooson, Thomas E. Meister, Christine W. Huber, Nicholas J. Nickl, Lawrence K. Gates

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• • ·3339 Diagnosis of early gastric cancers by an endoscopic autofluorescence imaging system.

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    Hiroyuki Yano, Hiroyasu Iishi, Masaharu Tatsuta

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• • ·3340 Assessment of radiation exposure during ercp and the efficacy of the shielding board.

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    Takeshi Tsujino, Hisashi Yamada, Nobuyuki Minagawa, Kosho Tsukahara, Michiyasu Yoshitsugu, Yoshihisa Kato, Ryo Nakata, Hiroyuki Isayama, Yutaka Komatsu, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata

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• • ·3341 Single-use biopsy forceps: does sterility upon insertion prevent contamination at time of biopsy?

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    Timothy P. Kinney, Richard A. Kozarek, Stanford E. Sumida, Shirley L. Raltz

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• • ·3342 Gi endoscope reprocessing: microbiologic surveillance.

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    Paolo Pazzi, Sandro Fiorini, Chiara M. Manzalini, Alessandro Pezzoli, Alberto Merighi, Sergio Gullini

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• • ·3343 Prospective randomized comparison of disposable and reusable ercp accessories.

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    Chezhia Maria-Anna, Elisabeth Josefa Ma Ortner, Dirk D. Grebe, Henning H. Rueden, Elke H. Halle, Helga H. Meisel, Kenneth K. Ocran, Timm T. Eckmann, Jutta J. Weber-Eibl, Ullrich U. Mansmann, Herbert H. Lochs

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• • ·3344 Transdermal glyceryl trinitrate in the prevention of post-ercp pancreatitis.

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    Manuel Moreto, Manuel Zaballa, Kleber Ramirez, Raquel Urcelay, Olga Merino, Ignacio Casado, Amaia Baranda

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• • ·3345 Incidence of complications within 30 days of outpatient endoscopy: what you don't know can hurt you.

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    Edmund J. Bini, Eyad M. Ali, Rosa J. Choung, Babak Firoozi, Mohammad Osman, Elizabeth H. Weinshel

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• • ·3346 Evaluation of recombinant human plateletactivating factor acetylhydrolase (rpaf-ah) for reducing the incidence and severity of post-ercp acute pancreatitis (ap).

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    Stuart Sherman, Glen A. Lehman, Joseph Geenen, Ram Chuttani, Richard A. Kozarek, John Pribble, Leslie Elliott, Sonia Souza

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• • ·3347 Risk of bleeding after colonoscopic polypectomy in patients on low dose aspirin.

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    Shigeki Oka, Morio Takahashi, Tomoya Matsukawa, Toshimi Anzai, Keiji Omura, Gordon Luk, Hajime Kuwayama

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• • ·3348 Cervical esophageal perforation during endoscopic ultrasonography (eus) - results of a national mail survey.

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    A. Das, A. Chak, M.V. Sivak

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• • ·3349 Removing large sessile polyps with saline assissted technique and diminutive polyps with a cold snare reduces the risks of complications to less than 1 per 1000 polypectomies.

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    Michael Miros

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• • ·3350 The complication rate of duodenal polypectomy.

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    Claudio R. Tombazzi, Stanley B. Benjamin, Gustavo Marino, Richard S. Zubarik, William Mayoral, David E. Fleischer, Firas H. Al-Kawas, Thian L. Tio, James H. Lewis, Robbyne K. Chutkan

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• • ·3351 Iatrogenic perforation in diagnostic colonoscopy related to the type of sedation.

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    Javier Jimenez-Perez, Gabriela Pastor, Rosario Aznarez, David Carral, Cristina Rodriguez, Fernando Borda

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• • ·3352 Distinction between mucosal and submucosal gi cancer by using high frequency ultrasonic miniprobes.

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    Jean-Christophe Souquet, Odile Souquet, Bertrand Napoleon, Bertrand Pujol, Jean-Pierre Lagarrigue, Thierry Ponchon, Jean-Alain Chayvialle

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• • ·3353 Diagnostic yield and complication rate of endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (erc) after orthotopic liver transplantation (olt).

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    Shea O. Ross, Stephen T. Amann, Christopher E. Forsmark

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• • ·3354 Clinical significance of bacteremia after endoscopic mucosal resection.

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    Chang Beom Ryu, Bong Min Ko, Young Koog Cheon, Young Seok Kim, Su Jin Hong, Jong Ho Moon, Jin Oh. Kim, Joo Young Cho, Yun Soo Kim, Joon Seong Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3355 Troponin i determination to detect subclinical cardiac ischemia during ercp.

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    Yvonne Dinges, Martin Hahn, Ralf Kiesslich, Michael Jung

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• • ·3356 An endoscopic rescue from perforation after endoscopic mucosal resection for early gastric cancer.

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    Hiroyuki Ono, Takuji Gotoda, Hitoshi Gene Kondo, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Takahiro Kozu, Takahiro Fujii, Hajime Yamaguchi, Daizo Saito

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3357 Complications of diagnostic and therapeutic ercp.

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    Madhukar Kaw, Praveena Kaw

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• • ·3358 Warfarin and endoscopy, what does happen?

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    Sarah L. Jowett, Irving Cobden

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• • ·3359 Morbidity rate of diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy at a single endoscopy unit and patient's preference for sedation.

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    Syed Z. Abbas, Campbell Di, D.K. George, John R. Lowes, Robin H. Teague

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• • ·3360 Clinical prospective study on wound infection after peg.

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    Yutaka Suzuki, Yoshio Ishibashi, Naoto Takahashi, Nobuo Omura, Fumiaki Yano, Nobuyoshi Hanyu, Hideyuki Kashiwagi, Teruaki Aoki

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3361 Guide-wire cannulation of vater's papilla for detecting the main biliary duct during ercp: a valid and effective method to avoid post-procedural pancreatitis.

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    Fausto Lella, Francesco Bagnolo, Elena Colombo, Umberto Bonassi, Salvatore Caporuscio, Stefano Elia, Carlo Rebuffat, Pier Alberto Testoni

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• • ·3362 Eus-guided fna in patients taking aspirin or nsaids.

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    Mohammed Barawi, Pankaj J. Patel, James H. Grendell, Frank Gress

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3363 Video evaluation of endoscopic competency.

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    Syed G. Shah, Noriko Suzuki, Christopher B. Williams, Jim C. Brooker, Brian P. Saunders

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• • ·3364 Asge guidelines on therapeutic ercp training: are they appropriate?

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    Gottumukkala S. Raju, Irving Waxman, Douglas Pleskow, Ram Chuttani

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3365 Low compliance with consensus terminology in routine upper gi endoscopy reports even by consensus participants - a multicenter analysis in 11 munich centers.

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    Nicola Fritz, Thomas Roesch, Walter Heldwein, Manfred Henke, Josef Weingart, Peter Janetschek, Axel Dettmer, Ruediger Kunze, Klaus-Peter Borlinghaus, Reinhard Burlefinger, Christoph Struppler, Bernd Birkner

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3366 A comparison of endoscopic experience in 2- and 3- year gi training programs: canada vs us.

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    Joseph Romagnuolo, Neena S. Abraham, Alan N. Barkun

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• • ·3367 A prospective evaluation of 10 easie team-training workshops on endoscopic hemostasis.

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    Juergen Maiss, Eckhart G. Hahn, Juergen Hochberger

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• • ·3368 Training in endoscopic ultrasound (eus) for practicing gastroenterologists (pgi). the role of tutorial courses.

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    Neven Hadzijahic, Michael B. Wallace, Mohammad A. Eloubeidi, Koji Matsuda, Robert Etemad, Anand V. Sahai, Rig S. Patel, Manoop S. Bhutani, Annette van Velse, Robert H. Hawes, Brenda J. Hoffman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3369 Intercollegiate-british society of gastroenterology national colonoscopy (isbn) audit: are colonoscopists supervised during their initial training?

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    Cecilia J. Bowles, Roger J. Leicester, Edwin T. Swarbrick, Christopher B. Williams, Chris Romaya, Owen Epstein

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3370 The radiopaque endo-clip and the abdominal x-ray - a novel quality assurance tool for colonoscopy.

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    Brian J. Mehigan, Andrew Miller, Paul C. Neary, Sally Wood, Gerald R. Avery, Graeme S. Duthie

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3371 The effectiveness of open access endoscopy in routine primary care practice.

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    Roger J. Charles, Gregory S. Cooper, Amitabh Chak, Richard Ck Wong, Michael V. Sivak

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3372 Benchmarking colonoscopy performance using a common prospective multicenter endoscopic database.

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    Michael B.Wallace, James A. Vaughan, Peter B. Cotton, Alan Barkun, Paul Jowell, Joseph Leung, Eric Libby, Nicholas Nickl, Stephen Schutz

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• • ·3373 Acute middle gastrointestinal bleeding: diagnostic implications and cost analysis.

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    Chandra Prakash, Gary R. Zuckerman

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• • ·3374 Assessing bias in sedation studies of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.

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    N.S. Abraham, P. Wieczorek, J. Huang, S. Mayrand, A.N. Barkun

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3375 Where do eus and mrcp fit in the management of the patient with acute biliary pancreatitis: a decision analytic model.

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    Miguel R. Arguedas, Andrew W. Dupont, Charles M. Wilcox

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• • ·3376 The prevalence of adenomas and colon ca on screening colonoscopys in average risk patients.

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    Housein M. Wazaz, Carylann Hadjiyane, Ali Karakurum, Crescens Pellecchia

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• • ·3377 Lower gastrointestinal endoscopy in hiv patients: indications and diagnostic yield in an era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart).

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    Robert Enns, Jack Amar, Scott Whittaker, Hugh Chaun, Bryan McDougall, Lawrence Halparin

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3378 Endoscopic yield in asian patients presenting with dyspepsia.

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    Chun-Tao Wai, Khay-Guan Yeoh, Kek-Yu Ho, Seng-Gee Lim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3379 Do endoscopists utilize and understand the asa grade?

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    Glenn M. Eisen, Pat de Garmo, Rick Brodner, David A. Lieberman

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• • ·3380 Ercp interpretation by radiologists: does it have a role?

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    Raj J. Shah, John T. Sweeney, Charles D. Ulrich, Stephen P. Martin, Lehel Somogyi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3381 Cross-sectional survey of factors influencing patient satisfaction with gastrointestinal endoscopy.

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    Robert F. Yacavone, G. Richard Locke, Christopher J. Gostout, Ross Dierkhising, Alan R. Zinsmeister

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• • ·3382 Clinical outcome of enteral stents for palliation of malignant obstruction.

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    Heng-Boon Yim, Brian C. Jacobson, John R. Saltzman, Richard S. Johannes, Brenna C. Bounds, Jeffrey H. Lee, Steven J. Shields, Frederick W. Ruymann, Jacques Van Dam, David L. Carr-Locke

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3383 Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in hiv patients: indications and diagnostic yield in an era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart).

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    Robert Enns, Jack Amar, Scott Whittaker, Hugh Chaun, Sarah Patterson, Lawrence Halparin

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• • ·3384 Trends in endoscopic screening for varices in cirrhotics: data from a national endoscopic database (cori).

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    Atif Zaman, Patricia DeGarmo, Kent G. Benner

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• • ·3385 Access to expert pancreatobiliary endoscopic services for small rural hospitals: safety and impact of same day round-trip transfers.

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    Douglas A. Howell, Steven F. Nezhad, David J. Desilets, Phyllidia M. Ku, Robert M. Dy

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3386 Outcome of ercp in choledocholithiasis: lessons from the cori database.

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    Nimish B. Vakil, Glen Eisen, Pat deGarmo, David A. Lieberman

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• • ·3387 Yield of panendoscopy and colonoscopy for iron deficiency in post-gastrectomy patients.

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    Gordon C. Hunt, Douglas O. Faigel

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• • ·3388 Endoscopic treatment with argon plasma coagulation for portal hypertensive gastropathy.

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    Begona Gonzalez, Candid Villanueva, Montserrat Planella, Jose M. Lopez-Balaguer, Jose M. Dedeu, Cristina Gomez, Xavier Torras, Joaquin Balanzo

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3389 Age linked guidelines for open access endoscopy are they justified ? experience of 1000 patients.

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    Robert Boulton-Jones, Mark C. Follows, Sam S. Chatterjee, Alaa E. Mahmoud

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3390 Role of early ercp and sphincterotomy in the management of acute pancreatitis.

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    Aasim M. Sheikh, Steve Warshafsky, David C. Wolf, Edward Lebovics

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3391 Clinical significance of magnifying observation using videocoloscope for the invasion depth diagnosis of colorectal neoplasia.

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    Shinji Tanaka, Ken Haruma, Shinji Nagata, Yuichi Hirota, Hirotoki Oh-e, Shiro Oka, Ryoji Takahashi, Masaki Kunihiro, Yasuhiko Kitadai, Masaharu Yoshihara, Koji Sumii, Goro Kajiyama

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3392 Refeeding patients after endoscopic sphincterotomy: waiting or not waiting ?

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    Philippe Bellon, Nathalie Lesavre, Marc Barthet, Nicolas Barriere, Ariadne Desjeux, Jean-Charles Grimaud, Jacques Salducci

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3393 Benchmarking ercp performance with a prospective endoscopy database.

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    Peter B. Cotton, James A. Vaughan, Alan Barkun, Paul Jowell, Joseph Leung, Eric Libby, Nick Nickl, Stephen Schutz

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3394 Safety of endoscopic treatment for non variceal bleeding: a meta-analysis.

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

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3395 Clinical usefulness of primary endoscopic choledochoduodenal fistulotomy in patients with ampullary cancer.

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    Jong Jae Park, Hae Seok Cho, Eun A. Kim, Yang Seo Goo, Dong Kyun Park, Sun Suk Kim, You Kyung Kim, Duck Joo Choi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3396 Endoscopic drainage of pancreatic abscess with endoscopic fistulization and transgastro-duodenal stenting.

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    Jong Jae Park, Eun A. Kim, Hae Seok Cho, Dong Kyun Park, Sun Suk Kim, Yang Seo Koo, Dong Hoon Kang, Duck Joo Choi, Hyun chul Park, Ju Hyun Kim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3397 Diagnostic yield of extensive gastrointestinal work-up of iron deficiency anemia in african americans: a prospective study.

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    Kie N. Lim, Charles W. Duckworth, Christine Janes Bruno

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• • ·3398 Effect of an educational intervention program on gastrointestinal endoscopic overuse in primary care physicians.

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    Antonio Sanchez del Rio, M. Angeles Pizarro, Santiago Otero, Enrique Quintero

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3399 Enteroclysis in the evaluation of unexplained gi bleeding.

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    Korta Yuasa, Khalid Bazir, Larry S. Miller

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3400 Endoscopic management of post-operative bile leak (embl) in 53 patients.

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    Luke F. Hourigan, Michael J. Bourke, Stephen J. Williams, Peter E. Gillespie

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3401 Colonoscopy with and without sedation and analgesia.

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    Margaret L. Quiblat, Melchor M. Chan, Albert E. Ismael, Jose D. Sollano

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• • ·3402 Normal high resolution endoscopy excludes h pylori eliminating the need for biopsies.

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    Michael Miros

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• • ·3403 High resolution upper endoscopy detects all patients with celiac disease macroscopically.

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    Michael Miros

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• • ·3404 Assessing visual quality and coverage of routine diagnostic esophagogastroduodenoscopy (egd): use of a systematic review model.

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    Hugh E. Mulcahy, Paul Kelly, Peter D. Fairclough, Anne B. Ballinger

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• • ·3405 Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (egd) in the evaluation of asymptomatic liver transplant candidates - will esophagoscopy be sufficient?

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    Ravi Madhotra, Ira R. Willner, Adrian Reuben

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• • ·3406 Does prophylactic endoscopic sphincterotomy (es) prevent recurrent biliary problems in patients with gallstones and a normal cholangiogram?

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    Simon D. Johnston, Peik Lim, John Sa Collins, Peter Watson, Tony Ck Tham

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• • ·3407 Analysis of advanced proximal colonic neoplasia without index polyp in the rectosigmoid.

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    Yoon Tae Jeen, Hoon Jae Chun, Jung Whan Lee, Chang Don Kang, Hong Sik Lee, Chi Wook Song, Soon Ho Um, Sang Woo Lee, Jae Hyun Choi, Chang Duk Kim, Ho Sang Ryu, Jin Hai Hyun

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3408 Gastrointestinal endoscopy is helpful in long distance runner with gastrointestinal blood loss and/or anemia.

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    Choi Suck-Chei, Yoo Kyoung-Hoon, Choi Chang-Su, Kuk Hyang, Kim Tae-Hyeon, Kim Jin-Ah, Lee Young-Jin, Choi Suck-Jun, Nah Yong-Ho

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3409 Safety and usefulness of percutaneous transhepatic cholecystoscopic examination (ptccs) in highrisk surgical patients manifesting acute cholecystitis.

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    Hong-Ja Kim, Myung-Hwan Kim, Sung-Koo Lee, Kyo-Sang Yoo, Dong-Wan Seo, Young-Il Min

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• • ·3410 Lower endoscopy surveillance follow-up rates at two teaching hospitals.

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    Christopher Y. Kim, Ralph H. Johnson

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3411 Endoscopy in those who require long term anticoagulation.

    Page :AB85

    Abraham Mathew, Ann Ouyang, Thomas R. Riley, Mark Young

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3412 A standard protocol of biopsies during upper gi endoscopy (ugie) improve the diagnosis in patients with iron deficency anemia (ida).

    Page :AB85

    Giancarlo D'Ambra, Bruno Annibale, Adriana Marcheggiano, Cesare Bordi, Marco Paoletti, Emilio Di Giulio

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3413 The inappropriate use of colonoscopy in an openaccess setting: a prospective multicenter study.

    Page :AB86

    Sergio Morini, Giorgio Minoli, Cesare Hassan, Anna Toldi, Gianmichele Meucci

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3414 Cost effective approach to patients on long term anticoagulation who need endoscopy.

    Page :AB86

    Abraham Mathew, Ann Ouyang, Thomas R. Riley, Mark Young

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3415 In-vivo evaluation of reusable biopsy forceps: chapter 2.

    Page :AB86

    Richard A. Kozarek, Fouad M. Attia, Stanford E. Sumida, Shirley L. Raltz, Shannon K. Roach, Drew B. Schembre, John J. Brandabur, Michael Gluck, Geoffrey C. Jiranek, David J. Patterson, James E. Bredfeldt, Martin Gelfand

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3416 Photodynamic therapy probes: can they be reused?

    Page :AB86

    Timothy P. Kinney, Drew B. Schembre, Stanford E. Sumida, Richard A. Kozarek

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3417 Flexible gastrointestinal endoscopes of lasting use. how long should an instrument be used?

    Page :AB87

    Josep M. Bordas, Josep Llach, Angels Gines, Fernando Mondelo, Josep M. Pique

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3418 Biliary obstruction following billroth ii gastrectomy: comparison of ercp and mrcp.

    Page :AB87

    Nitin V. Khanna, James C. Gregor, Terry P. Ponich

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3419 Endoscopic treatment options for the management of simple bile leaks: a cost-minimization analysis.

    Page :AB87

    Robert F. Yacavone, Ashwin Rumalla, Todd H. Baron, Bret T. Petersen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3420 Biliary manometry, scintigraphy or empiric sphincterotomy for suspected sphincter of oddi dysfunction: a cost utility analysis.

    Page :AB87

    Patrick I. Okolo, Willis G. Parsons, Harold Lehman, Pankaj Jay Pasricha

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3421 Cost analysis of gastrointestinal endoscopes: does age and usage affect the maintenance cost?

    Page :AB88

    Krishnaraj Ragunath, Lisa Williams, Mike Dew, Ceri Phillips

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3422 A cost-analysis of alternative techniques of endoscopic hemostasis in upper nonvariceal bleeding.

    Page :AB88

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

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3423 Pulsed irrigation evacuation: a better technique for colon cleansing?

    Page :AB88

    Kamran Ayub, Waqar Qureshi, Rosetta Brown, Rhonda A. Cole, David Y. Graham

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3424 Development of a low-cost picture archive and communication system for endoscopy using the dicom standard.

    Page :AB88

    Peter G. Rossos, Joseph A. Cafazzo, Gregory G. Couch

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3425 Digital capture of eus video using mpeg-2 compression: preliminary experience.

    Page :AB89

    Babak B. Etemad, Harold Mackey, Gerald Viator, Michael B. Wallace, Mohamad A. Eloubeidi, Nevin Hadzijahic, Koji Matsuda, Rig Patel, Brenda J. Hoffman, Robert H. Hawes

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3426 Spectrophotometry of colonic wall: which layers influence surface color on colonoscopy?

    Page :AB89

    Yoshihiro Sasaki, Tsuyotoshi Tsuji, Masanori Tanaka, Ryukichi Hada, Akihiro Munakata

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3427 The introduction of face-mounted display system into endoscopy.

    Page :AB89

    Tatsuya Yoshida, Haruhiro Inoue;Takehisa Iwai

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3428 Post procedure processing of endoscopic ultrasonography images. a novel dedicated software.

    Page :AB89

    Bocus Paolo, De Bona Manuela, Bellumat Angelo, De Boni Michele

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3429 Biliary manometry recording and analysis enhanced by synchronised endoscopic video capture.

    Page :AB90

    Matthew J. Guinane, Etsuro T. Yazaki, Fortunato D. Castillo, David F. Evans, Colin Ainley

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3430 Endoscopic assessment of diarrhea in an adult rotavirus positive population.

    Page :AB90

    Hitoshi Nakajima, Fusako Ono, Kazunori Muramoto, Takafumi Mikami, Hideyasu Nara

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3431 Gastrointestinal endoscopic terminology coding; GET-C. An extended coding system based on the internal classification of diseases-10^th edition.

    Page :AB90

    Marcel Jm Groenen, Rob JTh Ouwendijk, Gerard P. van Berge Henegouwen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3432 Spatial arrangement of microvasculature accounts for difference in endoscopic color between colonic carcinoma and normal mucosa.

    Page :AB90

    Tsuyotoshi Tsuji, Yoshihiro Sasaki, Masanori Tanaka, Ryukichi Hada, Akihiro Munakata

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3433 Gallbladder wall layer displayed by mr endoscopy.

    Page :AB91

    Fumiaki Kitahara, Tadashi Sato, Yuichiro Kojima, Atsuro Morozumi, Masayuki A. Fujino, Tomoaki Ichikawa, Tsutomu Araki

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3434 Electrostimulation to move endoscopes in the small bowel.

    Page :AB91

    Mark N. Appleyard, Tim N. Mills, Sandy Mosse

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3435 High resolution endoscopic imaging of the gastrointestinal tract using optical coherence tomography and high frequency catheter probe endoscopic ultrasonography.

    Page :AB91

    A. Das, M.V. Sivak, A. Chak, R. Ck Wong, V. Westphal, A.M. Rollins, J. Izatt, G.A. Isenberg, J. Willis

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3436 Enhanced magnification endoscopy: a new technique to identify specialized intestinal metaplasia in barrett's esophagus.

    Page :AB91

    Moises Guelrud, Idamys Herrera, Julio Castro, Harold Essenfeld

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3437 Dynamic holographic endoscopy - pilot investigations using an in-vitro model.

    Page :AB92

    Wolfgang Avenhaus, Bjoern Kemper, Gert Bally, Wolfram Domschke

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3438 Detection of early gastric cancer by a real-time autofluorescence imaging system.

    Page :AB92

    H. Tajiri, M. Kobayashi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3439 Prospective randomized comparison of lugolcombined upper gi videoendoscopy versus routine videoendosocpy.

    Page :AB92

    Kenneth K. Ocran, Jutta J. Wirth, Jutta J. Weber-Eibl, Katharina K. Zumbusch, Barbara B. Fleige, Herbert H. Lochs, Maria-Anna Ma Ortner

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3440 A prospective single centre study comparing ct pneumocolon against conventional colonoscopy for detecting colorectal neoplasms.

    Page :AB92

    Yin M. Miao, Burn Paul, Zahir Amin, Jeremiah Healy, Nat Murugan, David Westaby, Tim Allen-Mersh

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3441 Autofluorescence and tissue peroxidation in nsaids-induced acute gastric mucosal lesions in human volunteers.

    Page :AB93

    Itoe Makino, Hirofumi Matsui, Yasushi Murata, Iruru Nakamori, Akira Nakahara, Akinori Yanaka, Naomi Tanaka

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3442 Role of high resolution endoscopic imaging using optical coherence tomography (oct) in patients with barrett's esophagus (be).

    Page :AB93

    A. Das, M.V. Sivak, A. Chak, R. Ck Wong, V. Westphal, A.M. Rollins, J. Izatt, G.A. Isenberg

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3443 Cytocoil - more tissue with a new device for sampling of cytologic material. Preliminary results of application.

    Page :AB93

    Eckart Frimberger, Philipp Becker, Thomas Roesch, Meinhard Classen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3444 Usefulness of contrast echolymphography using endoscopic ultrasonography-guided puncture.

    Page :AB93

    Shinya Kojima, Yoshiki Hirooka, Akihiro Itoh, Yoshihiro Ishiguro, Senju Hashimoto, Takanori Hirai, Tetsuo Hayakawa, Hidemi Goto, Yasuo Naitoh

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3445 A clinical study of the use of zoom video endoscopy for the monitoring of acute rejection in the small bowel allograft.

    Page :AB94

    Tomoaki Kato, Christopher B. O'Brien, Nishida Seigo, Mariana Berho, Antonio D. Pinna, Andreas G. Tzakis

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3446 Using a 15.3 french biopsy forceps allows to obtain the anatomopathological diagnosis of upper gi lesions after failure using a standard, 7-fr, biopsy forceps.

    Page :AB94

    Jean-Luc Van Laethem, Sebastien Debroux, Jean-Marc Dumonceau, Marie-Odile Peny, Myriam Remmelinck, Isabelle Salmon, Jacques Deviere

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3447 Ultra-high magnification endoscopy for early stage esophageal cancer.

    Page :AB94

    Youichi Kumagai, Haruhiro Inoue, Tatuyuki Kawano, Tatuya Yoshida, Takehisa Iwai

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3448 In vivo endoscopic optical coherence tomography of esophagitis, barrett's esophagus, and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.

    Page :AB94

    Uwe Seitz

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3449 Detection of colonic dysplasia by laser-induced fluorescence endoscopy with and without 5- aminolevulinic acid.

    Page :AB95

    Stephan J. Ott, Thomas Ochsenkuehn, Herbert Stepp, Joseph Holl, Stephan Brand, Juergen Pauletzki, Reinhold Baumgartner, Michael Sackmann

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3450 Experimental study for the diagnosis of gastric cancer by laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy (lifs).

    Page :AB95

    Yutaka Endo, Kazutaka Kirihara, Takashi Hattori, Rikiya Fujita

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3451 Enhanced better detection of gastric cancers by autofluorescence endoscopy coupled with the noradrenaline spraying method (pharmaco life-gi).

    Page :AB95

    Akimitsu Ohkawa, Akihiro Namihisa, Satoshi Abe, Osamu Kobayashi, Haruo Watanabe, Hiroto Miwa, Tatsuo Ogihara, Yoshiyuki Takei, Nobuhiro Sato

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3452 Endoscopic photodynamic diagnosis for the detection of dysplasia and squamous cell cancer of the esophagus.

    Page :AB95

    Brigitte Mayinger, Sabine Neidhard, Holger Reh, Eckhart Georg Hahn

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3453 Mucosal hemodynamics in the watershed area of the normal colon and in hemodialysis and oxygendependent patients.

    Page :AB96

    Sukhdeep Padda, Susan M. Medlin, Helen E. Tarbell, Felix W. Leung, Francisco C. Ramirez, Carl T. Hayden

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3454 Efficacy of radiofrequency energy delivery to the lower esophageal sphincter in the treatment of gerd.

    Page :AB96

    John K. DiBaise, Irene Akromis, Eamonn M. Quigley

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3455 In vivo characterization of colonic thermal injury by the argon plasma coagulator.

    Page :AB96

    Ian D. Norton, Linan N. Wang, Susan A. Levine, Lawrence J. Burgart, Erik Hofmeister, Robert F. Yacavone, Christopher J. Gostout, Bret T. Petersen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3456 Treatment of benign intrahepatic duct stricture using polyurethane covered retrievable nithinol stent.

    Page :AB97

    Dong Wan Seo, Hyun-Ki Yoon, Myung Hwan Kim, Sung Koo Lee, Sung- Gwon Kang, Kyo Sang Yoo, Young Il Min, Dept of Internal Medicine

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3457 Peroral creation of durable gastroenteric anastomoses with magnetic compression and stenting.

    Page :AB97

    Gregory G. Ginsberg, Lee Barthel

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3458 Tolerability and efficacy of direct injection of pancreatic adenocarcinomas with onyx-015 under endoscopic ultrasound (eus) guidance.

    Page :AB97

    Rudolph A. Bedford, J. Randolph Hecht, S. Lahoti, L. Abbruzzese, Lorreta So, D. Kim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3459 High resolution endoscopic imaging using catheter probe endoscopic ultrasonography: a comparison of 20 mhz and 30 mhz cathter probes.

    Page :AB97

    A.Das;A. Chak, R. Ck Wong, G.A.Isenberg;M.V. Sivak

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3460 Endoscopic dilatation of crohn's strictures: longterm outcomes in 85 consecutive patients.

    Page :AB98

    Jim C. Brooker, Siwan Thomas-Gibson, Syed G. Shah, Yusei Maeda, Christopher B. Williams, Brian P. Saunders

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3461 Endoscopic destruction of ampullary and bile duct carcinomas by high intensity ultrasound during ercp: preliminary results of a pilot study.

    Page :AB98

    Frederic Prat, Lafon Cyril, Theilliere Yves, Pelletier Gilles, Fritsch Jacques, Cathignol Dominique, Bicetre CHU

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3462 Depth of injury following endoscopic spray cryotherapy: eus assisted evaluation of mucosal ablation and subsequent healing in the swine model.

    Page :AB98

    Mark H. Johnston, J. David Horwhat, Oleh Haluszka, Frank M. Moses

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3463 Initial experience with a steerable, phased vector array ultrasound catheter in the gastrointestinal tract.

    Page :AB99

    Ian D. Norton, Charles J. Bruce, James B. Seward, Enrique Vazquez-Sequeiros, Aboud Affi, Christopher J. Gostout, Maurits J.Wiersema

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3464 Eus guided fine needle aspiration biopsy with a new electronic device: results on 100 consecutive patients.

    Page :AB99

    Laurent Palazzo, Dermot O'Toole, Monique Fabre, Juan Amaris, Philippe Ruszniewski

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3465 The durability of different solutions injected submucosally in a porcine model.

    Page :AB99

    Massimo Conio, Elizabeth Rajan, Darius Sorbi, Lori J. Herman, Mary A. Knipschield, R. Filiberti, Christopher J. Gostout

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3466 Performance of a miniature magnetic sensor for multidimensional imaging using 3d-eus and freehand scanning.

    Page :AB100

    Sven-Olov Molin, Ditlef Martens, Lars Lundell, Svein Oedegaard

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3467 Eus in the management of colorectal cancer: a comparative study with conventional colonocopy.

    Page :AB100

    Eisai Cho, Naomi Mochizuki, Kenjiro Yasuda, Masatsugu Nakajima

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3468 Evaluation of endoscopic mucosal resection by enbloc and by piecemeal for early gastric cancer.

    Page :AB100

    Takuji Gotoda, Hiroyuki Ono, Hitoshi Gene Kondo, Ichiro Oda, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Hajime Yamaguchi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3469 An international multicenter colorectal stent registry: work in progress.

    Page :AB101

    Mahesh S. Mokhashi, Peter B. Cotton, James A. Vaughan, Sven Adamsen, Soren Meisner, Brian P. Saunders, Isaac Raijman, Charles Akle

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3470 Widespread circumferential mucosectomy in the porcine esophagus–a pilot study.

    Page :AB101

    Elizabeth Rajan, Lori J. Herman, Lawrence J. Burgart, Christopher J. Gostout

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3471 Guideline for gastric perforation endoscopic repair using metallic clips.

    Page :AB101

    Kiyoshi Hashiba, Marco A. D'Assuncao, Wilson R. Freitas, Andre M. Wada, Daniel Moribe, Saverio T. Armellini, Carlos A. Cappellanes, Renato Hassegawa, Francisco S. Koyama, Plino T. Moura Campos, Roberto K. Kikawa

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3472 Endoscopic mucosal resection for flat, wide-based gastric tumors with sutured wound closure.

    Page :AB102

    Amjad Awan, Schuichiro Okuwaki, Hiroshi Suzuki, Feng Gong, Mark Appleyard, Paul Swain

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3473 Depth of endoscopically placed sutures.

    Page :AB102

    Richard Ira Rothstein, Karen Moodie

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3474 Pan-colonic dyespray to aid adenoma detection during colonoscopy: a randomised controlled trial.

    Page :AB102

    Jim C. Brooker, Syed G. Shah, Catherine J. Thapar, Huw J. Thomas, Christopher B. Williams, Brian P. Saunders

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3475 The association of endoscopic mucosal resection and photo-dynamic therapy in the treatment of nodular dysplastic areas arising in barrett s esophagus.

    Page :AB103

    Pasquale Spinelli, Massimo Conio, Andrea Mancini, Massimo Falsitta, Franco De Paoli, Aldo A. Schicchi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3476 Endoscopic magnetic-coupling for transient luminal fixation.

    Page :AB103

    Gregory G. Ginsberg, Ilias Scotiniotis

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3477 Preoperative localization of neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas with eus-guided fine needle tattooing.

    Page :AB103

    Mohammed Barawi, Dong Kim, James H. Grendell, Frank Gress

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3478 Endoscopic gastroesophageal suturing: does addition of cautery aid plication persistence?

    Page :AB104

    Charles J. Filipi, Donal Dunne, Sharon Sweeney, Ken Dieselman, Art Baluyut, Glen A. Lehman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3479 Non-invasive gastrointestinal anastomosis with magnet rings.

    Page :AB104

    Hironobu Takada, Hajime Kuwayama, Morio Takahashi, Yasumi Katayama

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3480 Feasability of diagnostic and therapeutic cholangio-/pancreatoscopy with a new 7 fr miniendoscope.

    Page :AB104

    Thomas Lingenfelser, Gerhardt Mayer, Erwin Guenter

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3481 Novel applications of soehendra stent retriever in therapeutic ercp.

    Page :AB105

    Arkan I. Alrashid, Russell D. Brown, Shylaja Sreekumar, Rama P. Venu

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3482 Endoscopic removal of impacted sharp foreign body in esophagus.

    Page :AB105

    Yoon Tae Jeen, Hoon Jae Chun, Chang Don Kang, Jung Whan Lee, Hong Sik Lee, Chi Wook Song, Soon Ho Um, Sang Woo Lee, Jae Hyun Choi, Chang Duk Kim, Ho Sang Ryu, Jin Hae Hyun

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3483 A novel method of virtual histology utilizing laser-scanning confocal microscopy for untreated fresh specimen of the gastrointestinal mucosa.

    Page :AB105

    Takehisa Iwai

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3484 Enteral wallstent for the emergency treatment of acute colonic obstruction due to malignant strictures.

    Page :AB105

    Rodolfo Rocca, Claudio De Angelis, Franco Coppola, Claudio Barletti, Angelo Pera, Mario Rizzetto, Raffaello Sostegni, Patrizia Carucci, Alessandro Musso, Mara Falco, Giorgio Saracco

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3485 Cystogastrostomy with 10 french stent entirely performed under endosonography guidance for pancreatic pseudocyst.

    Page :AB106

    Laurent Palazzo, Philippe Ponsot, Dermot O'Toole, Philippe Ruszniewski

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3486 A new device for endoscopic submucosal resection.

    Page :AB106

    Paul Swain, Mark N. Appleyard, Sandy Mosse, Tim N. Mills

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3487 Rectal eus guided hdr- brachytherapy in patients with anal and perianal malignancies.

    Page :AB106

    Marek J. Doniec, Matthias S. Loehnert, Georgy Kovacs, Bernd Kremer, Horst A. Grimm

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3488 A prospective evaluation of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy utilizing a new disposable 22 gauge fna needle device: results of diagnostic accuracy and complications from a large single center series.

    Page :AB106

    Mohammed Barawi, Klaus Gottlieb, James H. Grendell, Frank G. Gress

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3489 Virtual colography compared to endoscopic colonoscopy in detecting ascending colon and cecal lesions.

    Page :AB107

    Mamoru Iimuro, Hajime Kuwayama, Yoshinori Kitazumi, Gordon Luk

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3490 Technical evaluation of two new biliary miniprobes for intraductal ultrasonography.

    Page :AB107

    Bertrand Napoleon, Rosario Albis, Thierry Ponchon, Jacques Fumex, Bertrand Pujol, Jean Yves Scoazec, Jean Alain Chayvialle

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3491 Preliminary experiences of three-dimensional endoscopic ultrasonography in the united states.

    Page :AB107

    Koji Matsuda, Christopher Y. Kim, Neven Hadzijahic, Michael B.Wallace, Brenda J. Hoffman, Annette van Velse, Anand V. Sahai, Rig S. Patel, Mohammad A. Eloubeidi, Robert Etemad, Robert H. Hawes

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3492 Cap-fitted gastroscopy improves visualisation and targeting of lesions.

    Page :AB107

    Chin-Kong Yap, Han-Seong Ng

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3493 Endoscopic dilation of postcricoid esophageal strictures following head and neck cancer treatment- new techniques for safe access to pces.

    Page :AB108

    G.S.Raju;T.F.Jones;G. Crawford, J. Hershberger, Rodwan Hiba, Ijaz Ahmed, T. Tsue, D. Gerod, A. Merati

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3494 A new endoscopic method for placing large diameter transabdominal cannulae for intragastric surgery.

    Page :AB108

    Clive C. Hepworth, Vincent T. Buckman, Paul Swain

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3495 Esophageal dilatation-how hard do you push?

    Page :AB108

    Mark N. Appleyard, Sandy Mosse, Tim N. Mills, Paul Swain

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3496 Self expanding metallic stents in malignant enteral obstruction - early experiences with a new palliative treatment.

    Page :AB108

    Florian Schreiber, Andreas J. Eherer, Michael Trauner;Wolfgang Schnedl, Gerald Ch. Gurakuqi, Guenther J. Krejs

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3497 Endoscopic repair of perforated gut using endoscopic sewing machine.

    Page :AB109

    Amjad Awan, Sritharan S. Kadirkamanathan, Feng Gong, Mark Appleyard, Janet Murfitt

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3498 New self-expanding nitinol stent for the palliation of malignant esophageal and cardiac stenoses.

    Page :AB109

    Young Yoon Ko, Jin Hong Kim, Kwang Jae Lee, Byung Moo Yoo, Younf Soo Kim, Ki Baik Hahm, Sung Won Cho

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3499 Therapeutic ercp in the setting of long limb surgical bypass: improved success and outcome of therapeutic procedures.

    Page :AB109

    Phyllidia M. Ku, Eric Elton, Robert M. Dy, Brian L. Hanson, David J. Desilets, Douglas A. Howell

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3500 Argon plasma coagulation assisted resection of large sessile colonic polyps: a randomised trial.

    Page :AB109

    Jim C. Brooker, Syed G. Shah, Christopher B.Williams, Brian P. Saunders

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3501 Endoscopic fibrin sealant injection with application of hemostatic clips: a novel method of closing a refractory gastrocutaneous fistula.

    Page :AB110

    Jamil Akhras, Abbas Zagnoon, Martin Tobi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3502 A new device for endoscopic, transmural, drainage of symptomatic pancreatic pseudocysts.

    Page :AB110

    Simon K. Lo, Jan Daniels, Yvonne Min, Rose Chang

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3503 Endoscopic cryotherapy: results of a pilot study for the treatment of mucosal vascular lesions in humans.

    Page :AB110

    Anthony N. Kalloo, Sergey V. Kantsevoy, Cheryl A. Vaughn, John G. Baust, Pankaj Pasricha

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3504 TIME TREND FOR THE APPEARANCE OF ESOPHAGITIS AFTER HELICOBACTER PYLORI ERADICATION.

    Page :AB110

    Theodore Rokkas, Spiros D. Ladas, Constantine Triandafyllou, Sotirios A. Raptis

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3505 GASTROESOPHAGEAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING ENDOSCOPIC FINDINGS IN GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD).

    Page :AB111

    Toshihiko Hayakawa, Hiroshi Kaneko, Yasushi Funaki, Kazuo Nobata, Kazuo Kusugami, Terunori Mitsuma

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3506 COMPARISON OF CONTROLLED RADIAL EXPANSION BALLOON DILATORS TO CONVENTIONAL BALLOON DILATORS IN PATIENTS WITH BENIGN ESOPHAGEAL STRICTURES.

    Page :AB111

    Keith D. Lindor, Jamie S. Barkin, Rafael Amaro, V. Alin Botomon, Roy K. Wong, John David Horwhat, Gregory Zuccaro, Richard I. Rothstein

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3507 IS AN ESOPHAGEAL DYSFUNCTION IN PSS A MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIVE FACTOR IN SEVERE REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS?

    Page :AB111

    Tomohiro Kato, Takafumi Naiki, Nobuhito Onogi, Satoshi Numaguti, Yasukazu Koshino, Manabu Maeda, Hisataka Moriwaki

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3508 ESOPHAGEAL CYTOLOGY BY ENDOSCOPIC BRUSHING IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD) NOT COMPLICATED BY ESOPHAGITIS.

    Page :AB112

    Said S. El Khaddari, Henri H. Damon, Claude Paulin, Sylvette Bonvoisin, Paul P. Dubois, Bernard B. Flourie, Louis L. Descos

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3509 THE EFFECTS OF ANTI-H. PYLORI THERAPY ON DEVELOPMENT OF ENDOSCOPIC REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS IN PEPTIC ULCER PATIENTS.

    Page :AB112

    Chul Hee Park, Sang Woo Lee, Oh. Sang Kwon, Yoon Tae Jeen, Hoon Jai Chun, Hong Sik Lee, Chi Wook Song, Soon Ho Um, Jai Hyun Choi, Chang Duck Kim, Ho Sang Ryu, Jin Hai Hyun

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3510 COMPARISON OF INTER- AND INTRA- OBSERVER CONSISTENCY OF ESOPHAGITIS GRADING BY EXPERT AND TRAINEE ENDOSCOPISTS.

    Page :AB112

    John E. Pandolfino, Peter J. Kahrilas, Kenneth R. Devault, Navreet Malhi-Chowla, M.Brian Fennerty, Walter J. Hogan, Jeeger Jailwala, Nimish B. Vakil, Lyndon Hernandez, Bernard Hamelin, Doug Levine, James Schwenke

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3511 GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX AND DENTAL EROSIONS IN CHILDREN.

    Page :AB113

    Ahmed H. Dahshan, Hemal Patel, James Delaney, Ronald Thomas, Vasundhara Tolia

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3512 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS FOR A NEW STRATEGY TO TREAT BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS - AN IN-VITRO STUDY BY USING ENDOSCOPIC HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND.

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    Sigurd Gerhard Hafner, Thilo Karl Straub, Manfred Wehrmann, Guenther Farin

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3513 DIAGNOSTIC BENEFIT OF METHYLENE-BLUE DIRECTED BIOPSY COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL BIOPSY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF INTESTINAL METAPLASIA AND DYSPLASIA IN BARRETt'S ESOPHAGUS.

    Page :AB113

    John M. Wo, Mukunda B. Ray, Stephanie Mayfield-Stokes, Fadi Gebrail, Ghassan Al-Sabbagh, Mark A.Wilson

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3514 ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION OF EARLY CANCER AND HIGH GRADE DYSPLASIA IN BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS.

    Page :AB114

    Andrea D. May, Oliver Pech, Liebwin Gossner, Erwin Guenter, Gerd Mayer, Rolf Henrich

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3515 MUCH ADO ABOUT THE “ULTRASHORT” BARRETT ESOPHAGUS? RESULTS FROM THE MUNICH MULTICENTER STUDY.

    Page :AB114

    Roland Ott, Thomas Roesch, Julia Muehlen, Bernd Birkner, Walter Heldwein, Wilhelm Hoechter, Peter Janetschek, Wolfgang Schepp, Wolfgang Schmitt, Martin Strauch, Martin Werner, Baldur Wiebecke

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3516 SCREENING, SURVEILLANCE AND TREATMENT PRACTICES FOR BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS.

    Page :AB114

    Otto S. Lin, Sumalatha Mannava, Kai-Lin Hwang, George Triadafilopoulos

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3517 THE DEVELOPMENT OF DYSPLASIA ON FOLLOW-UP ENDOSCOPY AMONG PATIENTS WITH SHORT SEGMENT BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS: A COHORT OF 61 PATIENTS FOLLOWED FOR A MEAN OF 30 MONTHS.

    Page :AB115

    Mohammed S. Zaman, Kristen Robson, Stanley Rosenberg, Tony Lembo

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3518 USE OF A SHORTER WAVELENGTH AUTOFLUORESCENCE BAND IN BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS: EFFECT OF DYSPLASIA AND INFLAMMATION.

    Page :AB115

    Bhaskar Banerjee, Sangeeta Agarwal, Shreenivasa Jonnalagada, Holekere R. Chandrasekhar

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3519 VIDEOENDOSCOPY AND STEPWISE BIOPSY OF BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS ARE STILL NECESSARY DESPITE SOPHISTICATED DIAGNOSTIC METHODS.

    Page :AB115

    Klaus Egger, Thomas Roesch, Hans-Dieter Allescher, Roland Ott, Manfred Kurjak, Martin Werner, Meinhard Classen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3520 THE IRREGULAR Z-LINE IN COMMUNITY PRACTICE: DO WE NEED TO BIOPSY?

    Page :AB115

    Thomas G. Morales

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3521 METHYLENE BLUE CAN DISCLOSE INTESTINAL METAPLASIA IN BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS?

    Page :AB116

    Helenice P. Breyer, Ismael Maguilnik, Sergio G. Barros

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3522 TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF DATABASES ON BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS, THE VARIABILITY OF ROUTINE HISTOPATHOLOGICAL REPORTING ON BIOPSIES IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED BARRETT'S REQUIRES A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW FOR CONSISTENT DATA COLLECTION.

    Page :AB116

    Christian Jost, David N. Lewin, Hugh E. Mulcahy, Robert H. Hawes

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3523 PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR DYSPLASTIC BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS AND MUCOSAL ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA: THE VALUE OF ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND AND RESULTS USING THE BARE FIBER TECHNIQUE.

    Page :AB116

    Herbert C.Wolfsen, Timothy A.Woodward

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3524 UNCOMPLICATED CHRONIC HEARTBURN: ARE BIOPSIES NECESSARY DURING SCREENING ENDOSCOPY?

    Page :AB116

    David Earnest, Achyut K. Bhattacharyyia, Sheila Rodriguez-Stanley, Malcolm G. Robinson

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3525 DO GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX INDUCED CHANGES IN THE SQUAMOUS MUCOSA HAVE A POSITIVE ASSOCIATION WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE INTESTINAL METAPLASIA OF BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS?

    Page :AB117

    Christian Jost, David N. Lewin, Hugh E. Mulcahy, Robert H. Hawes

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3526 BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS. SURVEILLANCE FOR SHORT AND LONG SEGMENT DISEASE.

    Page :AB117

    S. David Feldshon, Jennie L. Rodlund

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3527 MAGNIFYING ENDOSCOPY CAN MAKE THE DIAGNOSIS OF SPECIALIZED INTESTINAL METAPLASIA AT THE ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION.

    Page :AB117

    Eunice B. Tonelotto, Ronaldo S. Torresini, Nelson V. Coelho, Anis Kurban

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3528 USEFULNESS OF DOUBLE DYE STAINING (METHYLENE BLUE AND CRYSTAL VIOLET) FOR THE MAGNIFYING OBSERVATION OF INTESTINAL METAPLASIA IN BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS.

    Page :AB117

    Nobuo Sueoka, Hitoshi Nisigaki, Masaoki Yonezawa, Taku Tsukui, Choitsu Sakamoto, Masafumi Tabuchi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3529 UNDERLYING ESOPHOGEAL PATHOLOGY IN MEAT IMPACTION.

    Page :AB118

    Brian F. Sweeney, Saket Ambasht, Gregory R. Owens, Alan Parker

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3530 ANTI-REFLUX SELF-EXPANDING METAL ESOPHAGEAL STENT: CLINICAL EVALUATION IN PATIENTS.

    Page :AB118

    Kulwinder S. Dua, Richard A. Kozarek, Joseph P. Kim, Jerry Evans;Walter J. Hogan, Reza Shaker

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3531 The role of endoscopic examination after the resaction of esophageal cancer.

    Page :AB118

    Atsushi Kokawa, Hajime Yamaguchi, Tetsuya Inui, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Hiroyuki Ono, Hitoshi Gene Kondo, Yuji Tachimori, Hoichi Kato, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yukihiro Nakanishi, Tadakazu Shimoda

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3532 Endoscopic mucosal resection of superficial neoplastic esophageal lesions: macroscopic and histological results.

    Page :AB119

    Jean Pierre Lagarrigue, Thierry Ponchon, Jean Christophe Saurin, Jean Christophe Souquet, Bertrand Napoleon, Annick Chavaillon, Jean Yves Scoazec

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3533 The additive role of pet scanning with eus and ct in accurately predicting surgical resectability of esophageal carcinomas.

    Page :AB119

    Michael E. Cannon, Alexander Stojanovic, Richard T.Wille, Partha Nandi, Gary W. Chmielewski, Robert J.Welsh

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3534 High grade dysplasias are present in normal appearing esophageal mucosa in subjects at risk for squamous cell carcinoma in southern brazil.

    Page :AB119

    Sergio Gs de Barros, Carmen Pf Freitag, Cleber Dp Kruel, Antonio Ck Putten, Judite Dietz, Antonio C. Gruber, Ada S. Diehl, Luise Meurer, Helenice P. Breyer, Joao C. Prolla

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3535 Asa classification and lymph node extent at endosonography are independent predictive factors of survival of patients with esophageal cancer.

    Page :AB119

    Pascal Burtin, Mehdi Kaassis, Christophe Aube, Marc Giovannini, Donatella Di Stefano, Jean-Pierre Arnaud, Patrice Cellier, Jean Boyer

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3536 High-grade dysplasia and superficial squamous cell cancer off the esophagus: differential endoscopic therapy.

    Page :AB120

    Liebwin Gossner, Andrea May, Oliver Pech, Manfred Stolte

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3537 Chromoendoscopy for the detection of dysplasia or mucosal cancer in barrett`s esophagus.

    Page :AB120

    Liebwin Gossner, Andrea May, Oliver Pech, Manfred Stolte

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3538 Eus downstaging of esophageal cancer by chemotherapy ± radiotherapy does not predict improved survival.

    Page :AB120

    Ilias A. Scotiniotis, Patrick R. Pfau, Gregory G. Ginsberg, Daniel Haller, David J. Vaughn, Michael L. Kochman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3539 Photodynamic therapy for ablation of esophageal high grade dysplasia and superficial cancer.

    Page :AB120

    Emad Y. Rahmani, Douglas K. Rex, Dan Ciaccia, Carolyn S. Turpin

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3540 Nodular changes predict submucosal invasion in slightly depressed type of superficial esophageal cancer.

    Page :AB121

    Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Hajime Yamaguchi, Atsushi Kokawa, Tetsuya Inui, Takuji Gotoda, Takahiro Kozu, Hiroyuki Ono, Hitoshi Gene Kondo, Daizo Saito

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3541 Short- and long-term outcome of the choo flexible endoprosthesis for relieving malignant strictures caused by esophageal and gastric (outlet) malignancies.

    Page :AB121

    David J. van Westerloo, Marco J. Bruno, Jacques J. Bergman, Joep F. Bartelsman, Guido N. Tytgat

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3542 Endoscopic mucosal resection for superficial squamous cell carcinomas of the esophagus.

    Page :AB121

    Hiroyasu Iishi, Noriya Uedo, Hiroyuki Narahara, Masaharu Tatsuta

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3543 A prospective randomized trial of octreotide plus sclerotherapy for acute variceal bleeding. a multicentric study.

    Page :AB121

    Joaquin Balanzo, Jose Marquez-Galan, Candid Villanueva, Mario Pavesi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3544 Randomized double blind study of efficacy and safety of ethanolamine-alcohol mixtures or morrhuate for hemostasis of bleeding canine gastric varices.

    Page :AB122

    Gustavo A. Machicado, Dennis M. Jensen, Ken Hirabayashi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3545 Prophylactic band ligation to prevent first bleeding from large esophageal varices.

    Page :AB122

    Mahmoud M. Omar, Mohy H. Attia, Ibrahim M. Mostafa

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3546 An evaluation of the morphology and hemodynamics of venous collaterals outside the esophageal wall using color doppler-endoscopic ultrasonography (cd-eus) in patients with cirrhosis before and after eradication of esophageal varices.

    Page :AB122

    Joo Young Cho, Chang Beom Ryu, Su Jin Hong, Jin Oh. Kim, Yun Soo Kim, Joon Seong Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3547 Histoacryl injection therapy for the treatment of upper gastrointestinal varices: a north american experience.

    Page :AB122

    Donald G. Ormonde, Ryan Ponnudurai, Gurpal S. Sandha, Roland Ter, George A. DuVall, Maria Cirocco, Kujtim Bodinaku, Gabor P. Kandel, Paul P. Kortan, Gregory B. Haber, Norman E. Marcon

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3548 The comparability of early rebleeding in patients with esophageal variceal bleeding treated with endoscopic injection sclerotherapy or endoscopic variceal ligation and maintained on propranolol.

    Page :AB123

    Jose D. Sollano, Edward L. Lim, Albert E. Ismael, Melchor M. Chan

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3549 Recurrence of esophageal varices after outpatient endoscopic variceal ligation.

    Page :AB123

    Nelson Hv Coelho, Sergio Gs de Barros, Antonio B. Lopes, Anelise T. Ritter

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3550 Variceal rebleeding and recurrence after injection sclerotherapy: a prospective long-term evaluation in 204 patients.

    Page :AB123

    Jake E. Krige, Philippus C. Bornman, John Terblanche

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3551 Evaluation of the multiple band ligator in endoscopic injection sclerotherapy with simultaneous ligation for treatment of esophageal varices.

    Page :AB123

    Yoshiyuki Nishikawa, Hiroya Imaoka, Hisao Tajiri, Yasushi Hosokawa, Hisashi Endo, Toshihiko Doi, Tomoyuki Tamura, Masahito Tanimizu, Ichinosuke Hyodo, Kenji Jinno

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3552 Effect of endoscopic treatment on portal venous blood flow in patients with cirrhosis before and after eradication of esophageal varices.

    Page :AB124

    Chang Beom Ryu, Joo Young Cho, Bong Min Ko, Young Koog Cheon, Young Seok Kim, Su Jin Hong, Jong Ho Moon, Jin Oh. Kim, Yun Soo Kim, Joon Seong Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3553 Sclerotherapy for stomal varices: bleeding controlled.

    Page :AB124

    Frederick C. Johlin, Mary K. Panther

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3554 Dysphagia without endoscopically evident disease: to dilate or not?

    Page :AB124

    James S. Scolapio, Christopher J. Gostout, Kenneth W. Schroeder, Doug W. Mahoney, Keith D. Lindor

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3555 Dilation after fundoplication: timing, frequency, indication and success.

    Page :AB124

    Navreet Malhi-Chowla, Piotr Gorecki, Tanja Bammer, Ronald A. Hinder, Kenneth R. DeVault

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3556 Endoscopic treatment of zenker's diverticulum.

    Page :AB125

    Ademar M. Carvalho, Gerson Diniz, Rodrigo A. Oliveira, Valeria F. Borges

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3557 Usefulness of infrared ray electronic endoscopy for evaluating the effects of endoscopic therapy on esophageal varices.

    Page :AB125

    Soichi Ichikawa, Seisuke Okamura, Koji Tsujigami, Naoki Muguruma

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3558 Argon plasma coagulation for eradication of esophageal varices after treatment with endoscopic variceal banding ligation or sclerotherapy.

    Page :AB125

    Yoshihito Watanabe, Hideyuki Hiraishi, Yasunaga Suzuki, Kazuhiro Sakuma, Takako Sasai, Takeshi Oinuma, Kazunari Kanke, Hidetaka Watanabe, Motoo Ishida, Hironori Masuyama, Tadahito Shimada, Akira Terano

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3559 T-egd: a new technique for accurately detecting and grading esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients.

    Page :AB125

    Kia Saeian, David M. Staff;William Townsend, Kulwinder S. Dua, William L. Berger, Walter J. Hogan, Reza Shaker

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3560 Evaluation of solitary and scattered esophageal varices by infrared-ray endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasonography.

    Page :AB126

    Koji Tsujigami, Seisuke Okamura, Soichi Ichikawa, Naoki Muguruma, Toshiya Okahisa, Hiroshi Shibata

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3561 A new technique for the dilatation of completely obstructed esophageal strictures.

    Page :AB126

    Raphael Bueno, Michael T. Jaklitsch, Scott J. Swanson, Jeanne M. Lukanich, Steven J. Mentzer, David J. Sugarbaker

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3562 Effect of endoscopic microwave coagulation therapy in patients with benign stricture of the upper gastrointestinal tract.

    Page :AB126

    Bong Min Ko, Chang Beom Ryu, Su Jin Hong, Jong Ho Moon, Joo Young Cho, Joon Seong Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3563 Enodoscopic reduction of colonic volvulus in pediatric patients.

    Page :AB126

    David E. Milov, David J. Bailey

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3564 Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors: unusual presentations, diagnostic challenges.

    Page :AB127

    Sandeep K. Gupta M.D., Joseph F. Fitzgerald

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3565 Primary sclerosing cholangitis in pediatric patients - the importance of ercp as diagnostic and therapeutic procedure.

    Page :AB127

    Peter N. Meier, Tina Nietzschmann, Burkhard Rodeck, Erwin Rambusch, Michael P. Manns

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3566 Endoscopic therapy of biliary and pancreatic disorders in children.

    Page :AB127

    Rungsun Rerknimitr, Stuart Sherman, Evan L. Fogel, Joyce Flueckiger, Anne Kochell, Susan D. Phillips, Benedict M. Devereaux, Glen A. Lehman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3567 Long-term outcome of biliary and pancreatic endoscopic sphincterotomy in adolescents.

    Page :AB128

    Marc F. Catalano, Farhat N. Khan, Shahid H. Sial

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3568 Is endoscopic ultrasound useful during pediatric practice? preliminary report in venezuela.

    Page :AB128

    Ivette Gomez, Rosalba Caruso, Hector Ascarate, Moises Guelrud, Dervis Bandres, Domingo Jaen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3569 Gastric erosions in children: is adenovirus the cause?

    Page :AB128

    Sandeep K. Gupta, Joseph F. Fitzgerald

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3570 Children/adolescents with pancreas divisum and recurrent pancreatitis - endoscopic therapy is safe and efficient.

    Page :AB128

    Peter N. Meier, Tina Nietzschmann, Burkhard Rodeck, Erwin Rambusch, Michael P. Manns

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3571 Preliminary results of a multicenter randomized trial of urgent vs. elective endoscopy in acute nonvariceal upper gi bleeding (ugib).

    Page :AB129

    David J. Bjorkman, Atif Zaman, M. Brian Fennerty, David A. Lieberman, James A. DiSario

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3572 Over utilization of healthcare resources for lowrisk patients with acute, non-variceal upper gi hemorrhage (ugih): a retrospective cohort study.

    Page :AB129

    Gareth S. Dulai, Oei Tommy T, Chang Dong, Gwen Alofaituli, Ian M. Gralnek

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3573 Endoscopic variceal banding compared with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in the prevention of esophageal variceal rebleeding. a randomized trial.

    Page :AB129

    Dirk Domagk, Torsten Kucharzik, Walter L. Heindel, Wolfram Domschke, Josef Menzel

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3574 A prospective study of outcomes in watermelon stomach patients with and without portal hypertension.

    Page :AB130

    Gareth S. Dulai, Gwen Alofaituli, Florence Lam, Kovacs O. Tom, Jutabha Rome, Jensen M. Dennis

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3575 Randomized controlled study of combination epinephrine injection and gold probe compared to gold probe alone for hemostasis of actively bleeding peptic ulcers.

    Page :AB130

    Dennis M. Jensen, James Smith, Thomas J. Savides, Thomas O. Kovacs, Rome Jutabha, Ian M. Gralnek, Gustavo A. Machicado, Florence Lam, Lana Fontana, Susie Cheng, Mary Ellen Jensen, Jeffrey Gornbein

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3576 Randomized, prospective study of bipolar coagulation alone compared to combination epinephrine injection and bipolar coagulation for prevention of rebleeding from ulcers with nonbleeding visible vessels.

    Page :AB130

    Dennis M. Jensen, Thomas O. Kovacs, Rome Jutabha, Ian M. Gralnek, Gustavo A. Machicado, Thomas J. Savides, James Smith, Susie Cheng, Lana Fontana, Florence Lam, Mary Ellen Jensen, Jeffrey Gornbein

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3637 Efficacy of submucosal saline injection in the limitation of colonic thermal injury by electrosurgical devices.

    Page :AB131

    Ian D. Norton, Linan N.Wang, Susan A. Levine, Erik Hofmeister, Lawrence J. Burgart, Ashwin Rumalla, Christopher J. Gostout, Bret T. Petersen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3638 Randomized, prospective trial of endoscopic rubber band ligation compared to bipolar coagulation for bleeding internal hemorrhoids

    Page :AB131

    Rome Jutabha, Dennis M. Jensen, Florence Lam, Mary Ellen Jensen, Gwen Alofaituli

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3639 The effect of magnetic endoscope imaging on colonoscopy performance in experts.

    Page :AB131

    Syed G. Shah, Jim C. Brooker, Christopher B.Williams, Brian P. Saunders, Noriko Suzuki

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3640 Magnetic endoscope imaging & colonoscopy performance in trainees.

    Page :AB132

    Syed G. Shah, Jim C. Brooker, Christopher B.Williams, Brian P. Saunders

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3641 THE PREDICT TRIAL: PREDICTIVE VALUE OF DIMINUTIVE COLONIC ADENOMA TRIAL- INTERIM RESULTS.

    Page :AB132

    Eric J. Ormseth, Javaid Shad, Philip S. Schoenfeld, Christopher Furlong, Walter J. Coyle, Richard Schindler, David Cruess, James A. Butler, Walter J. Kikendall

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3642 YIELD OF COLONOSCOPY FOR ISOLATED PROXIMAL COLONIC DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH RECTAL BLEEDING: A MULTICENTER STUDY OF 2,449 PATIENTS.

    Page :AB132

    Hugh E. Mulcahy, Rig S. Patel, Mohammad A. Eloubeidi, James A. Vaughan, Michael B. Wallace, Alan Barkun, Paul Jowell, Joseph Leung, Eric Libby, Nick Nickl, Stephen Schutz, Peter B. Cotton

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3709 THE QUANTITY OF ESOPHAGEAL EOSINOPHILS, NOT THE LOCATION, IS DIAGNOSTIC OF EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS IN CHILDREN.

    Page :AB133

    Chris A. Liacouras;William J.Wenner

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3710 HIGH RESOLUTION PROBE ENDOSONOGRAPHY IN ALLERGIC ESOPHAGITIS.

    Page :AB133

    Victor L. Fox, Samuel Nurko, Jonathan E. Teitelbaum, Glenn T. Furuta

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3711 PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC PANCREATITIS IN AN ADOLESCENT POPULATION.

    Page :AB133

    Marc F. Catalano, Shahid H. Sial, William E. Maher, Joseph E. Geenen, Walter J. Hogan

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3712 ENDOTHERAPY FOR CHRONIC PANCREATITIS IN CHILDHOOD.

    Page :AB134

    Michel Cremer, Guido Costamagna, Miryam Delhaye, Massimiliano Mutignani, Vincenzo Perri, Jacques Deviere

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3713 SKIN BIOPSY IN APURPURIC AND PREPURPURIC HENOCHSCHONLEIN PURPURA.

    Page :AB134

    Babu C. Bangaru, Robert S. Schacht, Gail Gallo

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3714 SOLITARY COLONIC ULCER ASSOCIATED WITH COAGULATION FACTOR DEFICIENCY.

    Page :AB134

    Victor L. Fox, Samuel Nurko, Maureen M. Jonas, Paul A. Rufo, Ellis J. Neufeld, Donald A. Antonioli

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3718 SMALL CALIBER ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY WITHOUT SEDATION: LESS EXPENSIVE AND LESS TIME CONSUMING THAN CONVENTIONAL ENDOSCOPY.

    Page :AB135

    Adam B. Gorelick, John M. Inadomi, Jeffrey L. Barnett

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3719 LOW YIELD OF SIGNIFICANT PATHOLOGY WHEN COLONOSCOPY IS PERFORMED FOR ISOLATED ABDOMINAL PAIN: A MULTICENTER DATABASE ANALYSIS OF 15,550 PATIENTS.

    Page :AB135

    Hugh E. Mulcahy, Rig S. Patel, Mahesh S. Mokhashi, Linda K. McDaniel, James A. Vaughan, Alan Barkun, Paul Jowell, Joseph Leung, Eric Libby, Nick Nickl, Stephen Schutz, Peter B. Cotton

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3720 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED PREDICTION OF OUTCOME OF LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING - A POTENTIAL TOOL FOR TRIAGE.

    Page :AB135

    A. Das, R. C.Wong, J.A. Gonet, A. Chak, G.S. Cooper, M.V. Sivak

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3721 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK - A TOOL FOR PREDICTING NEED FOR ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH NONVARICEAL UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING.

    Page :AB136

    A. Das, R.C. Wong, J.A. Gonet, D. Haghighi, A. Chak, G.S. Cooper, M.V. Sivak

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3722 Endoscopic ultrasound predictors of long term survival in esophageal carcinoma.

    Page :AB136

    P.R. Pfau, G.G. Ginsberg, R.J. Lew, C.M. Brensinger, Ml Kochman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3723 Quality of life and symptomatic improvement in patients with achalasia: a prospective study.

    Page :AB136

    Kristen Robson, Mohammed S. Zaman, Jonathan Critchlow, Ciaran P. Kelly, Stanley Rosenberg, Ian Gralnek, Tony Lembo

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3796 A controlled study of the effect of midazolam on the hypertensive sphincter of oddi.

    Page :AB137

    Ali Fazel, Frank R. Burton

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3797 Long term outcome of endoscopic therapy for sphincter of oddi dysfunction.

    Page :AB137

    Muzaffar Gill, Martin L. Freeman, Oliver W. Cass

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3798 Randomized controlled trial of minor papilla stenting in pancreas divisum patients with pancreatic-type pain only.

    Page :AB137

    Hassan A. Hassan;William E. Maher, Joseph E. Geenen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3799 Pancreatic sepsis as a late complication of endoscopic pancreatic duct stone removal.

    Page :AB138

    Phyllidia M. Ku, David J. Desilets, Steven F. Nezhad, Robert M. Dy, Brian L. Hanson, Douglas A. Howell

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3800 Pancreatic duct leak in necrotizing pancreatitis role of diagnostic and therapeutic ercp as part of a multi-disciplinary approach.

    Page :AB138

    Richard A. Kozarek, Fouad M. Attia, L.William Traverso, Terrence J. Ball, John J. Brandabur, David J. Patterson, Shirley L. Raltz

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3801 Complete disruption of main pancreatic duct: short and long term results of endoscopic management.

    Page :AB138

    Rungsun Rerknimitr, Stuart Sherman, Evan L. Fogel, Susan D. Phillips, Benedict M. Devereaux, Thomas Howard, James Madura, Anne Kochell, Joyce Flueckiger, Glen A. Lehman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3802 Pancreatic duct leaks: results of endoscopic management.

    Page :AB139

    Rungsun Rerknimitr, Stuart Sherman, Evan L. Fogel, Lois Bucksot, Patty Fay, Lee A. Shelly, Susan D. Phillips, James Madura, Thomas Howard, Glen A. Lehman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3892 How many supervised procedures does it take to become competent in eus?-results of a multicenter three year study.

    Page :AB139

    Brenda J. Hoffman, Michael B.Wallace, Mohammad A. Eloubeidi, Anand V. Sahai, Amitabh Chak, Annette van Velse, Koji Matsuda, Neven Hadzijahic, Rig S. Patel, Robert Etemad, Michael V. Sivak, Robert H. Hawes

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3893 Utility of endosonography and endosonography guided fine needle aspiration in evaluation of cystic pancreatic lesions.

    Page :AB139

    Aboud Affi, Enrique Vazquez-Sequeiros, Ian D. Norton, Jonathan E. Clain, Kenneth K.Wang, Maurits J.Wiersema

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3894 Prospective study of the ability of endoscopic ultrasound to localize duodenal gastrinomas.

    Page :AB139

    Thian L. Tio, Stanley B. Benjamin, Fathia Gibril, Alaa Abou-Saif, Praveen K. Roy, Homayoun Shojamanesh, Richard A. Alexander, Robert T. Jensen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3895 Randomized controlled trial of eus guided fine needle aspiration technique for confirming malignant lymphadenopathy.

    Page :AB140

    Michael B. Wallace, Tim Kennedy, Robert H. Hawes, Mohammad A. Eloubeidi, Robert Etemad, Neven Hadzijahic, Rig S. Patel, Koji Matsuda, David N. Lewin, Annette van Velse, Brenda J. Hoffman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·3896 Eus doppler-guided manometry of esophageal varices.

    Page :AB140

    .J.M. Pontes

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4397 Polyp histology can be predicted by polyp size and site combined with patient age.

    Page :AB140

    Daniel Kulling, Andreas D. Christ, Nidayi Karaaslan, Michael Fried, Peter Bauerfeind

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4461 Randomized, controlled trial of medical therapy compared with endoscopic therapy for prevention of recurrent ulcer hemorrhage in patients with non-bleeding adherent clots.

    Page :AB141

    Dennis M. Jensen, Thomas O. Kovacs, Rome Jutabha, Gustavo A. Machicado, Ian M. Gralnek, Thomas J. Savides, James Smith, Florence Lam, Lana Fontana, Susie Cheng, Mary Ellen Jensen, Gwen Alofaituli

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4462 Lack of effect of hormonal therapy in the prevention of rebleeding from gastrointestinal angiodysplasia: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial.

    Page :AB141

    Felix Junquera, Faust Feu, Michel Papo, Sebastian Videla, Esteban Saperas, Jose Maria Pique, Juan-R. Malagelada

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4463 Routine use of supplemental oxygen prevents recognition of prolonged apnea during endoscopy.

    Page :AB141

    Gregory Zuccaro, F. Radaelli, J. Vargo, B. Morrow, J. Dumot, D. Conwell, S. Shay

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4464 Can the asa grade predict the risk of endoscopic complications?

    Page :AB142

    . Glenn M. Eisen, Pat de Garmo, Rick Brodner, David A. Lieberman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4465 Scheduled vs. as required stent exchanges for malignant biliary obstruction. a prospective randomized study.

    Page :AB142

    Mahesh S. Mokhashi, Elaine Rawls, Paul R. Tarnasky, Rig S. Patel, Howard Tang, K.G. Yeoh, Robert H. Hawes, Peter B. Cotton, John T. Cunningham

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4466 Effectiveness of eus/fna for diagnosing lung cancer in a managed care setting.

    Page :AB142

    Thomas J. Savides, Kenneth Binmoeller, Robert Sarlin, William Sperling, Marvin Weiss, Minh Nguyen, Anthony Perricone

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4467 Wireless endoscopy.

    Page :AB143

    Paul Swain

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4468 A randomized controlled trial comparing botulinum toxin injection to pneumatic dilatation for treatment of achalasia.

    Page :AB143

    Reza Malekzadeh, Javad Milkaeli, Ali Fazel, Ghodratollah Montazeri, Mohammad Yaghoobi, Morteza Khatibian, Reza Ansari, Homayoon Vahedi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4469 Transoral endoscopic suturing for gastroesophageal reflux disease: a multicenter trial.

    Page :AB143

    Charles J. Filipi, Steven A. Edmundowicz, Christopher J. Gostout, Glen A. Lehman, Isaac L. Raijman, Richard I. Rothstein, Greg V. Stiegman, Patrick J. Waring, Sharon A. Sweeney, Ken Dieselman, Donal Dunne

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4470 Endoscopic gastroplasty for gastro-esophageal reflux disease.

    Page :AB144

    Paul Swain, Per-Ola Park, Thomas Kjellin, Feng Gong, Sritharan S. Kadirkamanathan, Mark Appleyard

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4471 Argon plasma coagulation therapy for management of refractory hemorrhagic radiation proctitis.

    Page :AB144

    Sarah Taieb, Alain Rolachon, Jean Claude Cenni, Sylvette Bonvoisin, Jacques Fournet, Jean Pierre Gerard, Louis Descos, Bernard Flourie

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4472 Endoscopic evaluation of hematochezia in persons under age 50.

    Page :AB144

    James D. Lewis, Christopher E. Shih, Daniel Blecker

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4473 Factors predictive of persistent or recurrent colonic diverticular bleeding.

    Page :AB144

    James J. Farrell, Elkan F. Halpern, G. Scott Gazelle, Peter B. Kelsey

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4474 Prognostics factors of death in ischemic colitis.

    Page :AB145

    Amadeu Cr Nunes, Paulo Souto, Pedro Amaro, Bernardino N. Ribeiro, Fernanda Macoas, Albano Rosa, Isidoro Pimenta, Diniz Freitas

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4475 Clinical usefulness of magnifying endoscopic findings and il-7 mrna expression in remission mucosa for the prediction of recurrence of ulcerative colitis.

    Page :AB145

    Yasushi Iwao, Mamoru Watanabe, Nagamu Inoue, Makoto Naganuma, Hanae Takagi, Syunsuke Funakoshi, Akira Okazawa, Kazuto Fukui, Masaru Nakano, Takanori Kanai, Hiromasa Ishii, Toshifumi Hibi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4476 Differential expansion of mucosal t cells in intestinal ulceration tissues of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

    Page :AB145

    Takayuki Matsumoto, Yoshio Jinno, Shiro Nakamura, Yoshinori Sawa, Jun-ichi Hara, Nobuhide Oshitani, Tetsuo Arakawa, Yukio Nishiguchi, Kousei Hirakawa, Haruo Otani, Hiroshi Nagura

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4477 Clinical significance of endoscopic ultrasonography in ulcerative colitis.

    Page :AB145

    Bong Min Ko, Young Koog Cheon, Young Suk Kim, Jin Oh. Kim, Joo Young Cho, Joon Seong Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4478 Endoscopic prediction of early postsurgical recurrence in patients with crohn's disease.

    Page :AB146

    Toshifumi Ashida, Atsuo Maemoto, Takanori Fujiki, Tohru Kohno, Akitoshi Kakisaka, Masaki Taruishi, Mikihiro Fujiya, Fumika Orii, Kaori Fujiya, Jiro Watari, Yusuke Saitoh, Yutaka Kohgo

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4479 Is routine mucosal biopsy of value in patients with diarrhoea and normal colonoscopy in an open access setting?

    Page :AB146

    Ian F. Yusoff, Neville E. Hoffman, Donald G. Ormonde

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4480 Prediction of the clinical course of behcet's colitis according to macroscopic-type classification by colonoscopy.

    Page :AB146

    Joo Sung Kim, Hae Moon, Il Ju Choi, Hyun Chae Jung, In Sung Song, Chung Yong Kim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4481 The colon single-stripe sign: diagnostic implications for ischemic colitis.

    Page :AB146

    Gary R. Zuckerman, Raphael B. Merriman, Chandra Prakash, Ray E. Clouse

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4482 Usefulness of polymerase chain reaction for the differential diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis and crohn's disease.

    Page :AB147

    Kwang Ro Joo, Suk-Kyun Yang, Seung Jae Myung, Gyeong Hoon Kang, Jae Won Choe, Eui-Ryun Park, Ki Nam Shim, Do Ha Kim, Hwoon-Yong Jung, Weon-Seon Hong, Young Il Min

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4483 Argon plasma coagulation is an effective and well tolerated treatment for rectal bleeding due to chronic radiation proctitis.

    Page :AB147

    Mehdi Kaassis, Frederic Oberti, Pascal Burtin, Jean Boyer

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4484 Colonoscopic findings in intestinal behcet's disease.

    Page :AB147

    Won Ho Kim, Chung Ryul Lee, Yong Suk Cho, Jeong Youp Park, Myung Whan Kim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4485 Incidence of depressed colorectal neoplasia in southern brazil.

    Page :AB147

    Claudio Rolim Teixeira, Jorge Muller Griebeler, Eunice Bernardes Tonelotto, Nelson Vieira Coelho, Ronaldo Spinatto Torresini, Carlos Saul, Anis Kurban, Reinaldo Balduino Petter

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4486 Polypectomy of large polyps (= 2 cm): efficacy and safety.

    Page :AB148

    Enrique Vazquez-Sequeiros, Alex Geller, Nurit Geller, Christopher J. Gostout, Mayo Clin

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4487 A novel approach to detecting colorectal cancers: direct identification of histology by magnifying endoscopy.

    Page :AB148

    Shun-ichi Hayashi, Yoichi Ajioka, Yutaka Suzuki, Hajime Takeuchi, Masaki Azumaya, Atuo Nakamura, Masaaki Kobayashi, Terasu Honma, Rintarou Narisawa, Hitoshi Asakura

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4488 Retroflexion in lower gastrointestinal endoscopy.

    Page :AB148

    Shyam S. Varadarajulu, William H. Ramsey

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4489 Patient tolerance of unsedated colonoscopy vs. flexible sigmoidoscopy in colon cancer screening.

    Page :AB149

    Robert Daniel Thomson, Erik W. Springer, Peter B. Anderson

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4490 Small flat colorectal cancer: experience in 870 consecutive colonoscopies.

    Page :AB149

    Noriko Suzuki, Brian P. Saunders, Ian C. Talbot, Ian Tomlinson, Elinor Sawyer, Robyn L. Ward, Jim C. Brooker, Syed G. Shah, Christopher B. Williams

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4491 Use of a shorter wavelength autofluorescence band to separate adenomatous from hyperplastic polyps of the colon.

    Page :AB149

    Bhaskar Banerjee, Sangeeta Agarwal, Brent Miedema, Rodney Perez, Holekere R. Chandrasekhar

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4492 Depressed type early colorectal cancer.

    Page :AB149

    Hiroshi Kashida, Shinichi Nishiuma, Hiroshi Tei, Naoya Kimoto, Toyokazu Fukunaga, Akihiko Okada, Masahiro Hirasa, Yasuyoshi Ibuki, Akio Orino

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4493 Prediction of proximal colonic adenomas in patients with distal colonic polyps found on sigmoidoscopy: a prospective controlled study.

    Page :AB150

    Jae Won Choe, Suk-Kyun Yang, Seung Jae Myung, Sung Ae Jung, Moon Kyung Cho, Suk Gyun Kim, Eui-Ryun Park, Ki-Nam Shim, Do Ha Kim, Hwoon-Yong Jung, Weon-Seon Hong, Young Il Min

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4494 Increased prevalence of colonic adenomatous polyps in patients with acromegaly despite suppression of growth hormone production.

    Page :AB150

    Evangelos A. Akriviadis, Marianthi Tzoiti, John G. Goulis, E. Papadopoulou, Kaliopi Patsiaoura, Avraam Avramidis

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4495 Conventional colonoscopy with indigo carmine spray can distinguish adenomatous from hyperlastic polyps: a prospective study.

    Page :AB150

    Khek Y. Ho, Jimmy So, Kok A. Gwee, Khay G. Yeoh

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4496 Follow-up and laser nd-yag treatment of adenomas in the rectal stump of familial adenomatous polyposis (fap) patients: long term results.

    Page :AB151

    Rita Slim, Thierry Ponchon, Annick Chavaillon, Francoise Desseigne, Adelino Perreira, Jean-Christophe Saurin

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4497 Cyclooxygenase-2 expression in colorectal polyp.

    Page :AB151

    Goo Lee, Hoon jai Chun, Donghoon Kim, Changwoo Lee, Yoontae Jeen, Hongsik Lee, Chiwook Song, Soonho Um, Changduck Kim, Hosang Ryu, Jinhai Hyun, Hankyum Kim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4498 Malignant potential of colorectal flat adenoma.

    Page :AB151

    Won Ho Kim, Jung Hoon Suh, Young Hoon Youn, Yong Han Paik, Yong Suk Cho, Ho Geun Kim, Nam Kyu Kim, Jin Kyung Kang

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4499 Effect of variable stiffness colonoscopes on cecal intubation times for routine colonoscopy in sedated patients.

    Page :AB151

    Douglas K. Rex, B.A. Flamme, D. Heilman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4500 Prevalence and risk factors of advanced colonic adenomas in average-risk population.

    Page :AB152

    Maite Betes, Miguel A. Munoz-Navas, Maite Herraiz, Ramon Angos, Elena Macias, Jose M. Duque, Jose C. Subtil, Susana De La Riva, Jose J. Blanco, Cristina Carretero

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4501 Distribution of advanced and non advanced adenomatous neoplasia in average risk patients with a hemoccult positive stool compared to patients with an abnormal flexible sigmoidoscopy.

    Page :AB152

    Luis A. Arturi, Brian F. Sweeney, Nicholas Conger, Kevin A. Lang, Kevin O'Brien

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4502 Colonoscopic surveillance of patients with a family history of colon cancer and past history of normal colonoscopy: is a 5-year interval between colonoscopies appropriate?

    Page :AB152

    . Roger K. Fincher, Philip S. Schoenfeld, Michael P. Keith, David Cruess

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4503 Prevalence and risk factors for advanced proximal colonic adenomas in average-risk population.

    Page :AB153

    Maite Betes, Miguel A. Martinez, Miguel A. Munoz-Navas, Susana De La Riva, Jose M. Duque, Maite Herraiz, Elena Macias, Ramon Angos, Jose C. Subtil, Elena Santamaria

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4504 Complete chromo-colonoscopy using pressure dye spray is suitable for colorectal cancer screening.

    Page :AB153

    Toshinari Kanamori

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4505 Fecal occult blood testing - are we training medical students and residents well enough?

    Page :AB153

    A. Das, R. C.Wong, M.V. Sivak

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4506 Clinicopathologic characteristics of lateral spreading tumors in colorectum.

    Page :AB154

    Moon Sung Lee, Sang Kyoon Kim, Jin Oh. Kim, Joo Young Cho, Yun Soo Kim, Joon Seong Lee, Chan Sup Shim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4507 Endoscopic ultrasound accurately stages and directs the surgical management of rectal carcinoma.

    Page :AB154

    Won Sohn, Michael Lieberman, Mark Pochapin

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4508 Screening flexible sigmoidoscopy beyond the age of seventy: when to stop?

    Page :AB154

    Brendan H. Levy, Masud Shaukat, Francisco C. Ramirez

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4509 Laser therapy of colorectal cancer:is there a role for photodynamic therapy?

    Page :AB154

    Alan A. Weiss, Yu K. Kim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4510 Endoscopic placement of autoexpandible metallic prostheses as palliative treatment in malignant colorectal stenosis.

    Page :AB155

    Carmen Senent, Maria Vega Catalina, Jose Antonio Carneros, Gema De La Cruz, Sonia Alonso, Alicia Hernandez, Paloma Jimenez, Cecilia G. Asanza, Pedro Menchen, Enrique Cos

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4511 Endoscopic treatment of large colorectal polyps.

    Page :AB155

    Marek J. Doniec, Matthias S. Loehnert, Bernd Kremer, Horst A. Grimm

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4512 Evaluation of the patterns of infiltrating growth and a possibility of the extension of endoscopic treatment in the cases of colon cancer.

    Page :AB155

    Satoru Tamura, Takehisa Tadokoro, Yuichi Yokoyama, Yasushi Matsuura, Saburo Onishi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4513 Usefulness of dennis™ colorectal tube in endoscopic decompression of acute colonic obstruction.

    Page :AB155

    Hideyasu Fujii, Akira Horiuchi, Yasuhide Ochi, Ryugo Okabe, Akio Morikawa, Kouichi Miyazawa

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4514 Characteristics of large flat colorectal tumors (so-called laterally spreading tumors).

    Page :AB156

    Keiko Ishikawa, Shinei Kudo, Horoo Yamano, Yoshiro Tamegai, Yasushi Imai

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4515 The management of submucosal invading carcinoma in colorectal neoplasm.

    Page :AB156

    Hiro-o Yamano, Shin-ei Kudo, Yoshirou Tamegai, Yasushi Imai, Etsuko Kogure, Naoshi Kusaka

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4516 A clinicopathological study of small advanced colorectal carcinomas.

    Page :AB156

    Etsuko Kogure, Shinei Kudo, Yoshirou Tamegai, Hiroo Yamano, Yasushi Imai, Hisashi Kusaka

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4517 Relationship of the pit pattern and threedimensional configuration of isolated crypts in the lesions of colorectal tumors.

    Page :AB156

    Satoru Tamura, Yasuo Furuya, Takehisa Tadokoro, Keijiro Araki, Saburo Onishi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4518 Variable rigidity colonoscopy: a prospective randomized pilot study.

    Page :AB157

    Darius Sorbi, Alan R. Zinsmeister, Lori J. Herman, Mary A. Knipschield, Cathy D. Schleck, Christopher J. Gostout

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4519 Clinical significance of magnifying colonoscopy in superficial-type colorectal lesions.

    Page :AB157

    Moon Sung Lee, Sang Kyoon Kim, Jin Oh. Kim, Joo Young Cho, Yun Soo Kim, Joon Seong Lee, Chan Sup Shim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4520 Usefulness of a pediatric colonoscope for routine colonoscopy in women who have had a hysterectomy.

    Page :AB157

    Rodney A. Perez, Tahira Saifuddin, John B. Marshall

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4521 Clinicopathological features of malignant lymphoma discovered by colonoscopy: an analysis according to the endoscopic classification.

    Page :AB157

    Kwang Ro Joo, Suk-Kyun Yang, Seung Jae Myung, Young Min Kim, Jong Bum Park, Hae Kyung Kim, Jae Won Choe, Do Ha Kim, Hwoon-Yong Jung, Weon-Seon Hong, Young Il Min

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4522 Is high resolution magnifying colonoscope combined with indigo carmine dye scattering useful for diagnosis of the depth of invasion in colorectal tumors?

    Page :AB158

    Hideki Mitooka, Katsurou Sirakawa, Kazuhiko Irie, Ryouichi Kasiwagi, Fumihira Tabata, Takahiro Fujimori

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4523 Usefulness of associating a lower video push enteroscopy with an upper tract enteroscopy in unexplained gastrointestinal bleeding.

    Page :AB158

    Paul Bauret, Faiza Khemissa, Dominique Larrey

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4524 Hemodynamics of esophageal varices observed by three-dimensional endoscopic ultrasonography and selection of endoscopic treatment.

    Page :AB158

    Shinichi Nakamura, Yoko Murata, Yoko Fukasawa, Maiko Kishino, Hiroyuki Konishi, Atsushi Mitsunaga, Shigeru Suzuki, Naoaki Hayashi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4525 Impact of left gastric vein hemodynamics using color doppler eus in the treatment of esophageal varices.

    Page :AB158

    Shoryoku Hino, Hiroshi Kakutani, Keiichi Ikeda, Yujiro Uchiyama, Kazuki Sumiyama, Hiroshi Arakawa, Katsunori Masuda, Hiroaki Suzuki

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4526 The digitally correlated anatomy database as a tool for teaching endosonography of the thorax.

    Page :AB159

    Iqbal S. Sandhu, Mark Powis, Vic M. Spitzer, Karl Reining, Chris Lee, Manoop S. Bhutani, John C. Deutsch

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4527 The role of para-esophageal collateral veins in patients with portal hypertension: eus and liver scintigraphy analysis.

    Page :AB159

    Atsushi Irisawa, Katsutoshi Obara, Ayako Saito, Hitoshi Oyama, Takuto Hikichi, Tsuyoshi Rai, Hideo Shishido, Yukio Sato, Reiji Kasukawa

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4528 Endoscopic ultrasound versus spiral computed tomography in staging locoregional lymphadenopathy in esophageal cancer.

    Page :AB159

    Pr Pfau, Gg Ginsberg, Rj Lew, C. Brensinger, Ml Kochman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4529 Eus t staging of esophageal cancer and outcome after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.

    Page :AB160

    Brian C. Jacobson, Shawn Mallery, Malcolm DeCamp, Raphael Bueno, Steven J. Mentzer, David J. Sugarbaker, Scott J. Swanson, Jacques Van Dam

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4530 Is higher frequency probe nessesary for determining the depth of cancer invasion?

    Page :AB160

    Yoko Murata, Shigeru Suzuki, Maiko Kishino, HIroyuki Konishi, Yoko Hukazawa, Shinichi Nakamura, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Atsushi Mitsunaga, Hiroko Ide, Ken Takasaki

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4531 Has spiral ct replaced the need for eus staging of esophageal carcinoma?

    Page :AB160

    . Michael B. Wallace, Neven Hadzijahic, John Scott, Robert H. Hawes, Mohammad A. Eloubeidi, Robert Etemad, Rig S. Patel, Koji Matsuda, Brenda J. Hoffman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4532 Clinical application of endoscopic ultrasound in portal hypertension: eus can predict variceal recurrence in endoscopically treated patients.

    Page :AB160

    Claudio De Angelis, Patrizia Carucci, Valeria Maglione, Maurizio Fadda, Wilma De Bernardi Venon, Alessandro Repici, Luca Todros, Claudio Barletti, Giorgio Saracco, Mario Rizzetto

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4533 The detection of celiac lymphadenopathy in esopahgeal cancer by endosonography is synonymous with malignant involvement.

    Page :AB161

    Mohamad A. Eloubeidi, Michael B. Wallace, Carolyn E. Reed, Neven Hadzijahic, Annette van Velse, Robert Etemad, Koji Matsuda, Rig S. Patel, Robert H. Hawes, Brenda J. Hoffman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4534 Eus staging pre chemo-radiation in esophageal cancer predicts survival.

    Page :AB161

    Kairasp C. Noshirwani;Walter E. Smalley, Panos Sechopoulos, Howard R. Mertz

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4535 Is endoscopic ultrasound accurate in the restaging of esophageal cancer following chemoradiation?

    Page :AB161

    . John P. Czarnecki, Stuart R. Gordon

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4536 Do collaterals around esophageal wall and perforating veins influence variceal recurrence? - analysis of thirty-three patients by endoscopic ultrasonography-.

    Page :AB161

    Hitoshi Oyama, Atsushi Irisawa, Katsutoshi Obara, Ayako Saito, Takuto Hikichi, Tsuyoshi Rai, Tadayuki Takagi, Goro Shibukawa, Yukio Sato, Reiji Kasukawa

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4537 Collaterals around the esophageal wall; comparison of endoscopic ultrasound imaging and microscopic findings on autopsy.

    Page :AB162

    Atsushi Irisawa, Katsutoshi Obara, Goro Shibukawa, Ayako Saito, Hideo Shishido, Hitoshi Oyama, Takuto Hikichi, Tsuyoshi Rai, Tadayuki Takagi, Yukio Sato, Reiji Kasukawa

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4538 Endosonographic follow-up of upper gi submucosal tumors - does it change management ?

    Page :AB162

    Alexander Meining, Thomas Roesch, Marianne Taffanek, Barbara Kapfer, Reinhard Lorenz, Hans-Dieter Allescher, Meinhard Classen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4539 Is high-frequency ultrasound probe a useful modality for invasion depth diagnosis of early gastric cancers?

    Page :AB162

    Jiro Watari, Kinichi Yokota, Yusuke Saitoh, Tomonobu Satoh, Hiroki Tanabe, Kazumichi Harada, Takeshi Obara, Yutaka Kohgo

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4540 Diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumor using endscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy.

    Page :AB162

    Nobuhiro Ando, Hidemi Goto, Yasumasa Niwa, Yoshiki Hirooka, Shinya Koijima, Tsutomu Hosoi, Makoto Shinkai, Toyohiro Sakata, Yasuro Otsuka, Tetsuo Hayakawa

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4541 Clinical significance of gastritis cystica polyposa and role of endoscopic ultrasonography.

    Page :AB163

    Il K. Chung, Eun J. Kim, Dae J. Kim, Hong S. Kim, Sang H. Park, Moon S. Lee, Moon H. Lee, Sun J. Kim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4542 Endoscopic ultrasonography value in the diagnosis and follow up of the malt gastric lymphoma after helicobacter pylori treatment.

    Page :AB163

    Luis Sabbagh, Oscar Gutierrez, Benedicto Velasco, Albis Hani, Claudia Sanmiguel, Claudia Jaramillo, Gabriel Gomez, Alvaro Caro

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4543 Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration for the diagnosis of the gastrointestinal submucosal tumors.

    Page :AB163

    Kenji Yamao, Kazuhiko Ohashi, Tuneya Nakamura, Takashi Suzuki, Suguru Koshikawa

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4544 Prospective comparison of 22 gauge versus 19 gauge needle for endoscopic ultrasound directed fine needle aspiration of pancreatic masses: does size matter?

    Page :AB163

    Drew B. Schembre, Geoffrey C. Jiranek, Stephen F. Hogan

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4545 Comparison between radial endoscopic ultrasonography and spiral computed tomography in the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic and ampullary tumors.

    Page :AB164

    Fauze Maluf Filho, Marcel Cerqueira Machado, Manoel Rocha, Paulo Sakai, Tereza Garrido, Eduardo Hourneaux Moura, Shinichi Ishioka

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4546 The role of endoscopic ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in the preoperative staging of pancreatic cancer.

    Page :AB164

    Nuzhat A. Ahmad, James D. Lewis, Evan S. Siegelman, Ernest F. Rosato, Gregory G. Ginsberg, Micheal L. Kochman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4547 A novel endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration technique for the diagnosis of malignant cystic lesions of the pancreas.

    Page :AB164

    Mark E. Powis, Phuong T. Nguyen, Kenneth J. Chang

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4548 Role of endosonography guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in pancreatic cysts.

    Page :AB165

    Pierre H. Deprez, Birgit Weynand, Christine Galant, Christine Sempoux

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4549 Clinical routine endosonographic staging of pancreatic cancer: do the results come from other sources of information ?

    Page :AB165

    Alexander Meining, Thomas Roesch, Hans-Jochen Dittler, Joerg-Ruediger Siewert, Meinhard Classen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4550 Endoscopic ultrasound in the preoperative staging of pancreatic cancer.

    Page :AB165

    Nuzhat A. Ahmad, J.D. Lewis, G.G. Gineberg, J.B. Morris, E.F.Rosato;M.L. Kochman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4551 Long-term outcome of 200 patients after endoscopic ultrasound/fine needle aspiration for indeterminate pancreaticobiliary lesions.

    Page :AB165

    Marcia Irene F. Canto, Sergey V. Kantsevoy, Christine L. Smith, Laurie McClelland, Anthony N. Kalloo

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4552 Non contrast helical computed tomography versus endosonography for suspected choledocholithiasis and common bile duct dilation: a prospective comparative study.

    Page :AB166

    Pankaj J. Patel, Mohammed Barawi, Edna Khodadadian, James H. Grendell, Frank G. Gress

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4553 Diagnostic value of eus image texture analysis in pancreatic disease.

    Page :AB166

    Prat Frederic, Lefebvre Francoise, Amichi Ahmed, Zidi Semia, Laugier Pascal, Berger Francoise, Pelletier Gilles, Buffet Catherine

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4554 Visualization of the distal common bile duct by extraductal endoscopic ultrasound using transendoscopic miniprobes.

    Page :AB166

    Hans Seifert, Thomas Schmitt, Christoph F. Dietrich;Wolfgang F. Caspary, Till Wehrmann

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4555 Diagnosis of malignancy in pancreatobiliary lesions: is fnab better than brush cytology?

    Page :AB166

    . Pierre H. Deprez, Christine Galant, Christine Sempoux, Hubert Piessevaux, Birgit Weynand

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4556 Impact of biliary endoprostheses on endosonographic bile duct morphology in obstructive jaundice.

    Page :AB167

    Andrew S. Crawford, Richard A. Erickson

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4557 Usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumors not visualized by other imaging modalities.

    Page :AB167

    .A. Gines, E. Vazquez-Sequeiros, I.D. Norton, J.E. Clain, K. K.Wang, M.J. Wiersema

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4558 Preliminary results of eus guided fine-needle aspiration cytodiagnosis of hilar cholangiocarcinoma.

    Page :AB167

    Annette Fritscher-Ravens, Parupudi V. Sriram, Theodoros Topalidis, Stefan Jaeckle, Frank Thonke, Dieter C. Broering, Nib Soehendra

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4559 Long term follow-up of early chronic pancreatitis diagnosed at endoscopic ultrasonography.

    Page :AB167

    Laurent Heyries, Marc A. Barthet, Louis Buscail, Philippe Pages, Jean Escourrou, Jose Sahel

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4560 Assessment of chronic pancreatitis by using endoscopic ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration cytology compared with ercp and pancreatic function tests.

    Page :AB168

    Stephan H. Hollerbach, Andreas Klamann, Helmut Messmann, Juergen Schoelmerich, Wolff Schmiegel

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4561 Idiopathic liver masses: diagnosis by eus-guided fine needle aspiration.

    Page :AB168

    Marc.F. Catalano, Shahid H. Sial, Joseph E. Geenen, Walter J. Hogan

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4562 Assessment of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in the evaluation of pancreatic masses.

    Page :AB168

    Gavin C. Harewood, Jonathon E. Clain, Kenneth K. Wang, Robert F. Yacavone, Maurits J.Wiersema

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4563 Histogram analysis of parenchymal echogenicity compared to standard criteria for the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis using endoscopic ultrasound: a study on reproducibility.

    Page :AB169

    Maria E. Lopez-Acosta, Alberto A. Farca-Belsaguy

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4564 Endoscopic ultrasound in idiopathic acute pancreatitis.

    Page :AB169

    Manish Tandon, Mark D.Topazian

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4565 Value of preoperative staging for pancreatic masses suspicious of malignancy.

    Page :AB169

    William Mayoral, Gustavo Marino, Claudio R. Tombazzi, Richard S. Zubarik, Firas H. Al-Kawas, Lok T. Tio

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4566 Tumor versus pseudotumor?: a prospective study of factors associated with missed cancers and nondiagnostic eus/fna in patients with pancreaticobilary lesions.

    Page :AB170

    Marcia Irene F. Canto, Sergey V. Kantsevoy, Christine L. Smith, Laurie McClelland, Anthony N. Kalloo

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4567 Evaluation of “equivocal” ct scan/mri of pancreas: another “emerging” indication for endoscopic ultrasound.

    Page :AB170

    Vinod K. Parasher, Manoop S. Bhutani

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4568 Endoscopic ultrasound criteria for chronic pancreatitis in a group of asymptomatic patients: preliminary results of a survey from a country with low prevalence of chronic pancreatitis.

    Page :AB170

    Maria E. Lopez-Acosta, Gonzalo Rodriguez-Vanegas, Alberto A. Farca-Belsaguy

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4569 Accuracy and implications of endoscopic ultrasound staging in pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

    Page :AB170

    Edwardo D. Verzola, Walter E. Smalley, Panos Sechopoulos, Howard R. Mertz

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4570 Yield of eus-guided fine needle aspiration cytology of pancreatic juice for diagnosis of pancreatic malignancy.

    Page :AB171

    Brenna C. Bounds, Martha B. Pitman, William R. Brugge

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4571 Hydrogen peroxide enhanced transanal ultrasound in fistula-in-ano. difference in track between primary and secondary perianal fistula.

    Page :AB171

    Cornelius E. Sloots, Alexander C. Poen, Richelle J. Felt, Miguel A. Cuesta, Stephan G. Meuwissen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4572 The clinical impact of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration in the management of colorectal carcinoma.

    Page :AB171

    Kiranpreet S. Parmar, Declan Fleming, Irving Waxman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4573 Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in the staging of rectal cancer.

    Page :AB171

    Harry H. Park, Phuong T. Nguyen, Quynh Tran, Kenneth J. Chang

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4574 Endoscopic ultrasound restaging of rectal cancer is inaccurate following neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy.

    Page :AB172

    David E. Lin, Arvydas Vanagunas, Steven Stryker

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4575 Disruption of the external anal sphincter by endorectal ultrasonography correlates with maximal squeeze tone in fecal incontinence.

    Page :AB172

    Girish Mishra, Manoop S. Bhutani, Bonnie Pollock, W. Robert Rout, Nell Wade, G. Nicholas Verne

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4576 Diagnosis of anal sphincter defects using flexible upper gi echoendoscopes.

    Page :AB172

    Thomas J. Savides, Spencer Fung, Lynn Weston, Bard Cosman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4577 Physician resource utilization for endoscopic ultrasound vs. ercp.

    Page :AB172

    Deepak V. Gopal, Douglas O. Faigel, Patricia de Garmo

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4578 Evaluation of endoscopic ultrasonography and intraductal ultrasonography for the differential diagnosis of intraductal papillary mucinous tumors of the pancreas.

    Page :AB173

    Kenji Yamao, Kazuhiko Ohashi, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Yasuhiro Shimizu

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4579 Eus doppler-guided manometry of esophageal varices.

    Page :AB173

    .J.M. Pontes, F. Portela, M. Leitao, A. Nunes, A. Cadime, A. Catre, D. Freitas

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4580 Towards consensus in the eus diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis. interobserver agreement among expert endosonographers.

    Page :AB173

    Michael B. Wallace, Robert H. Hawes, Valerie L. Durkaski, Amitab Chak, Shawn Mallery, Marc A. Catalano, Maurits J. Wiersema, Manoop S. Bhutani, Dan Ciaccia, Michael L. Kochman, Frank G. Gress, Brenda J. Hoffman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4581 Usefulness of echo-enhancing agents in endoscopic ultrasound.

    Page :AB173

    Dirk Becker, Deike D. Strobel, Thomas Bernatik, Johannes M. Haensler, Eckhart G. Hahn

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4582 Cost-effectiveness of endoscopic ultrasonography in upper gi submucosal tumors: a prospective multicenter study of the german eus-club.

    Page :AB174

    Alexander Meining, Thomas Roesch, Martin Siess, Anand Sahai, Barbara Kapfer, Kurt Ulm

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4583 Eus fna combined with flow cytometry and immunocytochemistry in the diagnosis of lymphoma.

    Page :AB174

    .A. Ribeiro, E. Vazquez-Sequeiros, J.E. Clain, K.K. Wang, M.J. Wiersema

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4584 Three-dimensional endoscopic ultrasound with a new electromagnetic sensor device: preliminary results.

    Page :AB174

    .J.M. Pontes, A. Catre

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4585 Three-dimensional endoscopic ultrasound with a new electromagnetic sensor device : preliminary results.

    Page :AB174

    .J.M. Pontes, A. Catré

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4586 Duplex doppler endosonography: a new gold standard for the diagnosis of portal vein thrombosis.

    Page :AB175

    Paul Castellani, Christophe Carrere, Emmanuel Debono, Thierry Constant, Marc Giovannini, Yves Patrice le Treut, Andre Gerolami, Andre Gauthier, Danielle Botta-Fridlund

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4587 Eus-guided fine needle aspiration of occult pleural and ascitic fluid suspected of malignant origin.

    Page :AB175

    Marc F. Catalano, Shahid H. Sial, Walter J. Hogan, Rajeev Nayar, Joseph E. Geenen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4588 Endoscopic ultrasound as a first-line diagnostic and staging test after ct in patients with suspected or proven lung cancer: yield in 122 consecutive patients.

    Page :AB175

    Anand V. Sahai, Neven Hadzijahic, Gerard Silvestri, Andrew N. Pearson, Brenda J. Hoffman, Michael B.Wallace, Carolyn E. Reed, Robert H. Hawes

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4589 How much experience is required to correctly interpret eus features of chronic pancreatitis? a multicenter prospective trial of third tier eus trainees compared to a consensus of experts.

    Page :AB176

    Michael B. Wallace, Aboud Affi, Mohammad A. Eloubeidi, Robert Etemad, Angels Gines, Neven Hadzijahic, Koji Matsuda, Rajeen Nayar, Ian D. Norton, Rig S. Patel, Enrique Vasquez-Sequeiros, Brenda J. Hoffman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4590 Management of hypoechoic intramural tumors: a decision tree analysis of eus-directed vs. surgical management.

    Page :AB176

    Nicholas J. Nickl, Sarah Wackerbarth, Frank Gress, Paul Fockens, Steve McClave, Amitabh Chak, Thomas Savides, Thomas Roesch, Svein Odegaard, Marc Catalano, Kenneth Chang, James M. Scheiman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4591 Prospective evaluation of the incremental sensitivity for diagnostic eus-guided fnab.

    Page :AB176

    Dan Ciaccia, Kevin McGrath, Julia Kim, Ben Devereaux, Tom Imperiale, Mohamed Al-Assi, Julia Kiel, John Chappo, Melissa Chriswell, Stuart Sherman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4592 A prospective, multi-center comparison between the relative work of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp) and endoscopic ultrasound (eus)- an american endosonography committee study.

    Page :AB177

    Kenneth J. Chang, Felix A. Angelov, Jennifer A. Coleman, Maurits J. Wiersema, Frank G. Gress, Douglas O. Faigel, Ananya Das, Michael L. Kochman, Marc F. Catalano, Hans Gerdes, Manoop S. Bhutani, John G. Carrougher

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4593 A prospective assessment of complications and patient acceptance of upper gi endoscopic ultrasonography- a multicenter study in 2500 patients.

    Page :AB177

    Thomas Roesch, Vanessa Dennig

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4594 Endoscopic ultrasound and eus-guided fine needle aspiration of pleural effusion.

    Page :AB177

    Mark E. Powis, Phuong T. Nguyen, Kenneth J. Chang

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4595 Acute extraluminal hemorrhage associated with eus fna: frequency and clinical significance.

    Page :AB178

    .A. Affi, E. Vazquez-Sequeiros, I.D. Norton, J.E. Clain, M.J. Wiersema

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4596 The effect of valsalva maneuver on the thoracic duct diameter. an endosonographic study.

    Page :AB178

    .V.K. Parasher, M.S. Bhutani

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4597 Interobserver variation in endosonographic cancer staging better results if endoscopy is included in the assessment.

    Page :AB178

    Alexander Meining, Thomas Roesch, Hans-Jochen Dittler, Reinhard Lorenz;Werner Kauer, Hans-Dieter Allescher, Anette Wolf, Joerg-Ruediger Siewert, Meinhard Classen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4598 Is 3d-eus useful for determination of the depth of cancer invasion in upper gi tract?

    Page :AB179

    Yoko Murata, Shigeru Suzuki, Maiko Kishino, Hiroyuki Konishi, Yoko Fukazawa, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Hidetoshi Oguma, Atsushi Mitsunaga, Youichi Kitamura, Ken Takasaki

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4599 What is the influence of expertise on patients' discomfort during endoscopic ultrasonography and procedure time.

    Page :AB179

    Jacques J. Bergman, Peter Bonta, Maarten Kok, Marco J. Bruno, Guido Nj Tytgat, Paul Fockens

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4600 Can a “hands-on” animal course help in learning endoscopic ultrasound.

    Page :AB179

    Manoop Bhutani, Brenda Hoffman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4601 Three-dimensional endoscopy : better or just nicer than 2 d ?

    Page :AB180

    .J.M. Pontes, A. Catré

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4602 Endoscopic pancreatic sphincterotomy: long-term follow-up.

    Page :AB180

    David J. Desilets, Douglas A. Howell, Eric Elton, Robert M. Dy, Brian L. Hanson

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4603 Spontaneous dislodgment rates of long length, small diameter, “unflanged” pancreatic stents placed partially up the duct.

    Page :AB180

    Evan L. Fogel, Stuart Sherman, Rungsun Rerknimitr, Benedict M. Devereaux, Anne Kochell, Joyce Flueckiger, Glen A. Lehman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4604 Accuracy and importance of endoscopic examination at the time of ercp.

    Page :AB180

    Charles Melbern Wilcox, Wilma Geels

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4605 Comparison of the new rapid exchange technique with standard devices during ercp.

    Page :AB181

    Giuseppe Aliperti, Stan Branch, Richard Geisman, Greg Gibbons, Ian Grimm, Oleh Haluszka, Robert Mackie, Cuong Nguyen, Isaac Raijman, Richard Smith, Tarique Shakoor, Paul Tarnasky

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4606 Endoscopic retrograde implantation of yconfigurated metal stents in the hilus - an effective drainage for malignant hilar stenosis.

    Page :AB181

    Tex Stefan, Hahn Eckhard G, Hochberger Juergen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4607 Nasopancreatic drainage at ercp: techniques and complications.

    Page :AB181

    David J. Desilets, Douglas A. Howell, Eric Elton, Robert M. Dy, Brian L. Hanson

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4608 A randomized comparision of two biliary tissue sampling techniques for the detection of malignant strictures.

    Page :AB182

    Vipul H. Shah, Stavros N. Stavropoulos, Robert Dettmer, Floyd C. Byfield, Neeraj Katriyar, Peter Hr Green, Peter D. Stevens

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4609 Endoscopic treatment of benign strictures using three 10fr homemade tapered pig tail stents for two years and no previous dilation: interval follow-up.

    Page :AB182

    Maria E. Lopez-Acosta, Gonzalo Rodriguez-Vanegas, Washington Rivera, Alberto Farca

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4610 Biliary and pancreatic stent cytology in the diagnosis of pancreatobiliary malignancy.

    Page :AB182

    Benedict M. Devereaux, Stuart Sherman, Susan D. Phillips, Evan L. Fogel, Donato Ciaccia, Glen A. Lehman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4611 Does placement of a small diameter, long length, unflanged pancreatic duct stent reduce the incidence of post-ercp pancreatitis?

    Page :AB182

    . Evan L. Fogel, Benedict M. Devereaux, Rungsun Rerknimitr, Stuart Sherman, Lois Bucksot, Glen A. Lehman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4612 Role of ercp techniques in the management of idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis.

    Page :AB183

    Madhukar Kaw, Dinkar Kaw, G.J. Brodmerkel

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4613 Endoscopic application of photodynamic therapy for cholangiocarcinoma.

    Page :AB183

    Ashwin Rumalla, Todd H. Baron, Kenneth K.Wang

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4614 Is endoscopic balloon dilation for removal of bile duct stones associated with an increased rate of pancreatitis or hyperamylasemia?

    Page :AB183

    Jacques J. Bergman, Anne-Marie Berkel, Marco J. Bruno, Paul Fockens, Erik Aj Rauws, Guido Nj Tytgat, Kees Huibregtse

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4615 Prevention of acute post-ercp pancreatitis with heparin? final results of a prospective study on risk factors for ap.

    Page :AB185

    Thomas Rabenstein, S. Roggenbuck, B. Framke, P. Martus, J. Hochberger, S. Muehldorfer, G. Nusko, E.G. Hahn, H.T. Schneider

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4616 Biliary complications after liver transplantation. long term study over 9 years considering 1,017 liver grafts.

    Page :AB185

    Hassan Abou-Rebyeh, Sven Schmidt, Ronald Raakow, Wilfried Veltzke- Schlieker, Andreas Adler, Bertram Wiedenmann, Peter Wiedenmann, Rainer Eckhard Hintze

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4617 Type of electric current for standard endoscopic sphincterotomy does not determine the type of complication.

    Page :AB185

    Se Joon Lee, Jong Won Song, Jun Pyo Chung, Yukihiro Sato, Yutaka Sekine, Toshihiko Higashizawa, Kenichi Ido, Kentaro Sugano

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4618 Precut papillotomy has a low complication rate in experienced hands: a 6-year retrospective review from a specialist center.

    Page :AB185

    Poonputt Chotiprasidhi, Gail Robuck-Mangum, Malcolm S. Branch, Paul S. Jowell, Katrina L. Swartz, John Baillie

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4619 Hemorrhage after endoscopic sphincterotomy: risk factors and endoscopic managenent - final results of a prospective study.

    Page :AB185

    Thomas Rabenstein, L. Hoepfner, S. Roggenbuck, B. Framke, P. Martus, J. Hochberger, S. Muehldorfer, G. Nusko, E.G. Hahn, H.T. Schneider

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4620 Endoscopic therapy of post-pancreatitic persistent necrosis.

    Page :AB185

    Rainer Eckhard Hintze, Wilfried Veltzke-Schlieker, Hassan Abou-Rebyeh, Andreas Adler, Bertram Wiedenmann

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4621 Alterations in pancreatic ductal morphology following small diameter, long length, unflanged pancreatic duct stent placement.

    Page :AB185

    Evan L. Fogel, Stuart Sherman, Benedict M. Devereaux, Rungsun Rerknimitr, Susan D. Phillips, Glen A. Lehman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4622 The endoscopist is the major risk factor for complications of endoscopc sphincterotomy: final results of a prospective study.

    Page :AB185

    Thomas Rabenstein, S. Roggenbuck, B. Famke, P. Martus, J. Hochberger, S. Muehldorfer, G. Nusko, E.G. Hahn, H.T. Schneider

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4623 Closure of the accessory pancreatic duct is the risk factor for post-diagnostic ercp pancreatitis.

    Page :AB186

    Hitoshi Sano, Hirotaka Ohara, Tamaki Yamada, Takahiro Nakazawa, Hakuji Ando, Shinichi Kajino, Takashi Hashimoto, Soichi Nakamura, Tomoaki Ando, Makoto Itoh, Yasutaka Okayama, Kazuo Goto

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4624 Is eus useful in predicting post-ercp pancreatitis? - an analysis of 509 patients.

    Page :AB186

    Rig S. Patel, Mohammad A. Eloubeidi, Hugh E. Mulcahy, Kenneth M. Payne, John T. Cunningham, Neven Hadzijahic, Robert Etemad, Koji Matsuda, Michael B. Wallace, Peter B. Cotton, Brenda J. Hoffman, Robert H. Hawes

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4625 Endoscopic ultrasound and intraductal ultrasonography are complementary for the management of ampullary tumors.

    Page :AB186

    Bertrand Napoleon, Jean Christophe Saurin, Rosario Albis, Jean Yves Scoazec, Thierry Ponchon, Jacques Fumex, Bertrand Pujol, Jean Alain Chayvialle

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4626 Wire-guided intraductal ultrasound - an adjunct to ercp in the management of common bile duct stones.

    Page :AB186

    .A. Das, G.I. Isenberg, A. Chak, R. Ck Wong, M.V. Sivak

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4627 A multicenter series of mucinous/cystic tumors of the pancreas: ercp findings.

    Page :AB187

    Benedict M. Devereaux, Mark Olsson, Rungsun Rerknimitr, Susan D. Phillips, Glen A. Lehman, Jeffrey L. Barnett, Frank Troiano, John J. Vargo, Michael J. Goldberg

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4628 Intraductal ultrasound combined with ercp: is there a diagnostic advantage in pancreato-biliary disease?

    Page :AB187

    Bernhard Magdeburg, Janek Binek, Jan Borovicka, Christa Meyenberger

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4629 Endoscopic ultrasonography versus endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the evaluation of patients with suspected choledocholithiasis.

    Page :AB187

    Marc F. Catalano, Shahid H. Sial, Joseph E. Geenen, Walter J. Hogan

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4630 Do patients with a low suspicion of biliary and pancreatic disease need mrcp? a prospective study using ercp as gold standard.

    Page :AB188

    Thomas Roesch, Hermann Helmberger, Karin Hellerhoff, Peter Born, Tanja Leban, Nicola Fritz, Sonja Buelau, Thomas Ruell, Paul Gerhardt, Meinhard Classen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4631 Comparison of papillary function between post-est and post-balloon dilation, and the influence on the occurrence of later complication.

    Page :AB188

    Ichiro Yasuda, Eiichi Tomita, Seiji Adachi, Tsuyoshi Mukai, Masamichi Enya, Yoshimune Shiratori, Tomohiro Kato, Hisataka Moriwaki

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4632 Management of gallstone cholangitis in the era of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

    Page :AB188

    Ronnie Tp Poon, Chi-Leung Liu, Chung-Mau Lo, Chi-Ming Lam, Wai-Kei Yuen, Chun Yeung, Sheung-Tat Fan, John Wong

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4633 Endoscopic sphincterotomy for common bile duct stones: long-term follow-up and risk analysis for recurrence.

    Page :AB189

    Guido Costamagna, Andrea Tringali, Massimiliano Mutignani, Vincenzo Perri, Giuseppe Zuccala’

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4634 Ercp, mrcp, iocg or expectant management for suspected cbd stone? a cost-utility analysis.

    Page :AB189

    Patrick I. Okolo, Willis G. Parsons, Ashish Verma

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4635 Post orthotopic liver transplantation choledocholithiasis: endoscopic findings and results.

    Page :AB189

    Rungsun Rerknimitr, Stuart Sherman, Cem Kalayci, Naga Chalasani, Evan L. Fogel, Susan D. Phillips, Benedict M. Devereaux, Lois Bucksot, Lawrence Lumeng, Glen A. Lehman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4636 Single-stage laparoscopic cholecystectomy followed immediately by endoscopic sphincterotomy: experience with 57 patients.

    Page :AB189

    Israel Cemachovic, Jean-Christophe Letard, Georges-Frederic Begin, Didier Rousseau, Jean-Marc Nivet

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4637 Clinical characteristics and predictive factors of recurrent common bile duct stones after clearance of stones with endoscopic sphincterotomy.

    Page :AB190

    Jong Ho Moon, Bong Min Ko;Young Deok Cho, Joon Seong Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4638 Endoscopic papillary balloon dilation in cirrhotic patients for the management of common bile duct stones.

    Page :AB190

    Yutaka Komatsu, Naoki Sasahira, Hiroyuki Isayama, Nobuo Toda, Minoru Tada, Makoto Ohashi, Yasushi Shiratori, Takeshi Tsujino, Ryo Nakata, Tateo Kawase, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4639 The risk factors for the recurrence of primary common bile duct stones after endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy.

    Page :AB190

    Dong Il Kim, Myung Hwan Kim, Sung Koo Lee, Dong Wan Seo;Won Boem Choi, Sang Soo Lee, Hyun Ju Park, Yeon Ho Joo, Byeong Cheol Lim, Kyo Sang Yoo, Hong Ja Kim, Young Il Min

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4640 A prospective randomised controlled trial of prophylactic versus symptomatic plastic stent exchange for palliation of malignant biliary obstruction.

    Page :AB190

    Neil I. McDougall, John Sa Collins, Peter Watson, Brian T. Johnston, Tony Ck Tham

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4641 A new covered biliary wallstent: effectiveness in the palliation of malignant obstruction jaundice, results from a multicentre trial.

    Page :AB191

    Ryan Ponnudurai, Gregory B. Haber, Paul P. Kortan, Alessandro Repici, Gary May, J. Guerra, R. Gordon

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4642 Plastic or metallic stents for inoperable malignant strictures of the common bile duct? results of a randomised prospective study.

    Page :AB191

    Mehdi Kaassis, Pascal Burtin, Jean Boyer, Remi Dumas, Thierry Ponchon, Denis Coumaros, Remi Delcenserie, Jean-Marc Canard, Jacques Fritsch, Jean-Francois Rey

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4643 A prospective randomized study of “covered” vs “uncovered” metallic stent for distal malignant biliary obstruction.

    Page :AB191

    Hiroyuki Isayama, Yutaka Komatsu, Takeshi Tsujino, Nobuo Toda, Minoru Tada, Haruhiko Yoshida, Yasushi Shiratori, Tikuma Hamada, Hisashi Yamada, Kazumi Tagawa, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4644 Immediate and medium-term outcome of snare excision of the ampulla of vater.

    Page :AB191

    Ian D. Norton, Todd H. Baron, Alex Geller, Bret T. Petersen, Maurits J. Wiersema, Christopher J. Gostout

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4645 A prospective, randomized trial of new covered biliary metal stent versus uncovered wallstent for malignant biliary obstruction.

    Page :AB192

    Jeong Hun Suh, Si Young Song, Seung Woo Park, Jae Bock Chung, Jin Kyung Kang

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4646 “bare” versus “polyurethane covered” selfexpandable metallic stent for malignant biliary obstruction.

    Page :AB192

    Motohiro Takasaki, Masahiro Takamatsu, Ryoichi Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Emori, Tsuyako Saito, Sojiro Morita, Yukio Yorimitsu

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4647 Features of malignant biliary obstruction affecting the short-term patency of metallic stents, a multicenter study.

    Page :AB192

    Dong Ki Lee;H.S. Kim, J.W. Kim, H.K. Kim, J.H. Kim, I.H.Roe;Y.S. Moon, S.J. Myung

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4648 The inner lumen of biliary plastic stents may vary considerably independent of outer stent diameter.

    Page :AB192

    Eckart Frimberger, Thomas Roesch, Meinhard Classen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4649 Preliminary results of new covered biliary nitinol stent in patients with malignant obstruction of extrahepatic bile duct (ehd).

    Page :AB193

    Ho Dong Kim, Jin Hong Kim, Byoung Moo Yoo, Kwang Jae Lee, Young Soo Kim, Ki Baik Hahm, Sung Won Cho, Dong Ki Lee, Jong Jae Park, Sang Heum Park, Im Hwan Roe

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4650 Comparative studies of covered and non-covered expandable metallic stents in autopsy cases with inoperable malignant biliary duct strictures.

    Page :AB193

    Keiji Hanada, Fumiaki Hino, Hajime Amano, Yoshiko Murakami, Akira Hiramatsu, Makoto Obayashi, Shuji Yonehara

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4651 Palliation of malignant bile duct obstruction with the diamond stent®: a prospective, multicenter evaluation.

    Page :AB193

    Arnulf Ferlitsch, Tanja Leban, Peter Born, Thomas Roesch, Jean N. Dumonceau, Jacque Deviere, Franz Pfeffel, Christian Oesterreicher, Alfred Gangl, Rainer Schoefl

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4652 The effectiveness of preoperative drainage for malignant biliary obstruction.

    Page :AB193

    Yunju Cho, Hosoon Choi, Joonsoo Hahm, Ohyoung Lee, Dongsoo Han, Byoengchul Yool, Minho Lee, Choonsuk Kee, Kyungnam Park

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4653 Comparing the treatment outcomes of biliary plastic stent placement without and with endoscopic sphincterotomy for inoperable malignant common bile duct obstruction.

    Page :AB194

    Pietro Di Giorgio, Leonardo De Luca, Giuseppe Rivellini, Roberto Cassandro, Bruno De Luca

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4654 Biliary tube stents without sideholes and expandable metallic stents equally relieve middle and lower biliary tracts.

    Page :AB194

    Soichi Nakamura, Hirotaka Ohara, Tamaki Yamada, Takahiro Nakazawa, Hakuji Ando, Hitoshi Sano, Shinichi Kajino, Takashi Hashimoto, Tomoaki Ando, Makoto Itoh

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4655 Preliminary results of the new membrane covered self-expandable nitinol biliary metal stent.

    Page :AB194

    Chan Sup Shim;Young Koog Cheon, Jong Ho Moon;Young Deok Cho, Moon Sung Lee

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4656 Plastic stent or diamond metal stent for malignant biliary obstruction. a comparison of stent patency and survival.

    Page :AB194

    Oliver Adams, Martin Hahn, Ralf Kiesslich, Michael Jung

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4657 Clinical impact of an optimal biliary drainage in patients with obstructive liver metastases.

    Page :AB195

    Jean-Luc Van Laethem, Sebastien Debroux, Jacques Deviere

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4658 Uncoated spiral z-stents for malignant biliary obstruction: initial experience with endoscopic placement.

    Page :AB195

    Douglas A. Howell, David J. Desilets, Robert M. Dy, Steven F. Nezhad, Phyllidia M. Ku

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4659 Is dilation really necessary before stenting in malignant biliary strictures?

    Page :AB195

    Javier Jimenez-Perez, Gabriela Pastor, Rosario Aznarez, Juan Vila, Inmaculada Elizalde, Fernando Borda

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4660 Patients with clinically suspected sphincter of oddi dysfunction are more likely to have pancreatic sphincter hypertension if pancreatic ductography is abnormal.

    Page :AB195

    Rig S. Patel, Hugh E. Mulcahy, John T. Cunningham, Kenneth M. Payne, Peter B. Cotton, Robert H. Hawes

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4661 Do pancreatic features identified with endoscopic ultrasound correlate with sphincter of oddi manometry in patients with clinically suspected sphincter of oddi dysfunction? an evaluation of 462 patients.

    Page :AB196

    Rig S. Patel, Mohammad A. Eloubeidi, Hugh E. Mulcahy, John T. Cunningham, Michael B. Wallace, Kenneth M. Payne, Neven Hadzijahic, Robert Etemad, Koji Matsuda, Brenda J. Hoffman, Peter B. Cotton, Robert H. Hawes

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4662 Octreotide reduces sphincter pressure in sphincter of oddi dysfunction: further support for selective denervation of the sphincter.

    Page :AB196

    Ali Fazel, S. Cy Li, Frank R. Burton

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4663 Pancreatic sphincterotomy improves symptoms in patients with pancreatic sphincter hypertension persisting after biliary sphincterotomy.

    Page :AB196

    Rig S. Patel, Mahesh S. Mokhashi, Hugh E. Mulcahy, Paul R. Tarnasky, John T. Cunningham, Kenneth M. Payne, Peter B. Cotton, Robert H. Hawes

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4664 Sphincter of oddi manometry and endoscopic sphincterotomy in patients with pancreatitis of unknown etiology: a long-term study and results in a tertiary referral center.

    Page :AB196

    William Mayoral, Gustavo Marino, Claudio R. Tombazzi, Hisham I. Sallout, Firas H. Al-Kawas

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4665 Secretin-stimulated functional mrcp: correlation with sphincter of oddi manometry.

    Page :AB197

    Benedict M. Devereaux, Evan L. Fogel, Alex Aisen, Stephen Stockberger, Reid Ness, Glen A. Lehman, Stuart Sherman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4666 Influence of cholangiography on biliary sphincter of oddi manometric parameters.

    Page :AB197

    Ursula Blaut, Lois Bucksot, Lee A. Shelly, Anne Kochell, Stuart Sherman, Evan L. Fogel, Glen A. Lehman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4667 Sf-12 analysis of patients with suspected sod dysfunction.

    Page :AB197

    Michelle A. Anderson, Jeffrey L. Barnett, William D. Chey, Grace H. Elta

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4668 Is magnetic resonance cholangio-pancreatography with cholecystokinin useful in identifying patients with sphincter of oddi dysfunction?

    Page :AB198

    . Rig S. Patel, Joshua Farber, Hugh E. Mulcahy, Russell L. Derrick, Kenneth M. Payne, John T. Cunningham, Peter B. Cotton, Robert H. Hawes

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4669 Endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy in patients with post cholecystectomy pain and sphincter of oddi dysfunction: an effective and long lasting therapy.

    Page :AB198

    William Mayoral, Claudio R. Tombazzi, Gustavo A. Marino, Stanley B. Benjamin, Hisham I. Sallout, Firas H. Al-Kawas

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4670 Endoscopic therapy in 207 bile leaks: validation of a treatment strategy.

    Page :AB198

    Gurpal S. Sandha, Michael J. Bourke, Gregory B. Haber, Paul P. Kortan, Christine Ross, Donald G. Ormonde, Ryan Ponnudurai, Roland Ter, Wellesley Site (SMH)

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4671 A randomized clinical trial comparing ercp and mrcp in an effectiveness setting.

    Page :AB199

    Joseph Romagnuolo, Alan N. Barkun, Lawrence Joseph, Caroline Reinhold, Jeffrey S. Barkun

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4672 Endoscopic siphon drainage of massive traumatic biliary and pancreatic fistulas.

    Page :AB199

    John M. Poneros, Peter B. Kelsey

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4673 Results of endoscopic management of biliary stricture after orthotopic liver transplantation.

    Page :AB199

    Rungsun Rerknimitr, Stuart Sherman, Cem Kalayci, Evan L. Fogel, Paul Y. Kwo, Naga Chalasani, Susan D. Phillips, Anne Kochell, Glen A. Lehman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4674 Endoscopic management of biliary complications in 369 liver transplant recipients.

    Page :AB200

    Shea O. Ross, Stephen T. Amann, Christopher E. Forsmark

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4675 Periampullary choledochoduodenal fistula: indication for endoscopic sphincterotomy?

    Page :AB200

    Takao Ohtsuka, Masao Tanaka, Ken Inoue, Toshinaga Nabae, Kazunori Yokohata

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4676 Therapeutic ercp in outpatients: a series of 530 consecutive cases.

    Page :AB200

    Nelson Vieira Coelho, Julio Pereira-Lima, Claudio Rolim Teixeira, Ronaldo Spinatto Torresini, Rosane Cirne

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4677 Endoscopic treatment of 64 patients with mirizzi`s syndrome.

    Page :AB200

    Uwe Seitz, Erik Debes, Sabine Bohnacker, Christian Weise, Parupudi Vj Sriram, Frank Thonke, Stefan Jaeckle, Nib Soehendra

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4678 Management of gallstone pancreatitis: cholecystectomy or ercp and endoscopic sphincterotomy.

    Page :AB201

    Madhukar Kaw, Praveena Kaw

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4679 Mother and baby cholangioscopy. a single centre experience, indications and limitations.

    Page :AB201

    Andrew P. Chilton, Ian A. Fraser, Chukka U. Nwokolo, Duncan E. Loft

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4680 Reversibility of kupffer cells dysfunction in rats with obstructive jaundic: phagocytic function and production of reactive oxygen species evaluated by flow cytometry.

    Page :AB201

    Wen Li, Billy Cs Leung, James Yw Lau, Enders Kw Ng, Angus Cw Chan, Sydney Sc Chung

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4681 Endoscopic management of psc patients suffering from dominant bile duct strictures.

    Page :AB201

    Hassan Abou-Rebyeh, Tarek Sabha, Wilfried Veltzke-Schlieker, Andreas Adler, Bertram Wiedenmann, Rainer Eckhard Hintze

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4682 Post orthotopic liver transplantation bile leak: results of endoscopic management.

    Page :AB202

    Rungsun Rerknimitr, Cem Kalayci, Stuart Sherman, Pallavi Patel, Paul Y. Kwo, Joyce Flueckiger, Evan L. Fogel, Lawrence Lumeng, Glen A. Lehman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4683 Acute cholangitis: pathogens and antibiotic therapy.

    Page :AB202

    Colin Rodgers, Anne C. Loughrey, Tony Ck Tham

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4684 Why is ercp performed? results of a national consortium.

    Page :AB202

    Glenn M. Eisen, Nimish B. Vakil, Pat de Garmo, Rick Brodner, John F. Johanson, David A. Lieberman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4685 Comparison of egd with biliary drainage and cholesterol crystal analysis to cck-hida scan in the diagnosis of acalculous biliary colic.

    Page :AB202

    Anuj P. Manocha, Deneen Finnell, Patricia Hart, Jane Lester, Jody Preston

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4686 Endoscopic injection of botulinum toxin for patients with acute recurrent pancreatitis due to pancreatic sphincter of oddi dysfunction.

    Page :AB203

    Till Wehrmann, Thomas Schmitt, Hans Seifert

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4687 Pancreatic duct stent therapy for “smoldering” pancreatitis.

    Page :AB203

    Michael J. Levy, Joseph E. Geenen, Marc F. Catalano, Michael J. Schmalz, Dan J. Geenen, Walter J. Hogan

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4688 Minor papilla stent therapy in patients with symptomatic pancreas divisum: indications, efficacy and long-term outcome.

    Page :AB203

    Marc F. Catalano, Shahid H. Sial, Joseph E. Geenen, Walter J. Hogan

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4689 Dorsal duct stenting and endoscopic sphincterotomy of the minor papilla in pancreas divisum.

    Page :AB203

    Laurent Heyries, Marc Barthet, Claude Delvasto, Jean-Paul Bernard, Jose Sahel

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4692 Recalcitrant pancreatic duct stones: successful removal following mechanical lithotripsy.

    Page :AB205

    Marc F. Catalano, Shahid H. Sial, Walter J. Hogan, Joseph E. Geenen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4690 Can response to stent placement help to select patients for operative management in chronic pancreatitis?

    Page :AB205

    . Shylaja Sreekumar, Russell D. Brown, Antonios D. Sapounas, Daniel Resnick, Bennett Pastika, Rama P. Venu

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4691 Shock wave lithotripsy with a piezo-electric lithotriptor in the management of chronic pancreatitis.

    Page :AB205

    Jean-Francois Codoul, Laurent Heyries, Jean-Paul Bernard, Marc A. Barthet, Jose Sahel

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4693 Self-expandable wallstents for distal common bile duct strictures in chronic pancreatitis: follow-up and clinical outcome of 15 patients.

    Page :AB205

    David J. van Westerloo, Marco J. Bruno, Jacques J. Bergman, Brenda van de Heisteeg, Erik A. Rauws, Guido N. Tytgat, Kees Huibregtse

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4694 Acute pancreatitis associated with hiv-infection: incidence and predictors of severity.

    Page :AB205

    Ian Gan, Gary May, Robert Enns

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4695 The frequency of altered duct morphology and natural history of patients following appropriate pancreatic duct stent management.

    Page :AB206

    Thangam Venkatesan, Mark D. Prince, Ajmal Hameed, Lehel Somogyi, Lawrence K. Gates, Charles D. Ulrich, Stephen P. Martin

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4696 Role of endosonography for endoscopic therapy of pancreatic pseudocysts. results of a prospective study.

    Page :AB206

    Horst A. Grimm, Marek J. Doniec, Klaus R. Kuemmel, Doris H. Henne- Bruns

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4697 Endoscopic therapy of symptomatic pancreatic pseudocysts: efficacy, safety, and long-term outcome.

    Page :AB206

    Marc F. Catalano, Shahid H. Sial, Rajeev Nayar, William E. Maher, Walter J. Hogan, Joseph E. Geenen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4698 Endoscopic intracystic treatment of pancreatic pseudocysts: a possible innovative technique in their management?

    Page :AB206

    Steven Am De Coninck, Jo Gp Vandervoort, Michel Ep Ferrante, Els Troost, Jos Je Vanstiphout, Pieter Van der Spek, Marc De Man, Martine M. De Troyer, Luc Lepoutre

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4699 Malignant intraductal papillary mucinous tumors of the pancreas: prognostic factors after surgery.

    Page :AB207

    .F. Maire, P. Hammel, B. Terris, P. Rufat, F. Paye, C. Partensky, E. Cuillerier, M. Barthet, J. Sahel, P. Bernades, J. Belghiti, P. Ruszniewski

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4700 Intraductal tissue sampling in mucin-secreting and cystic tumors of the pancreas - a multicenter series.

    Page :AB207

    Benedict M. Devereaux, Kevin P. Block, Grace H. Elta, Douglas A. Howell, James Madura, Donato Ciaccia, Stuart Sherman, Cem Kalayci, Joseph E. Geenen, Marc F. Catalano

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4701 A randomized trial comparing a clinical pathway versus usual care for patients with non-low risk upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

    Page :AB207

    James R. Dyer, Glenn L. Alexander, Giles R. Locke, Rita K. Balm

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4702 National survey of management in peptic ulcer hemorrhage.

    Page :AB208

    Monique E. Leerdam, Erik A. Rauws, Alfons A. Geraedts, Guido N. Tytgat

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4703 Effectiveness of endoscopy in critically ill patients with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

    Page :AB208

    Amitabh Chak, Gregory S. Cooper, Lynne E. Lloyd, Charlene Kolz, Barbara Barnhart, Richard C. Wong

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4704 Risk factors for early rebleeding after initial endoscopic hemostasis in patients with bleeding peptic ulcers.

    Page :AB208

    Ho Gak Kim, Jeong Ki Park, Ye Dal Jung, Jong Suk Bae, Chang Hyeong Lee, Jung Dong Bae

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4705 Endoscopic treatment of gastric angiodysplasia with elastic band ligation. short and long-term results in 22 patients.

    Page :AB208

    Enric Brullet, Manel Alcantara, Agusti Panades

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4706 The rockall score is a useful prognostic tool in gastroduodenal ulcer haemorrhage.

    Page :AB209

    Alberto Merighi, Lorenzo Camellini, Francesco Azzolini, Antonella Scarcelli, Claudia Cremonini, Gianpiero Rigo

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4707 The use of cyanoacrylate glue as a second line treatment in endoscopic ulcer hemostasis.

    Page :AB209

    Chris Shearer, Neville Menezes, C. Ross Carter, Robert C. Stuart

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4708 Immunological rapid urease test-a new diagnostic system for detecting helicobacter pylori-.

    Page :AB209

    Tadashi Sato, Masayuki A. Fujino, Yuichiro Kojima, Fumiaki Kitahara, Toshiya Nakamura, Katsuhiro Kubo, Atsuro Morozumi, Michihiro Nakamura, Hidehiro Hosaka

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4709 Effect of h. pylori eradication on gastric acid secretion and acid gastro-esophageal reflux in gastric ulcer.

    Page :AB209

    Toshihiko Hayakawa, Hiroshi Kaneko, Akihito Kasahara, Toshihiro Konagaya, Kazuo Kusugami, Terunori Mitsuma

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4710 Primary chronic-active gastritis in children: what is the role of h pylori?

    Page :AB210

    . Yunn-Yi Chen, Roberto Gugig, Linda Ferrell, Melvin B. Heyman, John D. Snyder

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4711 Effect of helicobacter pylori eradication on the evolution of gastric epithelial dysplasia.

    Page :AB210

    Gianluca Bersani, Angelo Rossi, Giorgio Ricci, Gianfranco De Fabritiis, Vittorio Alvisi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4712 Seasonal variation in the incidence of upper gi bleeding.

    Page :AB210

    Rafal Sadurski, Michael B. Wallace, Alan Barkun, Paul Jowell, Joseph Leung, Eric Libby, Nick Nickl, Stephen Schutz, Peter B. Cotton

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4713 Relationship between endoscopic findings of squamocolumnar junction and corpus gastritis.

    Page :AB211

    Hiroshige Hamada, Ken Haruma, Mitsuhiro Mihara, Tomoari Kamada, Soichiro Kido, Nobuaki Hattori, Noriaki Manabe, Yasuhiko Kitadai, Shinji Tanaka, Masaharu Yoshihara, Koji Sumii, Goro Kajiyama

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4714 Where is the best endoscopic biopsy site to detect the helicobacter pylorion the gastric mucosa more accurately? (prospective study.)

    Page :AB211

    Myung-In Lee, Im-Hwan Roe

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4715 Significance of pretreatment δ¹³co₂as predictor of success for h. pylorieradication - comparison of the efficacy of oac 7, 10, 14 days regimen.

    Page :AB211

    Chang Don Kang, Hoon Jae Chun, Byung Won Hur, Yoon Tae Jeen, Hong Sik Lee, Chi Wook Song, Soon Ho Um, Sang Woo Lee, Jae Hyun Choi, Chang Duk Kim, Ho Sang Ryu, Jin Hae Hyun

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4716 Prospective evaluation of the effect of blood on rapid urease testing.

    Page :AB212

    Carlos Rollhauser, Cesar Rosellini, Alejandro Rossini, Daniel Camps, Silvia Bertola

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4717 Features characterized the patients with asymptomatic peptic ulcer.

    Page :AB212

    Ching-Liang Lu, Shen-Shong Chang, Full-Young Chang, Shou-Dong Lee

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4718 Clinical studies of 13c-urea breath test in korea.

    Page :AB212

    Goo Lee, Changwoo Lee, Hoonjai Chun, Yoontae Jeen, Hongsik Lee, Chiwook Song, Soonho Um, Sangwoo Lee, Jaihyun Choi, Changduck Kim, Hosang Ryu, Jinhai Hyun

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4719 Helicobacter pyloriin solid organ transplant patients: is the incidence and association with peptic ulcer disease different from the general population?

    Page :AB212

    . Christina Li, Brian J. Dunkin, Susan K. Keay, Eugene Cho, Peter S. Liao, Stephen T. Bartlett, Bruce Jarrell, John L. Flowers

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4720 Endoscopic and histological features of gastric erosion after helicobacter pylorieradication.

    Page :AB213

    Kazumasa Miyake, Choitsu Sakamoto, Tetsuro Hiratsuka, Kei Shinoki, Seiji Futagami, Ken Wada, Taku Tsukui, Masafumi Kobayashi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4721 Long-term follow-up results of endoscopic mucosal resection for early gastric cancer and gastric flat adenoma.

    Page :AB213

    Young Koog Cheon, Chang Beom Ryu, Bong Min Ko, Young Seok Kim, Su Jin Hong, Joo Young Cho, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim, Chan Sup Shim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4722 Endoscopic mucosal resection for treatment of early gastric cancer.

    Page :AB213

    Hitoshi Gene Kondo, Hiroyuki Ono, Takuji Gotoda, Hajime Yamaguchi, Daizo Saito, Shigeaki Yoshida

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4723 Long-term outcome of endoscopic mucosal resection for early gastric cancer.

    Page :AB213

    Noriya Uedo, Hiroyasu Iishi, Masaharu Tatsuta, Hiroyuki Yano, Hiroyuki Narahara, Seishiro Mimura, Toru Otani, Shingo Ishiguro, Wakiko Ajiki, Hideaki Tsukuma

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4724 Pyloric gland adenoma: a very rare lesion?

    Page :AB214

    Michael W. Vieth, Franz Borchard, Manfred Stolte

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4725 Preneoplastic gastric lesions in a population with high incidence of gastric cancer: a cross-sectional study.

    Page :AB214

    Gianluca Bersani, Giorgio Ricci, Angelo Rossi, Gianfranco DeFabritiis, Francesco Santilli, Vittorio Alvisi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4726 Indication of endoscopic mucosal resection for early gastric cancer of undifferentiated type.

    Page :AB214

    Ichiro Oda, Takuji Gotoda, Kyuji Tamura, Hiroyuki Ono, Hitoshi Kondo, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Takahiro Kozo, Hajime Yamaguchi, Daizo Saito, Tadakazu Shimoda

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4727 Reassessment of usefulness of eus in differentiation of benign and malignant gastric stromal tumors which were diagnosed according to pathologic guidelines of ackerman's surgical pathology.

    Page :AB215

    ByungWon Hur, HoonJae Chun, ChangDon Kang, JungWhan Lee;YoonTae Jeen, ChiWook Song, SoonHo Um, SangWoo Lee, ChangDuk Kim, HoSang Ryu, JinHai Hyun, YangSuk Chae

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4728 Classification of gastric stromal tumor according to immunohistochemical phenotype.

    Page :AB215

    ByungWon Hur, HoonJae Chun, ChangDon Kang, JungWhan Lee;YoonTae Jeen, ChiWook Song, SoonHo Um, JaeHyun Choi, ChangDuk Kim, HoSang Ryu, JinHai Hyun, YangSuk Chae

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4729 Implantation of self-expandable metal stents as a palliative treatment of malignant gastric outlet and duodenal obstructions.

    Page :AB215

    Harald Matthes, Christoph Janiszewski

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4730 Antibiotic prophylaxis in percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in patients with malignant tumors.

    Page :AB216

    Max Bittinger, Juergen Barnert, Andreas Probst, Werner Schmidbaur, Martin Wienbeck

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4731 Comparison between nasogastric tube feeding and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for patients with dysphagia; a prospective,randomized long term control study.

    Page :AB216

    Hirofumi Miyoshi, Akemi Masuda, Shigeki Ushikubo, Takahiro Yokoyama, Noriaki Matsuo, Masahiro Nishida, Katsumi Date, Toshimitsu Harima, Yoshiko Sameshima

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4732 Attitudes of family practitioners to percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies in the community.

    Page :AB216

    April Heaney, Tony Ck Tham

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4733 Outcome of long term home enteral nutrition in patients with malignant dysphagia.

    Page :AB216

    Mark A. Schattner, Rafael Barrera, Faye Scott, Ofelia Quesada, Patricia Brown, Moshe Shike

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4734 Endoscopists' perspective on percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement.

    Page :AB217

    Sean R. Lacey, Elizabeth O'Toole, Richard C. Wong, Gregory S. Cooper, Stuart Youngner

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4735 Direct pej vs. transgastric pej for jejunal feeding: a retrospective analysis.

    Page :AB217

    Ashwin Rumalla, Todd H. Baron, Robert F. Yacavone, Adele K. Neven

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4736 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and tumor seeding: an emerging complication of the pull technique in patients with head and neck cancer.

    Page :AB217

    Imad M. Nakshabendi, Jay J. Mamel, Patrick G. Brady, Martin E. Maldonado, Margaret B. Cass-Garcia, Div Dig Dis & Nutr

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4737 Outcome of direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tube placement for nutritional support in critically-ill, mechanically ventilated patients.

    Page :AB218

    Mark A. Schattner, Seth J. Richter, Rafael Barrera, Samuel Adeyeye, Michael Ahdoot, Alan Ahdoot, Moshe Shike

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4738 Evaluation of quality of life in the palliative treatment with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy of intestinal occlusion caused by gynecological tumors.

    Page :AB218

    Renato Cannizzaro, Maria A. Annunziata, Elio Campagnutta, Nadia Dal Bo’, Giovanni De Piero, Ettore Bidoli, Roberto Sigon, Barbara Piani, Carlo Scarabelli

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4739 Removal of peg-tubes by cutting-the-tube: shortand long-term complications.

    Page :AB218

    Dieter Schwab, Winfried Melzner, Steffen M. Muehldorfer, Eckhart G. Hahn

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4740 The mucosal clip assisted method for the placement of percutaneously placed jejunal enteral tubes is safe and effective.

    Page :AB218

    Jose M. Nieto, John R. Evans, Meghel Parikh, Daniel Leckemby

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4741 Outcome after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in patients with bulbar and spinal amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Page :AB219

    Etta Finocchiaro, Rosalba Galletti, Adriano Chio’, Marina Rivetti, Maurizio Fadda, Claudio De Angelis, Claudio Barletti, Alessandro Musso, Patrizia Carucci, Wilma Debernardi, Giorgio Saracco

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4742 Technique and outcome of percutaneous endoscopic enterostomy after total gastrectomy.

    Page :AB219

    Teruyuki Usuba, Yutaka Suzuki, Yoshio Ishibashi, Nobuo Omura, Fumiaki Yano, Hideyuki Kashiwagi, Nobuyoshi Hanyu, Hiroaki Suzuki, Teruaki Aoki

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4743 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding tubes in huntington's disease.

    Page :AB219

    Sushma Saksena, Stephanie White, Sue Clark, A. Torrance, Pat Bottrill, Margaret Atkins, Lynn Davison, W. Barker, Ken Matthewson

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4744 Endoscopic small intestine biopsy: comparison of two techniques.

    Page :AB219

    Rafael Amaro, Jack Lubin, Jamie S. Barkin

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4745 Clinical impact of push-enteroscopy:prospective study.

    Page :AB220

    Emmanuel Cuillerier, Bruno Landi, Christelle Flobert, Alexis Bezet, Philippe Marteau, Jean-Philippe Barbier, Christophe Cellier

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4746 A new method of enteroscopy.

    Page :AB220

    Hironori Yamamoto, Paulo Sakai, Shinichi Ishioka, Celso Oliveira, Joaquim J. Gama-Rodrigues, James C. Reynolds

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4747 Diagnostic yield of push-enterostomy in nonbleeding intestinal disorders.

    Page :AB220

    Andre Van Gossum, Alain Schmit, Robert Jagodzinski, Michael Adler, Jacques Deviere, Mahmoud Ghandour

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4748 Diagnostic efficacy of push - enteroscopy in occulted or overted reccurent bleeding of gastrointestinal tract.

    Page :AB220

    Vassilios C. Delis, Vassilios E. Balatsos, Vassilios C. Vamvakousis, Panagiotis P. Kassapidis, Anastasios C. Konstantinidis, Athanassios S. Hatzinicolaou, Philip P. Georgopoulos, Nikolaos P. Skandalis

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4749 Endoscopic versus surgical palliation of malignant gastric outlet obstruction: a retrospective analysis.

    Page :AB221

    Bradley M. Webb, Todd H. Baron, Robert F. Yacavone, Munford R. Yates

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4750 Efficacy of n-butyl 2-cyanoacrylate injection therapy for gastric variceal bleeding and the factors related to its clinical outcome.

    Page :AB221

    Sang-Woo Kim, In-Sik Chung, Ho-Jin Song, Joon-Ho Wang, Kang-Moon Lee, Dong-Soo Lee, Sung-Soo Kim;Young-Sang Yang, Jae-Kwang Kim, Sok- Won Han, Doo-Ho Park

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4751 Management of malignant duodenal strictures caused by pancreatic carcinoma with expandable stents.

    Page :AB221

    Marc F. Catalano, Shahid H. Sial, Joseph E. Geenen, Walter J. Hogan

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4752 Prospective evaluation of different endoscopic biopsy sites in the detection of graft-versus-host disease.

    Page :AB222

    Aniq Shaikh, Dominico Coppola, Imad Nakshabendi, Steven Goldstein, James S. Barthel

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4753 Through-the-scope stent for palliation of malignant stenoses of upper gastrointestinal tract beyond the esophagus: long-term results.

    Page :AB222

    Jin Hong Kim, Byung Moo Yoo, Kwang Jae Lee, Ki Baik Hahm, Sung Won Cho

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4754 The role of esophagogastroduodenoscopy in diagnosing opportunistic upper gastrointestinal infection in the solid organ transplant recipient.

    Page :AB222

    Christina Li, Brian J. Dunkin, Susan K. Keay, Eugene Cho, Debora Evans, Stephen T. Bartlett, Peter S. Liao, Bruce E. Jarrell, John L. Flowers

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4755 The clinical courses of long followed up gastric malt lymphoma.

    Page :AB222

    Takahiro Kozu, Hiroyuki Ono, Daizo Saito, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Ichiro Oda

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4756 Eus can supply information of clinical usefulness and prognostic value in evaluating patients with portal hypertension (ph).

    Page :AB223

    Claudio De Angelis, Valeria Maglione, Patrizia Carucci, Maurizio Fadda, Wilma De Bernardi Venon, Alessandro Repici, Luca Todros, Claudio Barletti, Giorgio Saracco, Mario Rizzetto

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4757 Role of endoscopic ultrasonography in therapeutic decision making and in following-up gastrointestinal submucosal tumors and extraluminal compressions.

    Page :AB223

    Claudio De Angelis, Patrizia Carucci, Francesca Curri, Sergio Peyre, Vincenzo Arena, Valeria Maglione, Alessandro Repici, Giorgio Saracco, Mario Rizzetto

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4758 Gastrin is expressed in jejunum biopsies of postgastrectomy patients.

    Page :AB223

    Adriana V. Safatle-Ribeiro, Ulysses Ribeiro, Kwan Sik Lee, Jae Bock Chung, Sang In Lee, Young Myoung Moon, Jin Kyung Kang

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4909 Radiofrequency energy application to the gastroesophageal junction for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease.

    Page :AB223

    George Triadafilopoulous, David S. Utley, John DiBaise, Timothy Nostrant, Neil H. Stollman, John Rabine, Michael S. Kim, Mark A. Vierra

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4910 The yield and predictors of esophageal pathology when upper endoscopy is used to initially evaluate dysphagia: multivariable analysis of 1649 patients.

    Page :AB224

    Rig S. Patel, Mohammad A. Eloubeidi, Hugh E. Mulcahy, James A. Vaughan, Alan Barkun, Paul Jowell, Joseph Leung, Eric Libby, Nick Nickl, Stephen Schutz, Peter B. Cotton

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4911 Argon plasma coagulation plus photodynamic therapy vs. argon plasma coagulation plus brachytherapy in palliation of malignant dysphagia: a prospective and randomized study.

    Page :AB224

    Maciej Rupinski, Jaroslaw Regula, Jacek Fijuth, Marcin Polkowski, Ewa Wronska, Eugeniusz Butruk

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4912 Management of superficial esophageal cancer: outcomes of esophagectomy, photodynamic therapy, or endoscopic mucosal resection.

    Page :AB224

    Ilias A. Scotiniotis, Michael L. Kochman, Nicholas Sanfilipo, Steven Hahn, Ernie Rosato, Gregory G. Ginsberg

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4913 A prospective, randomized study comparing three types of covered metal stents for the palliation of malignant dysphagia.

    Page :AB225

    Peter D. Siersema, Wim C. Hop, Antonie J. van Tilburg, Dirk-Jan Bac, Mark van Blankenstein, Jan Dees

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4914 Life expectancy and cancer risk in patients with barrett's esophagus: a prospective controlled investigation.

    Page :AB225

    Volker F. Eckardt, Gudrun Bernhard

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4915 Long-term results of photodynamic therapy for barrett's esophagus.

    Page :AB225

    Kenneth K. Wang, Navtej S. Buttar, Lori S. Lutzke, Marlys A. Anderson, Krishnawatie Krisnadath

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4916 Can fluorescence endoscopy after sensitization with 5-aminolevulinic acid differentiate malignant and benign gastrointestinal lesions?

    Page :AB226

    Helmut Messmann, Esther Endlicher, Gernot Freunek, Juergen Schoelmerich, Ruth Knuechel

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4917 Identifying dysplasia within barrett's esophagus using raman spectroscopy.

    Page :AB226

    Louis-Michel Wong Kee Song, Martin G. Shim, Brian C. Wilson, Shirley Hassaram, Maria Cirrocco, Gabor P. Kandel, Paul P. Kortan, Gregory B. Haber, Norman E. Marcon

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4918 Diagnosis of specialized intestinal metaplasia by optical coherence tomography.

    Page :AB226

    John M. Poneros, Stephan Brand, Brett E. Bouma, Guillermo J. Tearney, Norman S. Nishioka

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·4919 A novel optical biopsy technique using elastic scattering spectroscopy for dysplasia and cancer in barrett's esophagus.

    Page :AB227

    Laurence B. Lovat, David Pickard, Marco Novelli, Paul M. Ripley, Helen Francis, Irving J. Bigio, Stephen G. Bown

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6946 Observations during follow-up of dysplasia in patients with barrett's esophagus.

    Page :AB227

    Mark Edge, Roxan Saidi, John G. Hunter, C. Daniel Smith, J. Patrick Waring

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6947 Squamous overgrowth of barrett's metaplasia after multipolar electrocoagulation (mpec) is not a widespread phenomenon: an endoscopic ultrasound study.

    Page :AB227

    Douglas O. Faigel, David A. Lieberman, Wilfred M. Weinstein, Shane Fanning, Richard E. Sampliner, M. Brian Fennerty

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6948 Multicentre trial on the endoscopic ablation of barrett's esophagus with argon plasma coagulation (apc): comparison between apccombined medical or surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux (ger).

    Page :AB227

    .R. Ferraris, L. Sidoli, A. Pera, F. Rebecchi, C.Giaccone;M. Morino, R. Suriani, M. Del Piano, T. Lacchin, R. Sablich, C. Fiore, C. Crosta, V. D'Onofrio, G. Iaquinto as G.O.S.P.E. (Gruppo Operativo Studio Precancerosi Esofagee)

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6949 Familial association of barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma.

    Page :AB228

    Thomas J. Lee, Amitabh Chak, Margaret F. Kinnard, William M. Grady, Joseph E.Willis, Ananya Das, Gregory S. Cooper, Richard C.Wong, Gerard A. Isenberg, Michael V. Sivak

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6950 Photodynamic therapy using 5 amino laevulinic acid for high grade dysplasia in barrett's esophagus.

    Page :AB228

    Laurence B. Lovat, Sally M. Thorpe, Helen Francis, Gio Buonacorssi, Alexander Moss, Stephen G. Bown

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6951 Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma complicating an ablated segment of esophageal columnar lined epithelium using argon plasma coagulation.

    Page :AB228

    Imad M. Nakshabendi, Jay J. Mamel, James S. Barthel, Div Dig Dis & Nutr

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6952 Spectroscopic, tumor/ molecular markers and histologic characteristics of neosquamous epithelium (nse) following photodynamic therapy (pdt) for barrett's esophagus (be) with dysplasia: preliminary results.

    Page :AB228

    Masoud Panjehpour, Bergein F. Overholt, Domenico Coppola, Suzanne Overholt

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6953 The utility of methylene blue dye staining in detecting adenocarcinoma in patients with barrett's esophagus.

    Page :AB229

    Richard S. Zubarik, Lok Tio;William Mayoral, Gustavo A. Marino, Claudio R. Tombazzi, Kevin P. Collier

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6954 Evaluation of cytology and molecular analysis in ercp sampling in the diagosis of pancreatic carcinoma.

    Page :AB229

    Kazuhiro Sato, Toshiyasu Iwao, Koji Yoshida

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6955 Evaluation of endoscopic diagnosis of the pancreatic cancer.

    Page :AB229

    Kenjiro Yasuda, Masatsugu Nakajima

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6956 Usefulness of the miniature ultrasonic probe for submucosal tumors of the large intestine.

    Page :AB229

    Young Koog Cheon, Jin Oh. Kim, Sang Kyoon Kim, Bong Min Ko, Chang Beom Ryu, Su Jin Hong, Joon Seong Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6957 Evaluation of usefulness of endoscopic ultrasonography for diagnosis of villous tumors.

    Page :AB230

    Kazuo Konishi, Yasushi Akita, Kazuhiro Kaneko, Toshinori Kurahashi, Nozomi Yoshikawa, Keiji Mitamura

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6958 Daignosis of submucosal carcinomatous infiltration by microscanner in early colorectal cancer.

    Page :AB230

    Atsuo Matsunaga, Mikiko Nomura, Yutaka Noda, Go Kobayashi, Naotaka Fujita

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6959 Eus/cus of rectal lesions: fna or emr?

    Page :AB230

    . William Mayoral, Thian Lok Tio, Claudio R. Tombazzi, Richard S. Zubarick, Kevin P. Collier, Gustavo Marino

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6960 Shaggy appearance on transrectal ultrasonography in advanced rectal cancer predicting recurrences after curative surgery.

    Page :AB230

    Masaki Ohashi, Takahiro Kozu, Takayuki Akasu, Hitoshi Gene Kondo, Daizo Saito, Tadakazu Shimoda, Yutaka Saito

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6961 Diagnosis of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis by endoscopic ultrasound.

    Page :AB231

    .J.M. Pontes, A. Catre

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6962 High frequency ultrasound probes for curative endoscopic mucosal resection for colorectal submucosal cancers.

    Page :AB231

    Yusuke Saitoh, Mikihiro Fujiya, Jiro Watari, Kaori Fujiya, Atsuo Maemoto, Fumika Orii, Takanori Fujiki, Toshifumi Ashida, Takeshi Obara, Yutaka Kohgo

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6963 Clinicopathological study of superficial depressed type (type iic) of early colorectal cancer.

    Page :AB231

    Yuji Inoue, Shigeru Suzuki, Toru Tezuka, Naoko Yamagishi, Ken Takasaki

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6964 Endoscopic and clinical features of colitis associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis in japan.

    Page :AB231

    Naoko Yamagishi, Bunei Iizuka, Naoko Honma, Mitsutoshi Iimura, Sachiko Shinozaki, Tetsuo Nakamura, Etsuko Hashimoto, Fumitake Toki, Shigeru Suzuki, Naoaki Hayashi

    
• • ·6965 At what age is screening flexible sigmoidoscopy no longer indicated?

    Page :AB232

    . Joseph David, Frank J. Totta, Masud Shaukat, Francisco C. Ramirez

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6966 Histopathologic analysis and clinical significance of small colorectal adenomas.

    Page :AB232

    Hyo Jung Kim, Hoon Jae Chun, Jung Whan Lee, Yoon Tae Jeen, Hong Sik Lee, Chi Wook Song, Soon Ho Um, Sang Woo Lee, Jae Hyun Choi, Chang Duk Kim, Ho Sang Ryu, Jin Hai Hyun

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6967 Prevalence of villous histology or high grade dysplasia in different size polyps found on screening colonoscopies.

    Page :AB232

    Peter J. Kobes, Kevin O'Brien, Brian F. Sweeney, Nicholas Conger, Kevin A. Lang

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6968 Characteristics of depressed early colorectal carcinoma.

    Page :AB232

    Shin-ei Kudo, Hisashi Kusaka, Hiro-o Yamano, Yasushi Imai, Etsuko Kogure

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6969 Outcome of rescreening patients referred for open access flexible fiberoptic sigmoidoscopy.

    Page :AB233

    Eric J. Lawitz, Shailesh C. Kadakia, Norma Cantu, Nancy Meier

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6970 Preliminary results of extended sigmoidoscopy (ext-sig) for colon cancer screening in unselected, average risk, asymptomatic persons.

    Page :AB233

    John G. Lee, Lum Donald, Shiro Urayama, Surinder Mann, Susan Saavedra, Heather Vigil, Chi Vilaysak, Joseph W. Leung

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6971 Association of duration of the test with yield and miss rate of polyps at screening sigmoidoscopy.

    Page :AB233

    Pennazio Marco, Senore Carlo, Ferraris Roberto, Arrigoni Arrigo, Bertone Alberto, Coppola Franco, Fracchia Mario, Gemme Carlo, Spandre Mauro, Pera Angelo, Rossini P. Francesco, Segnan Nereo

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6972 Prevalence of rectal cancers at veterans affairs new jersey health care system (vanjhcs).

    Page :AB233

    Godwin O. Molokwu, Isabelita Cordoba-Rellosa, Sima Vossough, Gerald Salen, Alden W. Dudley, Carolyn Riley

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6973 Gender difference on adequacy of unsedated flexible sigmoidoscopies.

    Page :AB234

    Jorge V. Obando, Wahid Wassef

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6974 Age: a risk factor of proximal colon cancer and indication for screening colonoscopy.

    Page :AB234

    Harvey W. Olsen, William A. Lawrence

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6975 Availability of colonoscopy in indiana.

    Page :AB234

    Tom Schussler, Douglas K. Rex

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6976 4 cases of serrated adenoma accompanying another colon cancer.

    Page :AB234

    Hisao Tajiri, Yasushi Hosokawa, Hisashi Endo, Toshihiko Doi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6977 Colonoscopic and pit pattern diagnosis in serrated adenomas of the colon.

    Page :AB235

    Manabu Takeuchi, Yutaka Suzuki, Youichi Ajioka, Terasu Honma, Masaaki Kobayashi, Shun-ichi Hayashi, Rintarou Narisawa, Hitoshi Asakura

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6978 Metallic stent placement as a palliative treatment for acute colonic obstruction due to dissiminated colorectal disease : our experience in six patients.

    Page :AB235

    Jos Je Vanstiphout, Jo Gp Vandervoort, Steven Am De Coninck, Michel Ep Ferrante, Axel Derwa, Marc De Man, Pieter Van der Spek, Martine M. De Troyer, Luc Lepoutre

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6979 Prevention of colon cancer ii. screening for colorectal cancer (crc) using flexible sigmoidoscopy (fs) by internists in an urban medical center: experience with the first 6105 cases.

    Page :AB235

    Siaka I. Yusuf, Harry Winters, Swaminath Iyers, Viviak Tyagi, Kathie Rones, Edward Fishkin, Mohammed Nurhussein, Eugene Straus

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6980 Absence of diverticular disease in a group of patients with colorectal carcinoma.

    Page :AB235

    Muhammed A. Yusuf, Nadeem Rafique, Rubina Kausar, Khaaver Saeed

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6981 Endoscopic and surgical management of biliary lesions after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (lce).

    Page :AB236

    Andreas Adler, Sven Schmidt, Hassan Abou-Rebyeh, Wilfried Veltzke-Schlieker, Ronald Raakow, Wolf Bechstein, Peter Neuhaus, Bertram Wiedenmann, Rainer Eckhard Hintze

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6982 Effects of intraductal instillation of an nfkb inhibitor, gliotoxin, on ercp induced pancreatitis in a dog model.

    Page :AB236

    Salim M. Alshalabi, Nikolay K. Popnikolov, Pankaj J. Pasricha

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6983 Serum lipase, c-reactive protein (crp) and interleukin 6 (il6) levels in ercp-induced pancreatitis.

    Page :AB236

    Madhukar Kaw, Kamran Rafiq, G.J. Brodmerkel

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6984 A dilated pancreatic duct at ercp can be associated with a lower incidence of post-ercp pancreatitis (pep).

    Page :AB236

    Rig S. Patel, Hugh E. Mulcahy, Mahesh S. Mokhashi, John T. Cunningham, Kenneth M. Payne, Peter B. Cotton, Robert H. Hawes

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6985 Severe and fatal complications after diagnostic and therapeutic ercp in korea.

    Page :AB237

    Im-Hwan Roe, Byung-Moo Yoo, Jin-Hong Kim, Ho-Gak Kim, Jong-Jae Park, Dong-Kee Lee

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6986 A prospective evaluation of biliary bacteria during the course of long-term transhepatic biliary drainage.

    Page :AB237

    Thomas Roesch, Angelika Triptrap, Klaus Kamereck, Peter Born, Roland Ott, Norbert Weigert, Eckart Frimberger, Hans-Dieter Allescher, Meinhard Classen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6987 Pancreatic elastase-1 in endoscopic retrograte cholangio-pangreatography (ercp).

    Page :AB237

    Epameinondas V. Tsianos, Konstantinos H. Katsanos, Dimitrios K. Christodoulou, Nikolaos P. Tzambouras, Gerasimos Baltayannis, Kleoniki Kontodimou, Georgios Kolios, Kostantinos Seferiadis, Orestis Tsolas

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6988 Can low-dose heparin prevent post-ercp pancreatitis?

    Page :AB237

    Sven W. Wollschlaeger, Klaus Paetzold, Thomas Bulang, Heiner Porst

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6989 The role of gastrointestinal endoscopy in medical malpractice claims.

    Page :AB238

    .G. Balachandar, E. Trowers

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6990 Mallory-weiss syndrome complicating upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.

    Page :AB238

    Stergios Delakidis, Eleni Liapi, Konstantinos Georgopoulos, Dimitrios Tsantoulas, Pelopidas Basioukas

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6991 Prospective evaluation of early ercp complications: a venezuelan gastroenterology department experience.

    Page :AB238

    Gustavo Yasin, Jose Plaz, Bernardo Beker, Orlando Rojas, Idamis Herrera, Moises Guelrud

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6992 Advantages of a non industrial endoscopic urea test.

    Page :AB238

    Laura Agoff, Jorge Davolos, Adriana Medal, Luis O. Soifer

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6993 Biliary intraductal pressure measurement has low sensitivity for diagnosis sphincter of oddi dysfunction (sod).

    Page :AB239

    Ursula Blaut, Lois Bucksot, Stuart Sherman, Joyce Flueckiger, Evan L. Fogel, Glen A. Lehman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6994 Cholescintigraphic methods of analysis in the diagnosis of patients with suspected biliary sphincter of oddi (so) dysfunction: a comparison with manometry.

    Page :AB239

    Alexander G. Craig, Daryl Peter, Gino Tp Saccone, Patrick Ziesing, Allan G. Wycherley, James Toouli

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6995 A novel method to reduce post-ercp pancreatitis in patients with sphincter of oddi dysfunction: botulinum toxin injection of the residual pancreatic sphincter.

    Page :AB239

    Adam B. Gorelick, Jeffrey L. Barnett, William D. Chey, Grace H. Elta

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6996 Measuring sustained responses to treatment provided in patients suspected of sphincter of oddi dysfunction (sod): a qa:qi project.

    Page :AB240

    Frederick C. Johlin, William B. Silverman, Gail C. Crowe

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6997 Cholecystokinin sonogram (cck us) and sphincter of oddi manometry (som): comparison and in the management of biliary dyskinesia (bd).

    Page :AB240

    Madhukar Kaw, Dinkar Kaw, Gretchen Feller, Mark Kligman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6998 Effects of synthetic prostaglandins e1 and f2a on motility of the sphincter of oddi in humans.

    Page :AB240

    Tatsuya Koshitani, Tadashi Kodama, Hideki Sato, Junpei Takaaki, Yoichi Imamura, Keimei Kato, Naoki Wakabayashi, Kazuhiko Tokita, Shoji Mitsufuji, Kei Kashima

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·6999 Effect of intraduodenal spray of magnesium sulfate (mgso4) on the manometry of sphincter of oddi.

    Page :AB240

    Sang-Heum Park, Eun-Joo Kim, Il-kwon Chung, Hong-soo Kim, Moon-Ho Lee, Sun-Joo Kim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7000 Is komi's new classification necessary to reclarify the relationship between the anomalous pancreaticobiliary duct unions (apbu) and their associated cancer in korea?

    Page :AB241

    Im-Hwan Roe, Myung-In Lee, Dong-Kee Lee, Jong-Jae Park, Ho-Gak Kim, Young-Soo Moon, Sung-Jae Myung, Sang-Heum Park, Jin Hong Kim, Byung-Moo Rhyu

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7001 Digital image analysis (dia) improves the diagnostic yield of endoscopic biliary brush cytology.

    Page :AB241

    Ashwin Rumalla, Todd H. Baron, Olga Leontovich, Lawrence J. Burgart, Robert F. Yacavone, Terry M. Therneau, Piet C. de Groen, Thomas J. Sebo

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7002 Evaluation of endoscopic diagnosis for biliary malignancy.

    Page :AB241

    Koji Uno, Masatsugu Nakajima, Kenjiro Yasuda, Takanobu Hayakumo, Keiko Tsukada

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7003 Safety, efficacy and hemodynamic effects of diagnostic laparoscopy (lap) for the evaluation of liver diseases using conscious sedation (cs).

    Page :AB242

    Marcelo A. Costa, Enrique G. Molina, Rajender K. Reddy, Lennox J. Jeffers, Yvonne Thomas, VeETTA Chase, Eugene R. Schiff

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7004 Trends in the causes and outcome of liver cirrhosis diagnosed by laparoscopy in japan during the past 3 decades.

    Page :AB242

    Daiki Habu, Susumu Shiomi, Shuiti Seki, Chulyoo Lee, Hirokazu Kadoya, Hiroyasu Morikawa, Masaru Enomoto, Shuhei Nishiguchi, Akihiro Tamori, Hiroki Sakaguchi, Tadashi Takeda

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7005 Evaluation of a minilaparoscopical technique in the diagnosis of liver diseases.

    Page :AB242

    Uwe Ritzel, Urs Leonhardt, Sibylle Kleta, Giuliano Ramadori

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7006 Laparoscopic wedge biopsy of the liver with use of laparoscopic coagulating shears under local anesthesia.

    Page :AB242

    Hiroki Sakaguchi, Shuichi Seki, Hirokazu Kadoya, Hiroyasu Morikawa, Takuya Kitada, Akihiro Tamori, Daiki Habu, Shuhei Nishiguchi, Susumu Shiomi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7007 Minilaparoscopy versus conventional diagnostic laparoscopy in chronic liver disease - preliminary results of a prospective trial.

    Page :AB243

    Arne R. Schneider, Claus Benz, Henning E. Adamek, Ralf Jakobs, Dieter Schilling, Juergen F. Riemann, Joachim C. Arnold

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7008 Is there a place for endoscopic ultrasound in biliary pancreatitis?. preliminary report in venezuela.

    Page :AB243

    Maria Armas, Ivette Gomez, Moises Guelrud

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7009 Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration of solid pancreatic lesions: one year md anderson cancer center experience.

    Page :AB243

    Parag Chokshi, Sandeep Lahoti, Peter Pisters, Jeff Lee, Greg Staerkel, James Abbrusseze, Doug Evans

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7010 Evaluation of obstructive jaundice using endoscopic ultrasound in a three year old.

    Page :AB243

    Aldo A. Garza, James F. Daniel, Richard A. Erickson, David J. Easley

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7011 Clinical utility of endoscopic ultrasound in bening gastrointestinal pathology. preliminary report in venezuela.

    Page :AB244

    Ivette Gomez, Ziad Ghannan, Maria Armas, Moises Guelrud

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7012 Clinical utility of endoscopic ultrasound in malignant gastrointestinal pathology. preliminary report in venezuela.

    Page :AB244

    Ivette Gomez, Ziad Ghannan, Maria Armas, Moises Guelrud

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7013 Utility of endoscopic ultrasound in the algorithm of suspected choledocolithiasis in venezuela. preliminary report.

    Page :AB244

    Ivette Gomez, Maria Armas

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7014 Assessment of the effect of experience and pathology interpretation on accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (eus fna).

    Page :AB244

    Gavin C. Harewood, Jonathon E. Clain, Kenneth K.Wang, Amy C. Halling, Gary L. Keeney, Diva R. Salomao, Maurits J. Wiersema

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7015 The role of endoscopic ultrasonography for the pancreatobiliary diseases in medical checkup.

    Page :AB245

    Takanori Hirai, Hidemi Goto, Yoshiki Hirooka, Akihiro Itoh, Yoshihiro Ishiguro, Sinnya Kojima, Senju Hasimoto, Tetsuo Hayakawa, Yasuo Naito, Yoshihisa Tsukamoto, Masanori Okada

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7016 Endoscopic ultrasound fine-needle aspiration biopsy (eus-fnab): can the procedure be performed safely as out-patients?

    Page :AB245

    Dermot O’. Toole, Ramuntcho Arotcarena, Isabelle Nion, Laurent Palazzo, Alain Dancour, Alain Aubert, Philippe Ruszniewski

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7017 Capability of performing eus in the patient who have abnormal findings at distal common bile duct and common channel on ercp.

    Page :AB245

    Hitoshi Oyama, Atsushi Irisawa, Yukio Sato, Katsutoshi Obara, Takuto Hikichi, Naoto Sato, Shoichiro Shishido, Tsuyoshi Rai, Takashi Nakagawa, Takashi Ogata, Reiji Kasukawa

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7018 Endoscopic ultrasonography in diagnosis and staging of ampullary carcinoma: a comparative study with surgical resection.

    Page :AB245

    Philippe Pages, Louis Buscail, Emmanuel Dupuis, Emmanuel Lagier, Olivier Croizet, Jacques Frexinos, Jean Escourrou

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7019 A prospective evaluation of endoscopic ultrasonography reliability for choledocholithiasis and pancreatic involvement diagnosis in acute pancreatitis.

    Page :AB246

    Luis Sabbagh, Benedicto Velasco, Albis Hani, Oscar Gutierrez, Claudia Jaramillo, Claudia Sanmiguel, Gabriel Gomez, Jaime Campos, Alvaro Caro, Clin Reina Sofia

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7020 Endoscopic ultrasound as a tool to detect subclinical portal hypertension: final results of a prospective study of endoscopic ultrasound findings in a consecutive series of drinkers and non-drinke 246 with no clinical evidence or other risk factors for liver disease.

    Page :AB246

    Anand V. Sahai, Andrew N. Pearson, Michael B.Wallace, Annette VanVelse, Brenda J. Hoffman, Robert H. Hawes

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7021 Intraductal ultrasound (idus): experience in a us tertiary care center.

    Page :AB246

    Stavros N. Stavropoulos, Robert Dettmer, Vipul H. Shah, Floyd Byfield, Charles J. Lightdale, Peter D. Stevens

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7022 One uniform endosonographic layer reflects a thin subserosal adipose tissue of the normal gallbladder wall.

    Page :AB247

    Takafumi Yamamoto, Jun Matsumoto, Yasunobu Akasaki, Masaaki Yamazato, Kazuaki Nakashio, Terukatsu Arima

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7023 Enteroclysis in the evaluation of unexplained chronic abdominal pain.

    Page :AB247

    Khalid Bazir, Korta Yuasa, Larry S. Miller

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7024 Racial differences in acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (augb) in east malaysia.

    Page :AB247

    John L. Cheng, Jayaram Menon, Peter Ong, John T. Arokiasamy, Queen Elizabeth Hosp, Kota Kinabalu

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7025 Improvement of qol by stent treatment for malignant gastrointestinal tract stenosis.

    Page :AB247

    Yoshinori Mizumoto, Kagami Matsuda, Masato Mizumoto, Nobuko Shima, Masao Naoki, Hiroshi Satake, Takama Maekawa, Yukio Kajitani, Kochu Kogawa

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7026 Double blind randomised controlled trial comparing carbon dioxide and air insufflation during colonoscopy; assessing patient bloating, discomfort and satisfaction.

    Page :AB248

    John E. Painter, Andrew Pascoe, Rob Edwards, Wendy Atkin

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7027 Comparison of flexible sigmoidoscopic findings in symptomatic individuals and in those referred for routine cancer screening.

    Page :AB248

    Waqar A. Qureshi, Kamran Ayub, Mary C. Heiser, B.S. Anand

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7028 Diagnostic and therapeutic capacity of emergency endoscopy.

    Page :AB248

    Diego Rincon, Cecilia G. Asanza, Javier Vaquero, Maria Escudero, Maria Vega Catalina, Carmen Senent, Paloma Jimenez, Sonia Alonso, Enrique Cos, Pedro Menchen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7029 New method of nutritional management for head and neck cancer

    Page :AB248

    Yutaka Suzuki, Ryuuta Ninomiya, Nobuo Omura, Fumiaki Yano, Nobuyoshi Hanyu, Teruaki Aoki

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7030 Gastrointestinal endoscopy in a large urban medical center i: esophagogastroduodenoscopy (egd).

    Page :AB249

    .P. Thakare, Shelby Samuel, Harry Winters, S. French, Paul Cohen, Siaka I. Yusuf, Suresh Chavakula, Jesus Carale, Mingiziem Emiru, Eugene Straus

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7031 Clinical impact of upper and lower enteroscopy.

    Page :AB249

    Pierre Toulemonde, Philippe Pages, Jacques Moreau, Christophe Blanc, Emmanuel Lagier, Jose Salcedo, Louis Buscail, Jacques Frexinos, Jean Escourrou

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7032 Gastrointestinal endoscopy in a large urban medical center iii- esophagogastroduodenoscopy (egd) in patients with upper gi bleeding.

    Page :AB249

    Siaka I. Yusuf, Shelby Samuel, Harry Winters, Swaminath Iyer, Paul Cohen, Eugene Straus

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7033 Electrophysiological factors influencing broad based snare polypectomy.

    Page :AB249

    Mark N. Appleyard, Tim N. Mills, Sandy Mosse, Paul Swain

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7034 Radiation monitoring and protection during endoscopic retrograde choliangiopancreatograpy (ercp): an ontario survey.

    Page :AB250

    Nicole A. Campbell, Verity J. John, R. Keith Sparrow, Terry P. Ponich

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7035 A pilot survey of reprocessing practices for endoscopic accessories in office-based endoscopy.

    Page :AB250

    Seth A. Cohen, David A. Greenwald, Franklin E. Kasmin, Jerome H. Siegel

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7036 Audit of time spent for endoscopy with conscious sedation- pilot study.

    Page :AB250

    Sara E. Durhan, Ann Gardner, Kathy Griff, Deborah Teasdale, Judy Hershberger, Greg Crawford, Carina Lynch, Deby May, Brad Peck, Michael Windham, Rick Vigola, Gottumukkala S. Raju

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7037 Quality control on biopsy forceps reprocessing.

    Page :AB251

    Jean Francois Rey, Dianelle Duforest, Rosy Eloy

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7038 Is automated cleaning as good as manual cleaning in the reprocessing of flexible gi endoscopes?

    Page :AB251

    . Mark Gabriel, Raydolfo M. Aprecio, Roy L. Foliente, James D. Kettering, Yang K. Chen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7039 Finding the monkey wrench: identification of factors which impair work efficiency in an endoscopy unit.

    Page :AB251

    Nicholas J. Nickl, Petrina VanGuilder, Donna Areaux

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7040 A developmental endoscopy unit: paving the way for the future of endoscopy.

    Page :AB252

    Elizabeth Rajan, Lori J. Herman, Mary A. Knipschield, Todd H. Baron, Massimo Conio, Ian D. Norton, Bret T. Petersen, Darius Sorbi, Kenneth K. Wang, Maurits J.Wiersema, Christopher J. Gostout

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7041 Is ercp under general anesthesia more complicated compared to ercp under conscious sedation?

    Page :AB252

    Peter N. Meier, K. Raymondos, I. Bachem, B. Panning, Michael P. Manns

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7042 Role of diagnostic and therapeutic ercp in infants, children and adolscents.

    Page :AB252

    Michael Woo, Michael H. Walter, Aslam Godil

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7043 A new endoscopic strategy for the treatment of completely obstructing unresectable esophageal cancer.

    Page :AB252

    Raphael Bueno, Scott J. Swanson, Jeanne M. Lukanich, Michael T. Jaklitsch, Steven J. Mentzer, David J. Sugarbaker

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7045 Palliative treatment of malignant esophageal stenosis: plastic or self-expandable metal stents?

    Page :AB253

    Vassilios C. Delis, Vassilios E. Balatsos, Vassilios C. Vamvakousis, Panagiotis P. Kassapidis, Anastasios C. Konstantinidis, Athanassios S. Hatzinicolaou, Athanassios V. Giannakopoulos, Nikolaos P. Skandalis

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7044 Endoscopic stenting for malignant dysphagia: longterm experience.

    Page :AB253

    Mieke Deceuninck, Anna-Maria Gevers, Paul Rutgeerts

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7046 Endoscopic mucosal resection using a cap method (emr-c) provides safe and effective treatment for early esophageal cancer.

    Page :AB253

    David E. Fleischer, Guo Qing Wang, Gui Qi Wang, Norman S. Nishioka, Brett Bouma, Mohammad Farahvash, Benita Liu, Thomas Tse, Zw Dong, Sanford M. Dawsey

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7047 Ambulatory endoscopic esophageal mucosectomy.

    Page :AB253

    Tatsuyuki Kawano, Kagami Nagai, Haruhiro Inoue, Takehisa Iwai

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7048 Relief of dysphagia with self expanding metal stents is far from perfect.

    Page :AB254

    Laurence B. Lovat, Nicoletta Mathou, Sally M. Thorpe, David Gertner, Ian R. Sargeant, Marc C. Winslet, Stephen G. Bown

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7049 Endoscopic placement of esophageal expandable metal stents without fluoroscopic guidance.

    Page :AB254

    Bernardino N. Ribeiro, Dario Gomes, Claudia Sequeira, Pedro Amaro, Fernanda Macoas, Sandra Saraiva, Amadeu Cr Nunes, Cilenia Baldaia, Clotilde Lerias, Hermano Gouveia, Maximino C. Leitao, Diniz Freitas

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7050 The natural history of barrett's esophagus (be) in orthotopic liver transplant (olt) recipients.

    Page :AB254

    .M.L. Rosenblatt, F. Dodson, J. Fung, J. Rakela, H. Vargas

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7051 Esophageal stent placement without flouroscopy.

    Page :AB254

    Russell E. White, Caesar Mungatana, Mark D. Topazian

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7052 Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy for lesions of upper digestive tract.

    Page :AB255

    .M. Arima, N. Harada, k. Tobita, Y. Nakajima, T. Ochiai

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7053 Endoscopic ultrasound and fine needle aspiration in the evaluation of superior mediastinal masses.

    Page :AB255

    Walter J. Coyle, Glen Arluk, Brenda J. Hoffman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7054 The diagnostic value of endoprobe by continuous water infusion method for esophageal leiomyomas derived from the muscularis mucosae.

    Page :AB255

    Se Joon Lee, Jong Won Song, Jun Pyo Chung, Kwan Sik Lee, Sang In Lee, Young Myoung Moon, Jin Kyung Kang, In Suh Park

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7055 Management decision making in esophageal carcinoma: does use of eus obviate the need for ct scanning?

    Page :AB255

    . Stephen A. McClave, Gregory M. Woolfolk, Whitney F. Jones, Gary C. Vitale, Donald N. Reed, Leela Bhupalam

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7056 Analysis of endoscopic appearance and a re-staging endoscopic ultrasound (eus) after neo-adjuvant therapy in the management of esophageal cancer (ec).

    Page :AB256

    Girish Mishra, Stephen Vogel, Greg Lauwers, Robert Marsh, Robert Zlotecki, Manoop S. Bhutani

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7057 Esophageal dilation for stenotic esophageal cancer prior to eus. is it still contraindicated in 1999?

    Page :AB256

    Kiranpreet S. Parmar, Joseph B. Zwischenberger, Irving Waxman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7058 Efficacy and safety of esophageal dilation for endosonographic evaluation of malignant esophageal strictures

    Page :AB256

    . Patrick R. Pfau, Gregory G. Ginsberg, Ronald Lew, Michael Kochman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7059 Impact of endosonography guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (eus fna) on lymph node (ln) staging in patients with esophageal carcinoma.

    Page :AB257

    E. Vazquez-Sequeiros, I.D. Norton, J.E. Clain, K.K.Wang;A. Affi, M. Allen, C. Deschamps, D. Miller, V. Trastek, P. Pairolero, M.J. Wiersema

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7060 Causitive lesions and long term outcome in patients with esophageal food impaction. an urban hospital experience.

    Page :AB257

    Abdolrezah Abassi, Louis R. Lambiase

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7061 Acquired hyperplastic gastric polyps in posttransplant patients.

    Page :AB257

    Rafael Amaro, Jeffrey B. Raskin, Guy W. Neff

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7062 A clinical study on protruding lesions that arise at the scar of endoscopic mucosal resection for early gastric carcinoma and gastric flat adenoma.

    Page :AB257

    Young Koog Cheon, Chang Beom Ryu, Bong Min Ko, Su Jin Hong, Jin Oh. Kim, Joo Young Cho, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7063 An immunohistochemical study of the origin and differentiation of gastric stromal tumor.

    Page :AB258

    HwangRae Chun, HoonJae Chun, ByungWon Hur, ChangDon Kang, JungWhan Lee, YoonTae Jeen, ChiWook Song, SoonHo Um, ChangDuk Kim, HoSang Ryu, JinHai Hyun, YangSuk Chae

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7064 Photodynamic therapy (pdt) combined with tumor reduction for advanced gastric cancer.

    Page :AB258

    Tetsuya Nakamura, Hirokazu Fukui, Mikio Fujita, Takahiro Fujimori, Yoji Ishii, Michimaro Ejiri, Sakan Maeda

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7065 Early cancer of the gastric cardia in japan; is it different from that in the west?

    Page :AB258

    Takehiro Okabayashi, Hitoshi Gene Kondo, Takuji Gotoda, Hiroyuki Ono, Yutaka Saito, Takahiro Kouzu, Tetsuya Inui, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7066 Development of hyperplastic antral polyps following treatment of watermelon stomach (wms) with argon plasma coagulator (apc).

    Page :AB258

    Roland Ter, Haber G, G. Sandha, R. Ponnudurai, D. Ormonde, N. Marcon, P. Kortan, G. Kandel

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7067 Esophageal fistulae–natural history of untreated candida esophagitis?

    Page :AB259

    Darlene G. Kelly

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7068 Herpetic esophagitis in immunocompetent child - 3 cases.

    Page :AB259

    Catarina M. Ribeiro, Nogueira Brandao, Mendes Antonio

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7069 Value of serologic markers in children with inflammatory bowel disease (ibd).

    Page :AB259

    Mohammed F. El-Baba, John M. Peters, Chuan-Hao Lin, Hossam H. Sukerek, Vasundhara K. Tolia

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7070 Endoscopic follow-up study of ulcerative colitis with skipped appendiceal involvement.

    Page :AB259

    Yuiko Ishimoto, Terasu Honma, Yoichi Ajioka, Kazuhito Sugimura, Masaaki Kobayashi, Osamu Yamaguchi, Futoshi Arai, Katsuhiko Hasegawa, Rintaro Narisawa, Hitoshi Asakura

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7071 Endoscopy without air insufflation.

    Page :AB260

    Mark Appleyard, Feng Gong, Tim N. Mills, Sandy Mosse, Paul Swain

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7072 Endoscopic report writing; using standard-reports and text-blocks linked to a specific code-system based on icd-10.

    Page :AB260

    Marcel Jm Groenen, Rob JTh Ouwendijk, Gerard P. van Berge Henegouwen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7073 Three-dimensional endoscopy: better or just nicer than 2 d?

    Page :AB260

    .J.M. Pontes, A. Catre

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7074 Does new imaging process change the detection rate of disease in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy?

    Page :AB260

    Toyohiro Sakata, Yasumasa Niwa, Hiroyuki Kameyama, Hidemi Goto, Tomiyasu Arisawa, Naoki Ohmiya, Nobuhiro Ando, Yasuro Ohtsuka, Tetsuo Hayakawa

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7075 A new technique for endoscopic polipectomy of the colon.

    Page :AB261

    Marcelo Averbach, Paulo A. Correa, Renato Hassegawa, Raul Cutait, Kiyoshi Hashiba

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7076 Unsedated peroral ultrathin videoendoscopyassisted delivery of an esophageal manometry catheter.

    Page :AB261

    .G. Balachandar, R. Chennupati, B. Badejo, E. Trowers

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7077 Through-the-scope stent (ttss) for obstructive non-esophageal gastrointestinal tumors.

    Page :AB261

    Angus Cw Chan, Danny Wh. Lee, Enders Kw Ng, Kar L. Leung, Simon Kh. Wong, Bonita Kb Law, James Yw Lau, Sydney Sc Chung

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7078 Trial study on endoscopic mucosal resection (emr) using a newly designed snare with injected needle catheter - preliminary study.

    Page :AB261

    Joo Young Cho, Chang Beom Ryu, Su Jin Hong, Jin Oh. Kim, Joon Seong Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7079 A new modality treatment of acute intestinal obstruction due to rectosigmoid cancer by metal stents.

    Page :AB262

    Diego Fregonese, Fabio Monica

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7080 Treatment of very high esophageal malignancies: a new technique using metal tracheal stents with proximal release.

    Page :AB262

    Diego Fregonese, Fabio Monica

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7081 A new high frequency(hf)current generator with automatically controlled system (endocut)for endoscopic polypectomy of the colon.

    Page :AB262

    Armando Gabbrielli, Lucio Petruzziello, Odette Hasaj, Pasquale D'Alessio, Guido Costamagna

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7082 Pancreatoscopic laser lithotripsy (psll) of pancreatic duct stoned.

    Page :AB262

    Hidemi Goto, Yoshiki Hirooka, Itoh Akihiro, Yoshihiro Ishiguro, Sinya Kojima, Senju Hasimoto, Tetsuo Hayakawa, Yasuo Naitoh

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7083 New self-expanding nitinol stent for palliation of recurrent malignant stenoses of the upper gastrointestinal tract.

    Page :AB263

    Young Yoon Ko, Jin Hong Kim, Kwang Jae Lee, Byung Moo Yoo, Young Soo Kim, Ki Baik Hahm, Sung Won Cho

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7084 Endoscopic aspiration mucosectomy using a bipolar snare for gastric neoplasms.

    Page :AB263

    .M. Kodama, H. Tsukada, M. Oya, M. Onomura, K. Fukuda, H. Nakamura, T. Taniguchi, M. Hosokawa, N. Mizuno, Y. Someya, T. Nasu, Y. Seino

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7085 Preventive clipping following bipolar snare removal of pedunculated colonic polyps.

    Page :AB263

    .M. Kodama, H. Tsukada, M. Oya, M. Onomura, K. Fukuda, H. Nakamura, T. Taniguchi, M. Hosokawa, N. Mizuno, Y. Someya, T. Nasu, K. Ohashi, I. Ohashi, Y. Seino

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7086 In-vivo real-time mr-monitoring of endoscopic laser application in the porcine colon.

    Page :AB263

    Daniel Kulling, Karl Treiber, Michael Fried, Borut Marincek, Peter Bauerfeind

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7087 Argon plasma coagulation in endoscopic therapy.

    Page :AB264

    Jeffrey H. Lee, Richard S. Johannes, Jacques Van Dam, Greta Taitelbaum, James Piper, David L. Carr-Locke

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7088 Experimental study on the change in submucosal layers after the saline injection of emr.

    Page :AB264

    Jung Whan Lee, Hoon Jae Chun, Byung Won Hur, Yoon Tae Jeen, Hong Sik Lee, Chi Wook Song, Soon Ho Um, Sang Woo Lee, Jae Hyun Choi, Chang Duk Kim, Ho Sang Ryu, Jin Hai Hyun

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7089 Endoscopic mucosal resection technique for upper gastrointestinal submucosal tumor.

    Page :AB264

    Chun-Jung Lin, Cheng-Tang Chiu, Yin-Yi Chu, Rong-Nan Chien, Pang-Chi Chen, Tse-Ching Chen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7090 7.5 mhz catheter probe ultrasonography of the upper gastrointestinal tract: a comparison with standard endoscopic ultrasonography.

    Page :AB264

    Thomas Lingenfelser, Erwin Guenther, Franca Piacentino

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7091 Easy and sure new technique to mark the resecting area of colon on laparoscopic surgery.

    Page :AB265

    Yasushi Oda, Takahiro Fujii, Ryukichi Akashi, Masaya Moriyasu, Katsuro Sagara

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7092 Improvement of snare for sure and safe endscopic mucosal resection (emr) of colon tumors.

    Page :AB265

    Yasushi Oda, Ryuukichi Akashi, Katsuro Sagara

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7093 The usefulness of colonovideoscope with variable stiffness.

    Page :AB265

    Tatsuya Odori, Hidemi Goto, Tomiyasu Arisawa, Yasumasa Niwa, Naoki Ohmiya, Tetuo Hayakawa

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7094 Flexible endoscope stand–millennium accessory or necessity?

    Page :AB265

    Elizabeth Rajan, Lori J. Herman, Warren N. Lenz, Christopher J. Gostout

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7095 Description of endoscopic stricturotomy and pyloric myotomy in patients with mechanical gastric outlet obstruction.

    Page :AB266

    Charles W. Randall, Anitha Nair

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7096 Interventional endoscopy and ercp under mr guidance - preliminary experiments in an animal model.

    Page :AB266

    Thomas Roesch, Thomas Merl, Michael Roettinger, Martin Neumann, Klaus Egger, Alexander Meining, Norbert Weigert, Hermann Helmberger, Paul Gerhardt, Hubertus Feussner, Meinhard Classen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7097 Prospective evaluation of the safety of percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy.

    Page :AB266

    Dong Wan Seo, Sung Koo Lee, Myung Hwan Kim, Kyo Sang Yoo, Young Il Min

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7098 Endoscopic mucosal resection of small rectal carcinoid tumors: usefulness of high-resolution double-channel video endoscope.

    Page :AB266

    Masafumi Tabuchi, Nobuo Sueoka, Yoh Kato

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7099 Wire guided endoscopic balloon dilation through the working channel of the scope in a case of a tortuous stenosis at the duodenal second portion.

    Page :AB267

    .Y. Tatsumi, H. Konishi, T. Nakajima, Y. Sakamoto, Y. Yamane, S. Misawa, H. Amaike, K. Naito

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7100 In vivo evaluation of a reusable double-channel sphincterotome.

    Page :AB267

    Francisco Vida, Alberto Tomas, Celia Jane, Merce Palmiola

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7101 Choledocho-duodenostomy rendezvous : an approach to solo biliary rendezvous for performance of biliary sphincterotomy in a case of sump syndrome.

    Page :AB267

    Vernu Visvalingam, Asadur Miah, Pankaj Singh, Bernard Stark

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7102 A new, improved colonoscope design.

    Page :AB267

    Jerome D.Waye

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7103 Completeness and accuracy of voluntarily reported data to a national case registry of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

    Page :AB268

    Sven Adamsen, Lone Schou, Eva Dreisler, Ole Hart Hansen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7104 Body image, cosmesis and quality of life in patients after laparoscopic-assisted versus open restorative proctocolectomy.

    Page :AB268

    Michalda S. Dunker, Willem A. Bemelman, Frederik J. Slors, Dirk J. Gouma

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7105 Laparoscopic hepatectomy for liver tumor as a new surgical alternative.

    Page :AB268

    Hironori Kaneko, Sumito Takagi, Yuichiro Ohtsuka, Akira Tamura, Kunihiro Yamazaki, Tadaaki Shiba

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7106 Cardiovascular and pulmonary consequences of conventional and gasless laparoscopic cholecystectomy. a comparative randomized study.

    Page :AB268

    Flemming Svendsen, Vivi Pedersen, Finn Redke, Per Ejstrud, Joergen Ulrik Kristensen, Jens Fromholt Larsen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7107 Clinical significance of hepatocyte growth factor and portal blood flow as a parameter of hepatic function following cO₂pneumoperitoneum in cirrhotic patients.

    Page :AB269

    Sumito Takagi, Hironori Kaneko, Akira Tamura, Yuichiro Otsuka, Tatsuya Shirakura, Masaaki Yoshino, Tadaaki Shiba

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7108 The role of emergency colonoscopy in acute massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding.

    Page :AB269

    Marcelo Averbach, Paulo A. Correa, Raul Cutait

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7109 Endoscopic evaluation and treatment of rectal hemorrhage after prostate biopsy.

    Page :AB269

    Timothy P. Kinney, Richard A. Kozarek, J. Thomas Ylvisaker, Michael Gluck, Geoffrey C. Jiranek, Robert Weissman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7110 Rectal or rectosigmoid cancer diagnoses made secondary to anticoagulation with resultant lower gastrointestinal (gi) bleeding.

    Page :AB269

    Catherine G. Lee, Richard S. Lee

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7111 Efficacy and safety of nd:yag laser for treatment of bleeding from radiation proctitis.

    Page :AB270

    Maurizio Ventrucci, Massimo P. Di Simone, Pierangelo Giulietti, Giuseppe De Luca

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7112 Colonoscopic aspects of cytomegalovirus colitis in aids patients.

    Page :AB270

    Marcelo Averbach, Raul Cutait, Paulo A. Correa, Jose Luiz A. Borges, Santiago N. Servin

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7113 The value of nested polymerase chain reaction in diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis.

    Page :AB270

    Moon-Ho Lee, Eun-Joo Kim, Il-kwon Chung, Hong-soo Kim, Sang-Heum Park, Sun-Joo Kim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7114 Can colonoscopy diagnose transmural ischaemic colitis after abdominal aortic surgery. an evidence based approach.

    Page :AB270

    Jens E. Thorboll, Thomas Houe, Ulf Sigild, Ole Liisberg-Larsen, Torben V. Schroeder

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7115 A multidisciplinary overview of colitis.

    Page :AB271

    Paul Nolan Yakshe, Tim Rubin, Jose Jessurun, Stephen Trenkner, Kathy Rozman-Holt

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7116 Unsedated trans-nasal gastroscopy in 1000 patients: feasibility, safety, tolerance and cost-effectiveness.

    Page :AB271

    Fausto Barberani, Sandro Boschetto;Virginia Festa, Maurizio Giovannone, Mauro Tosoni

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7117 Laparoscopic guided per oral video push enteroscopy.

    Page :AB271

    Paul Bauret, Jean Michel Fabre, Dominique Larrey

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7118 Immediate effects of photodynamic therapy on dysplastic barrett's epithelium as measured by optical coherence tomography.

    Page :AB271

    Stephan A. Brand, Brett E. Bouma, Gary J. Tearney, John M. Poneros, Norman S. Nishioka

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7119 Prospective evaluation of diagnostic transnasal esophagogastroduodenoscopy in daily practice: results from 1,000 consecutive patients.

    Page :AB272

    Jerome Dumortier, Bertrand Napoleon, Pierre-Edouard Pellissier, Hedelius Franck, Leprince Eric, Pujol Bertrand, Thierry Ponchon

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7120 The disappearance of india ink.

    Page :AB272

    Lawrence M. Fiedler, Jerome D. Waye, Noam Harpaz, Frank W. Jackson

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7121 Double bite biopsy - a method to save biopsy time in endoscopy.

    Page :AB272

    Eckart Frimberger, Philipp Becker, Thomas Roesch, Meinhard Classen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7122 Can endoscopic retrograde ileography alone assess the disease activity in crohn's disease ?

    Page :AB272

    Takanori Fujiki, Yusuke Saitoh, Kaori Fujiya, Atsuo Maemoto, Arimi Sasaki, Mikihiro Fujiya, Jiro Watari, Masaki Taruishi, Toshifumi Ashida, Kazumichi Harada, Takeshi Obara, Yutaka Kohgo

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7123 Intestinal metaplasia of the gastric cardia: a prospective study with enhanced magnification endoscopy.

    Page :AB273

    Moises Guelrud, Idamys Herrera, Julio Castro, Harold Essenfeld, Policlinica Metropolitana

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7124 Improved detection and differentiation of colorectal neoplasias with high-resolution chromoendoscopy, a prospective study.

    Page :AB273

    Ralf Kiesslich, Martin Hahn, Guenter Herrmann, Michael Jung

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7125 How best to diagnose ipmt.

    Page :AB273

    Jeffrey H. Lee, Richard S. Johannes, Jacques Van Dam, Francis Farraye, David L. Carr-Locke

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7126 Light-induced autofluorescence spectroscopy for the diagnosis of esophageal cancer.

    Page :AB273

    Brigitte Mayinger, Peter Horner, Christof Gerlach, Martin Jordan, Eckhart Georg Hahn

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7127 Can a 3.1 mm stand-alone battery powered esophagoscope (bpe) screen the esophagus for esophagitis and barrett's ? a prospective blinded comparison with a standard videoendoscope (sve).

    Page :AB274

    Mahesh S. Mokhashi, Tammy Glenn, Christian Jost, Michael B. Wallace, Christopher Y. Kim, Yuko Y. Palesch, Peter B. Cotton, Robert H. Hawes

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7128 Three-dimensional ct pancreatography (3d-ctp) of pancreatic diseases.

    Page :AB274

    Yoshio Okita, Toshiya Okahisa, Masaharu Suzuki, Toshihiro Omoya, Yoshihiro Kusaka, Masaya Tadatsu, Akemi Tsutsui, Naoki Muguruma, Hiroshi Shibata, Seisuke Okamura, Susumu Ito, Junji Ueno

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7129 Dual contrast spraying endoscopy in patients with barrett`s esophagus. a seven year follow-up with nice results.

    Page :AB274

    Antonio Orozco-Gamiz, Guillermo G. Juarez-Lopez

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7130 The value of a new fluorescence endoscopy equipment in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.

    Page :AB275

    Maria-Anna Ortner, Bernd G. Ebert, Uwe Sukowski, Jutta Weber-Eibl, Karsten Mueller, Katharina Zumbusch, Barbara Fleige, Herbert H. Rinneberg, Herbert Lochs

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7131 Nasal versus oral route for gastroscopy: results of a multicenter randomized study.

    Page :AB275

    Thierry Ponchon, Jean Laurent, Philippe Houcke, Thierry Vallot, Jean Corallo, Jean Francois Rey, Arsene Papazian, Jean Escourrou, Jean Boyer, Francois Mion

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7132 Mucosal hemoglobin volume and distribution in early gastric cancer, by quantitative electronic endoscopy.

    Page :AB275

    Kenshi Yao, Hisashi Furukawa, Tsuneyoshi Yao, Toshiyuki Matsui, Akinori Iwashita, Tatsuhiro Oishi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7133 The introduction of new parameter into evaluation of cancerous depth of invasion utilizing an ultrasonic tactile sensor.

    Page :AB275

    Tatsuya Yoshida, Haruhiro Inoue;Takehisa Iwai

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7134 Measurement of portal pressure by endoscopic observation of varix collapse or doppler ultrasound during esophagogastric balloon tamponade.

    Page :AB277

    David S. Zimmon, Forrest Manheimer

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7135 Patients outcome after injection hemostasis with epinephrin (ep) 1/10000 or combination ep + ethanolamine oleate 5 % in ugi hemorrhage from bleeding ulcers.

    Page :AB277

    Anastasios C. Konstantinidis, Athanasios S. Hatzinicolaou, Ioannis F. Karoubalis, Vassilios C. Delis, Vassilios E. Balatsos, Panagiotis P. Kasapidis, Philip P. Georgopoulos, Ioannis G. Drikos, Apostolos A. Germanopoulos, Exacousti I. Kanellopoulou, Athanassios V. Giannakopoulos, Nikolaos P. Skandalis

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7136 Pitfalls in the use of technetium-99m-pertectnetate scanning in occult gastrointestinal bleeding.

    Page :AB277

    Sauyu Lin, Michael A. Shetzline

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7137 Outcomes in dieulafoy's: comparison between rubber band ligation and thermal±injection therapy.

    Page :AB277

    Rushda Mumtaz, Francisco C. Ramirez

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7138 Clinical usefulness of endoscopic argon plasma coagulation treatment on peptic ulcer bleeding.

    Page :AB277

    Chang Beom Ryu, Kang An Kwon, Young Seok Kim, Su Jin Hong, Jong Ho Moon, Jin Oh. Kim, Joo Young Cho, Yun Soo Kim, Joon Seong Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7139 Severe haematemesis from a gastric arteriovenous malformation.

    Page :AB277

    Leonardo Tammaro, Lucia D'Alba, Maria A. De Cesare, Emilio Di Giulio, Maria C. Di Paolo, Stefano Frontespezi, Federico Iacopini, Giuseppe Villotti, Mario A. Vitale, Gianpaolo Iacopini, S. Giovanni-Addolorata

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7140 Cough-induced mallory-weiss syndrome with multiple tears and severe persistent bleeding endoscopically treated.

    Page :AB277

    Mario A. Vitale, Lucia D'Alba, Maria A. De Cesare, Maria C. Di Paolo, Stefano Frontespezi, Federico Iacopini, Leonardo Tammaro, Giuseppe Villotti, Gianpaolo Iacopini, S. Giovanni-Addolorata

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7141 Endoscopic treatment of hemorrhagic gastric ulcer in patients aged 80 years or more.

    Page :AB277

    Yasuharu Yamaguchi, Taro Yamato, Kei Aoki, Naoya Katsumi, Toshiyuki Hashimoto, Yukinobu Kondo, Katsuro Morozumi, Masanori Sugiyama, Yoshikazu Yamaguchi, Takashi Abe, Hitoshi Ishida, Shin'ichi Takahashi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7142 Endoscopic hemoclipping for upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to mallory-weiss syndrome.

    Page :AB278

    Yasuharu Yamaguchi, Taro Yamato, Yasushi Morita, Miki Miura, Naoya Katsumi, Motoo Kimura, Toshiyuki Hashimoto, Katsuro Morozumi, Yoshikazu Yamaguchi, Takashi Abe, Hitoshi Ishida, Shin'ichi Takahashi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7143 Gastrointestinal manifestations in patients with classical and hypermobile ehlers-danlos syndrome.

    Page :AB278

    Somprak Boonpongmanee, Thian Lok Tio, Richard S. Zubarick, William Mayoral, vICTOR Nwakwakwawa, hOWWARD lEVY, fRANCOMANO Clare

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7144 “the bone in my throat belongs to me” : pharnygeal dysphagia from anterior cervical osteophytes.

    Page :AB278

    Angela K. Cole, Chuck F. Engles, Philip B. Miner

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7145 Endoscopic changes following esophageal dilation in patients with peptic stricture, non-obstructive dysphagia or achalasia.

    Page :AB278

    Robert K. Durnford, Stephen R. Sears, Allan L. Parker, Shailesh C. Kadakia

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7146 Expulsion of an esophageal metal stent by foreceful emesis.

    Page :AB279

    Karen K. Kormis, Louis P. Leite, Lester J. Lifton

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7147 Esophagitis dissecans superficialis: a case series.

    Page :AB279

    David E. Lin, Arvydas Vanagunas

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7148 Two young patients with a primary form of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis.

    Page :AB279

    Maria A. De Cesare, Lucia D'Alba, Maria C. Di Paolo, Stefano Frontespezi, Federico Iacopini, Leonardo Tammaro, Giuseppe Villotti, Mario A. Vitale, Giampaolo Iacopini, S. Giovanni-Addolorata

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7149 Colonoscopic findings in surgically proven diverticulitis.

    Page :AB279

    Alexander S. Farivar, Saeid R. Farivar, Mohammad Farivar

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7150 The incidence of intussusception in cystic fibrosis and reduction by colonoscopy.

    Page :AB280

    Santa Nandi, Jack Gorvoy, Edward Wind, Simmy Bank

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7151 Novel overtube device for the performance of colonoscopy.

    Page :AB280

    Richard Ira Rothstein

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7152 Clinical study of rectal varices-examination of characteristics of rectal varices having susceptibility to hemorrhage-.

    Page :AB280

    Ryushi Non Shudo, Yasuyuki Non Yazaki, Shinobu Non Sakurai, Hiroshi Non Uenishi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7153 Endoscopic palliation of malignant gastric-outlet obstruction.

    Page :AB280

    Michel Ep Ferrante, Jo Gp Vandervoort, Steven Am De Coninck, Jos Je Vanstiphout, Marc De Man, Pieter Van der Spek, Martine M. De Troyer, Luc Lepoutre, Onze Lieve Vrouw Ziekenhuis

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7154 Clinical significance of non-neoplastic lesions of the ampulla of vater.

    Page :AB281

    Joseph D. Khoury, Thomas J. Lee, Amitabh Chak, Joseph E. Willis

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7155 A study of endoscopic diagnosis of gastrointestinal acute graft-versus-host disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

    Page :AB281

    Toshiki Nishi, Kazuichi Okazaki, Kazusshige Utida, Suguru Uose, Hiroshi Nakase, Maki Inai, Masaya Ohana, Norihiko Watanabe, Yumi Matsushima, Chiharu Kawanami

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7156 Treatment of gastric antral vascular ectasia (gave) with argon plasma coagulation.

    Page :AB281

    Dany K. Shamoun, Peter Darwin, Bruce Greenwald, Oleh Haluszka

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7157 Duodenoscope-assisted cholangiopancreatoscopy (dacp) achieves technical aims and impacts on biliary and pancreatic disease management.

    Page :AB281

    James J. Farrell, Peter B. Kelsey

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7158 Frequency of laparoscopic cholecystectomy injuries detected at ercp: experience at a tertiary referral center.

    Page :AB282

    Evan L. Fogel, Stuart Sherman, David Canal, Glen A. Lehman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7159 The use of oral vitamin k as a simple option to correct coagulopathies prior to ercp.

    Page :AB282

    Bruce Green, Stuart R. Cairns, Rory Sj Harvey, Michael John Pettit

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7160 Usefulness of endoscopic treatment for persistent biliary leak due to hepatectomy.

    Page :AB282

    Hiroshi Hisatsune, Yuzou Kodama, Kazunori Matsumura, Suguru Uose, Shujirou Yazumi, Yasuhisa Hosotani, Masaya Oohana, Masahide Tojou, Kazuichi Okazaki, Tsutomu Chiba

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7161 Long-term results of percutaneous cholecystolithotomy using flexible choledochoscope for acute calculous cholecystits.

    Page :AB282

    Iruru Maetani, Hirokazu Inoue, Satoshi Ogawa, Masahiro Sato, Yoshinori Igarashi, Yoshihiro Sakai

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7162 Electrocautery in endoscopic sphincterotomy - a randomised prospective trial comparing combined current vs. cut or blend.

    Page :AB283

    Sanjiv Mahadeva, James Connelly, Pulak Sahay

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7163 Endoscopic treatment of post-liver transplant biliary leaks with stent placement across the leak site.

    Page :AB283

    Joseph Morelli, Hugh E. Mulcahy, Ira R. Willner, Prabhakar Baliga, Kenneth M. Payne, Peter B. Cotton, Adrian Reuben, John T. Cunningham

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7164 Endoscopic sphincterotomy is safe and well tolerated in orthotopic liver transplantation (olt) patients.

    Page :AB283

    Peter M. Oshin, Russell D. Brown, Allan G. Halline, Rama P. Venu

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7165 Less association of adenomyomatosis with cancer of the gallbladder even if the presence of pancreaticobiliary ductal maljunction.

    Page :AB284

    Masaaki Yamazato, Jun Matsumoto, Akihiko Honda, Hiroyuki Shimosakoda, Yasunobu Akasaki, Takafumi Yamamoto, Takeshi Isechi, Jun-ichi Yoshikawa, Kazuaki Nakashio, Terukatsu Arima

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7166 Gallbladder wall thickening in acute hepatitis : what is the cause?

    Page :AB284

    Soon Koo Baik, Seong Jin Park, Hyun Soo Kim, Dong Ki Lee, Sang Ok Kwon

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7167 Eus-guided fna complications: a prospective analysis.

    Page :AB284

    Mohammed Barawi, Klaus Gottlieb, Charlie Noyer, Mary Portis, James H. Grendell;Frank Gress

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7168 Detection of pancreatic metastases by endosonography-guided fine needle aspiration.

    Page :AB284

    Annette Fritscher-Ravens, Parupudi V. Sriram, Krause Christina, Ziya Atay, Stafan Jaeckle, Frank Thonke, Boris Brand, Sabine Bohnacker, Nib Soehendra

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7169 Tolerance and satisfaction of patients undergoing eus.

    Page :AB285

    Vaman S. Jackribettuu, Myra Almon, Margaret Arp, Massimo Raimondo

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7170 Miniprobe-eus in gastrointestinal endoscopy: technical feasibility, results, and clinical impact.

    Page :AB285

    Bernhard Magdeburg, Janek Binek, Jan Borovicka, Christa Meyenberger

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7171 Pesky findings on endoscopy or ct scan: endoscopic ultrasound can help.

    Page :AB285

    Susan E. McCormick

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7172 Endoscopic ultrasonography for the diagnosis of gallbladder lesions in patients with gallstones.

    Page :AB285

    Naoki Muguruma, Seisuke Okamura, Koji Tsujigami, Soichi Ichikawa, Toshihiro Omoya, Masaharu Suzuki, Yukio Toyota, Masaya Tadatsu, Yoshihiro Kusaka, Akemi Tsutsui

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7173 In vitro study of lymph node characteristics that predict malignant involvement.

    Page :AB286

    Charles M. Noyer, Kathryn Tanaka, Peter Slotwiner-Nie, Frank G. Gress

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7174 Diagnosis of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis by endoscopic ultrasound.

    Page :AB286

    .J.M. Pontes, A. Catré

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7175 Value of endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis and treatment of unusual gastrointestinal cystic lesions.

    Page :AB286

    .J.M. Pontes, A. Cadime, E. Pereira, A. Catré

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7176 Value of endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis and treatment of unusual gastrointestinal cystic lesions.

    Page :AB286

    .J.M. Pontes, A. Cadime, E. Pereira, A. Catre

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7177 Endoscopic ultrasound for evaluating external compressive lesions and submucosal tumors of the upper gastrointestinal tract.

    Page :AB287

    Maw-Soan Soon, Otto S. Lin, Shun-Sheng Wu

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7178 Fna and mucosectomy in submucosal gi-lesions in adjunct to eus/cus.

    Page :AB287

    Claudio R. Tombazzi, Thian L. Tio, William Mayoral, Richard Zubarik, Gustavo A. Marino, Kevin P. Collier

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7179 Use of argon plasma coagulation (apc) in gastrointestinal angiectasia in an infant.

    Page :AB287

    Khalid M. Khan, Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, Jeff Rank;Victor Lewis, Sally Weisdorf

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7180 Incomplete pancreas divisum: is it merely a normal anatomic variant without clinical implication?

    Page :AB287

    Myung-Hwan Kim, Sang-Su Lee, Chang-Duck Kim, Sung-Koo Lee, Hong- Ja Kim, Hyun-Ju Park, Kyo-Sang Yoo, Dong-Wan Seo, Young-Il Min

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7181 Endoscopic ultrasound (eus) guided fine needle injection (fni) of the pancreatic duct for the diagnosis of pancreas divisum - a new technique.

    Page :AB288

    Mark E. Powis, Kenneth J. Chang

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7182 Long-term outcome of dorsal duct stenting in patients with symptomatic pancreas divisum.

    Page :AB288

    David J. van Westerloo, Marco J. Bruno, Jacques J. Bergman, Brenda van de Heisteeg, Erik A. Rauws, Guido N. Tytgat, Kees Huibregtse

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7183 Transpapilliary drainage (tpd) for symptomatic pseudocysts (psdc).

    Page :AB288

    Frederick C. Johlin, Gail C. Crowe, Crystal L. Youngs

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7184 Comparison of endoscopic and percutaneous drainage in treatment of pancreatic pseudocyst.

    Page :AB288

    Yong-Tae Kim, Kwang Hyuk Lee, Yoo Hyun Jang, Yong Bum Yoon, Chung Yong Kim

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7185 The role of ercp in the management of pancreatic pseudocysts (pp): further support for an ercpbased algorithm.

    Page :AB289

    Klaus Mergener, Jeffrey B. Mundorf, Theodore N. Pappas, Gail Robuck- Mangum, Paul S. Jowell, Malcolm S. Branch, Katrina L. Swartz, John Baillie

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7186 Raynaud's syndrome and helicobacter pylori.

    Page :AB289

    Istvan Gal

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7187 Prospective analysis of the clinical features of patients with streaky erythema in the antrum: a negative endoscopic sign for helicobactor pyroli infection.

    Page :AB289

    Takao Kawabe, Shin Maeda, Haruhiko Yoshida, Yasushi Shiratori

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7188 The role of hla class ii gene dqb1 in the development of duodenal ulcer disease in helicobacter pyloriinfected patients.

    Page :AB289

    Sung Joon Lee, Hoon Jae Chun, Byung Won Hur, Yoon Tae Jeen, Yoon Jung Cho, Chi Wook Song, Soon Ho Um, Sang Woo Lee, Jae Hyun Choi, Chang Duk Kim, Ho Sang Ryu, Jin Hae Hyun

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7189 The protuded ulcer sign.

    Page :AB290

    Pedro Llorens, Clin Cordillera

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7190 Endoscopic examination of mucosal atrophy/ intestinal metaplasia and h.pyloriinfection in the stomach among different populations in asia.

    Page :AB290

    Norio Matsukura, Masahiko Onda, Nobutaka Yamada, Takeshi Matsuhisa, Shunji Kato, Hirokazu Hasegawa, Tetsuya Okino, Younho Ree, Akira Tokunaga, Junich Yamahatsu, Kazuhide Morino, Kiyohiko Yamashita

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7191 Electron microscopic study of association between helicobacter pylori and gsatric epithelial cells.

    Page :AB290

    DongKyu Park, HoonJae Chun, ByungWon Hur, ChangDon Kang, JungWhan Lee, YoonTae Jeen, ChiWook Song, SoonHo Um, ChangDuk Kim, HoSang Ryu, JinHai Hyun, ChangSub Um

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7192 Incidence of helicobacter pylori(hp) in endoscopic gastric biopsies in stomaches with associated gastritis and metaplasia (mp).

    Page :AB290

    Jose Estevam Neto Ribeiro, Angelo Sementilli, Aristides Junior Rodrigues, Lucio Diniz Costa, Luiz Carlos Pinto Dias Ferraz

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7193 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: good palliative care in the treatment of intestinal obstruction due to intraperitoneal malignancy.

    Page :AB291

    Paul Croughs, Marcel Jm Groenen, Rob JTh Ouwendijk, Dirk-Jan Bac

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7194 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies and percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomies: are they being done in time in developing country?

    Page :AB291

    Ho Gak Kim, Jong Suk Bae, Ye Dal Jung, Jeong Ki Park, Chang Hyeong Lee, Jung Dong Bae

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7195 Endoscopic placement of a feeding jejunostomy tube via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy – a novel use of the detachable loop ligation device.

    Page :AB291

    Manoj K. Mehta

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7196 A randomized comparative study of percutaneous endoscopic gasrostomy and gastro-button system.

    Page :AB291

    Hirofumi Miyoshi, Noriaki Matsuo, Masahiro Nishida, Katsumi Date, Toshimitsu Harima, Yoshiko Sameshima

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7197 Gastric volvulus causing respiratory failure successfully treated with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement.

    Page :AB292

    Venkatraman S. Raman, Stephen McGoldrick, Michael R. Zeiderman, Graham P. Butcher

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7198 One hundred consecutive percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies (pegs) in an elderly (average age 85) high-risk population with zero mortality and no intraoperative complications: a standardized team approach.

    Page :AB292

    Dean L. Rider, J. Alfred Rider, Andrew K. Roorda

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7199 Safety and efficacy of outpatient placement of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding tubes using conscious sedation in patients with amyotropic lateral sclerosis.

    Page :AB292

    William A. Rowe, Tamara H. Murphy, Zachary Simmons

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7200 Safety and efficacy of pretreatment outpatient placement of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding tubes in patients with head and neck cancer.

    Page :AB292

    William A. Rowe, William A. Flood, David C. Frankenfield

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7201 Safety and feasibility of button-peg in adults.

    Page :AB293

    Dieter Schwab, Michaela Bachner, Steffen M. Muehldorfer, Eckhart G. Hahn, H.T. Schneider

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7202 A novel and innovative technique of stenting for the patients with inoperable pyloric or antral malignant stenosis: gastrostomy as a stent inducing access.

    Page :AB293

    Hironori Tokumo, Hironao Komatsu, Kunio Ishida

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7203 A novel preparation for colon cleansing prior to colonoscopy, utilizing dulcolax pills, resulting in effective colon cleansing and higher patient satisfaction, when compared to previous preparations.

    Page :AB293

    Donald R. Abrahm, Homeira Mehrabian, Herbert Lee, Nancy Quintana

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7204 Effect of pre-medication on cardiopulmonary changes during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.

    Page :AB293

    Maite Betes, Jose J. Blanco, Jose M. Duque, Jose C. Subtil, Miguel A. Munoz-Navas

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7205 Intercollegiate-british society of gastroenterology national colonoscopy (ibsn) audit: do colonoscopists follow the british society of gastroenterology guidelines regarding antibiotic prophylaxis?

    Page :AB294

    Cecilia J. Bowles, Roger J. Leicester, Edwin T. Swarbrick, Christopher B. Williams, Chris Romaya, Owen Epstein

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7206 Intercollegiate-british society of gastroenterology national colonoscopy (ibnc) audit: are `at risk' patients appropriately cannulated?

    Page :AB294

    Cecilia J. Bowles, Roger J. Leicester, Edwin T. Swarbrick, Christopher B. Williams, Chris Romaya, Owen Epstein

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7207 Laryngeal mask airway: a novel means of maintaining a patent airway during endoscopy in patients receiving deep conscious sedation.

    Page :AB294

    Jonathan Cohen, Jonathan M. Reiber, Irene P. Osborn

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7208 Audit of pre-colonoscopy bowel preparation.

    Page :AB294

    Kok Leong Diong, Malcolm Brown, Abraham Varghese, Heather Burns

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7209 The response of patients to hyper-osmolar colonoscopic bowel preparations.

    Page :AB295

    Donald J. Frommer

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7210 Patient anxiety in the preprocedure endoscopy area: effect of music on anxiety levels.

    Page :AB295

    Kathleen A. Galekovic, Kevin W. Olden

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7211 Evaluation of conscious sedation for endoscopy in germany.

    Page :AB295

    German endoscopy evaluation group.

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7212 Cinnamon chewing gum mimicking colonic polyps: a case report.

    Page :AB295

    .I.G. Giannikopoulos, U. Reddy

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7213 Are all colonoscopy preparations the same? a retrospective analysis of over 11,000 colonoscopies.

    Page :AB296

    Richard S. Johannes, John R. Saltzman, Charles T. Buzanis, David L. Carr- Locke

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7214 Gastrointestinal endoscopy at a large urban medical center v - use of conscious sedation for esophagogastroduodenoscopy (egd).

    Page :AB296

    Shelby Samuel, Harry Winters, Siaka I. Yusuf, Swaminath Iyer, Paul Cohen, Jesus Carale, Eugene Straus

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7215 Individualising a patient's need for sedation prior to colonoscopy.

    Page :AB296

    Syed G. Shah, Jim C. Brooker, Christopher B. Williams, Noriko Suzuki, Brian P. Saunders

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7216 Propofol sedation for endoscopic procedures in children.

    Page :AB296

    Yoram Elitsur, Penny Blankenship, Zandra Lawrence

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7217 The importance of an enlarged gastric fold in a hiatal hernia.

    Page :AB297

    Oscar Gutierrez, H. Cardona, Orlando Ricaurte

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7218 The prevalence and relationship of esophageal hiatal hernia and reflux esophagitis in korean.

    Page :AB297

    .B.C. Lim, H.Y. Jung, M.I. Park, H.K. Kim, J.W. Choe, E.T. Park, K.S. Yoo, S.A. Jung, S.K. Kim, S.K. Yang, W.S. Hong, Y.I. Min

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7219 Cisapride plasma levels and effects on qtc interval and heart rate infants.

    Page :AB297

    Yvan Vandenpias, Avram Benatar, Arjen Feenstra, Tine Decraene

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7220 Effects of cisapride on corrected qt interval, heart rate and rhythm in infants undergoing polysomnography.

    Page :AB297

    Yvan Vandenpias, Avram Benatar, Arjen Feenstra

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7221 Endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy or ligation for cirrhotic patients results in early esophageal peristaltic dysfunction.

    Page :AB298

    Yasunobu Akasaki, Jun Matsumoto, Takafumi Yamamoto, Akihiko Honda, Masaaki Yamazato, Hiroyuki Simosakoda, Kazuaki Nakashio, Terukatsu Arima

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7222 The white ball sign and the efficacy of hemostasis in active variceal bleeding.

    Page :AB298

    Carlos A. Cortez., Jose A. Gonzalez., Eduardo Mendoza., Hector J. Maldonado., Francisco J. Bosques., Jorge J. Gonzalez., Dora A. Garcia

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7223 Peripheral venous endotoxin levels in patients with esophageal varices during the course of a new form of endoscopic variceal ligation.

    Page :AB298

    Nobuhiko Nagamine, Kenichi Ido, Koji Saifuku, Tomosuke Hirasawa, Toshihiko Higashizawa, Kentaro Sugano

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7224 Incidence of stricture formation, ulcer bleeding, perforation and massive hematoma formation from sclerotherapy versus band ligation of esophageal varices.

    Page :AB298

    Allan P. Weston, Muhammad T. Qamar, Robert J. Schmitz, Adnan Badr, Prateek Sharma

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7225 Enteroscopic treatment of early postoperative bowel obstruction.

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    Keith S. Gersin, Douglas N. Mellinger, Jeffrey L. Ponsky, Robert D. Fanelli

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• • ·7226 Push enteroscopy in a medium-sized uk hospital.

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    Sally D. Parry, Irving Cobden, John R. Barton, Mark R. Welfare

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• • ·7227 Metastatic involvement of small bowel.

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    Stanislav Rejchrt, Karel Dedic, Pavel Zivny, Marcela Kopacova, Milan Siroky, Jan Bures

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• • ·7228 Role of endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis and staging of primary gastric lymphoma.

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    chezhia Biagini, Massimo Falchini, Marco Capanni, Monica Nuti, Calogero Surrenti

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• • ·7229 Eus performed without luminal water filling is as accurate for staging depth of invasion in gastric carcinoma.

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    Khek Y. Ho, Khay G. Yeoh, Jimmy So, Peter M. Goh, Tiow K. Ti

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• • ·7230 Impassable antropyloric stricture is predictive of advanced tumor stage.

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    Khek Y. Ho, Khay G. Yeoh, Jimmy So, Peter M. Goh, Tiow K. Ti

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• • ·7231 A study of the layer structure of the gastric wall and diagnosis of cancer invasion by using 30mhzultrasonographic probe.

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    Hiroyuki Konishi, Yoko Murata, Maiko Kishino, Yoko Fukazawa, Shinichi Nakamura, Atsushi Mitsunaga, Hidetoshi Oguma, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Shigeru Suzuki, Naoaki Hayashi

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7232 Diagnosis of gastric submucosal tumors by endoscopic ultrasonography (eus); only image vs. eus-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy.

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    Yasumasa Niwa, Hidemi Goto, Yoshiki Hirooka, Shinya Kojima, Nobuhiro Ando, Testuo Hayakawa, Shinji Ohashi, Hiroaki Yoshikane, Shinya Maruta, Akihiro Miyata

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7233 Gastrointestinal autonomous nerve tumor (gant) of the stomach: report of a case with preoperative eus assessment and eus guided fine needle aspiration biopsy.

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    Christian Oesterreicher, Arnulf Ferlitsch, Helene Wiener, Renate Kain, Fritz Laengle, Ewald Schober, Georg Oberhuber, Rainer Schoefl

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7234 Usefulness of three-dimensional expression by endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis of gastric cancer invasion.

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    Seisuke Okamura, Akemi Tsutsui, Naoki Muguruma, Soichi Itikawa, Koji Tsujigami, Yoshio Okita, Susumu Ito, Kazunori Umino

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7235 Endoscopic ultrasonography in gastric malt and gastritis.

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    Bocus Paolo, De Bona Manuela, Bellumat Angelo, Barbazza Renzo, Zucca Emanuele, Roggero Enrico, De Boni Michele

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7236 Endosonographic evaluation of low-grade gastric malt lymphoma- miniprobe sonography versus conventional endoscopic ultrasound.

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    Hong-Zen Yeh, Gran-Hum Chen, Sheng-Shun Yang, Sek-Kwong Poon

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7237 Bile leaks after t-tube removal in orthotopic liver transplantation patients: the role of ercp.

    Page :AB302

    Poonputt Chotiprasidhi, Janet E. Tuttle-Newhal, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Gail Robuck-Mangum, Malcolm S. Branch, Paul S. Jowell, Katrina L. Swartz, John Baillie

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7238 Facilitation of pancreatic duct cannulation using synthetic porcine secretin.

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    Benedict M. Devereaux, Susan D. Phillips, Evan L. Fogel, Lois Bucksot, Patty Fay, Lee A. Shelly, Seymour Fein, Glen A. Lehman, Stuart Sherman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7239 Stricture dilation and brush cytology in the evaluation of malignant biliary obstruction (mbo): two brushes are better than one.

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    Evan L. Fogel, Stuart Sherman, Benedict M. Devereaux, Rungsun Rerknimitr, Lois Bucksot, Glen A. Lehman

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7240 Is the opening of the biliary duct without electrocoagulation, in infundibulotomy, important to avoid complications?

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    Kiyoshi Hashiba, Marco A. D'Assuncao, Daniel Moribe, Saverio T. Armellini, Carlos A. Cappellanes, Horus A. Brasil, Roberto K. Kikawa

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7241 Endoscopic therapy in chronic pancreatitis through the minor papilla in non-divisum patients.

    Page :AB303

    Asif Khalid, Adam Slivka

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7242 Primary sclerosing cholangitis in a patient with abdominal situs inversus.

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    Javier P. Piqueras, Asuncion R. Meca, Jose M. Obispo, Guillermo P. Llodra

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7243 Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp) in roux-en-y anastomosis or whipple surgery patients: eight-year experience from a large tertiary care center.

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    Shahid H. Sial, Marc F. Catalano, Michael J. Levy, Joseph E. Geenen

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7244 26 cases of pancreatic stone treated by epdbd: (endoscopic pancreatic duct balloon dilation) -its usefulness and safety-.

    Page :AB304

    .T. Tsuji, J. Won, K. Kuroda, K. Uchida, H. Sasaki, M. Tamiya, M. Doi, Y. Hoshino, N. Tsurumi, M.I. Imura, M. Katou

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7245 Ercp on intact papilla via long-limb roux-en-y gastrojejunostomy.

    Page :AB304

    Byron E. Wright, Martin L. Freeman, Oliver W. Cass

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7246 The usefulness of endoscopic pancreatic stenting without sphincterotomy or pancreatic sphincterotomy in patients with chronic pancreatitis.

    Page :AB304

    Hakuji Ando, Hirotaka Ohrara, Tamaki Yamada, Takahiro Nakazawa, Hitoshi Sano, Takashi Hashimoto, Shinichi Kajino, Tomoaki Ando, Soichi Nakamura, Makoto Itoh

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7247 Impact of endoscopic treatment in painful chronic pancreatitis.

    Page :AB304

    Emmanuel Dupuis, Philippe Pages, Louis Buscail, Jose Salcedo, Jacques Moreau, Jacques Frexinos, Jean Escourrou

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7248 Usefulness of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for pancreatolithiasis.

    Page :AB305

    Ken Inoue, Jiro Ouchida, Takao Ohtsuka, Toshinaga Nabae, Kazunori Yokohata, Hirokazu Noshiro, Masao Tanaka

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7249 Clinical usefulness of the pancreatic stent in patients with chronic pancreatitis.

    Page :AB305

    Takeshi Ishihara, Taketo Yamaguchi, Toshio Tsuyuguchi, Hiromitsu Saisho

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7250 Which factors predict the time required for stone removal after endoscopic balloon dilation (ebd) and sphincterotomy (est)?

    Page :AB305

    Jacques J. Bergman, Marco J. Bruno, Anne-Marie Berkel, Erik Aj Rauws, Paul Fockens, Guido Nj Tytgat, Kees Huibregtse

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7251 Natural history of asymptomatic bile duct stones at time of cholecystectomy.

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    Grant R. Caddy, John Kirby, Stephen J. Kirk, Allen Mike, John R. Moorehead, Tony C. Tham

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7252 The association of biliary leaks with choledocholithiasis following laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

    Page :AB306

    Marc F. Catalano, Shahid H. Sial, Joseph E. Geenen, Walter J. Hogan

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• • ·7253 Could sphincterotomy be justified routinely in patients with acute biliary pancreatitis ?.

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    Guadalupe Mendez-Velazquez, Jose G. de la Mora, Manuel Mijares, Marcia R. Perez-Dosal, Fidel Berlanga, Maria E. Lopez-Acosta, Gonzalo Rodriguez-Vanegas

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7254 A new technique to treat the common bile duct stones using covered expandable metallic stent.

    Page :AB306

    Atsushi Minami, Tatsuya Yamagami, Masaa Ngahama, Ryota Higuchi, Rikiya Fujita

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7255 Identification and validation of a predictive model to determine the likelihood of choledocholithiasis.

    Page :AB306

    Patrick I. Okolo, Willis G. Parsons, Ashish Verma

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• • ·7256 Multicenter randomized comparative trial of the new gianturco spiral z-stent compared to wallstent: study design and preliminary report of the zoom study.

    Page :AB307

    Douglas A. Howell, Glen A. Lehman, Stuart Sherman, John Baillie, M.S. Branch, Ram Chuttani, Douglas K. Pleskow, Willis G. Parsons, Adam Slivka, Paul A. Akerman, John J. Bosco

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7257 Endoscopic biliary drainage with endoscopic papillary balloon dilatation.

    Page :AB307

    Dae Hwan Kang, Geun Am Song, Mong Cho, Ung Suk Yang

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7258 Comparison of metal stents in the management of malignant biliary obstruction.

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    Madhukar Kaw, Khurrum Shaikh, Praveena Kaw

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• • ·7259 Which are the best metallic stents for palliating inoperable malignant biliary strictures; original, polyurethane-covered or newly designed covered metallic stent ?

    Page :AB307

    Yoshito Kawase, Tamon Sakai, Hiroaki Takami, Masayo Fujimoto, Masatoshi Kawanishi, Yuki Yamashiro, Tomio Yamasaki, Hideo Kitamura, Masahiro Fukuda, Yasushi Suzuki

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7260 Effective management of malignant obstructive jaundice with polyethylene stents.

    Page :AB308

    Ngai-Moh Law, Chin-Kong Yap, Roland Chong, Jun Cheng

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·7261 An audit of metal stent palliation for malignant biliary obstruction.

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    Neil I. McDougall, Simon Ej Edmunds

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• • ·7262 Biliary drainage for the palliative treatment of obstructive jaundice secondary to metastasis from gastric carcinoma.

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    Jong Ho Moon, Chang Beom Ryu, Su Jin Hong, Young Deok Cho, Joo Young Cho, Yun Soo Kim, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim

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• • ·7263 Effect of cholangiographic characteristics of stricture on the successful endoscopic biliary stenting for the palliation of malignant bile duct obstruction.

    Page :AB309

    Jong Jae Park, Myung Hwan Yoon, Eun A. Kim, Yang Seo Goo, Dong Kyun Park, Sun Suk Kim, You Kyung Kim, Duck Joo Choi, Hyun Cheol Park, Ju Hyun Kim

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• • ·7264 Clinical outcome of percutaneous-duodenal bile duct stent of the yamakawa type.

    Page :AB309

    Wilfried Veltzke-Schlieker, Hassan Abou-Rebyeh, Andreas Adler, Bertram Wiedenmann, Rainer Eckhard Hintze

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• • ·Author Index

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• • ·Subject Index : (BY ABSTRACT NUMBER)

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