UEGW Report 2008: Putting endoscopy into perspective

The 16th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW), which was held in Vienna in October 2008, provided the opportunity for those interested in gastrointestinal endoscopy to be informed of the experience of colleagues throughout the world and to become acquainted with the latest advancements and research in the field. Many of these abstracts focused on innovations and new techniques, and numerous others concentrated on topics with an impact on everyday clinical practice. This report attempts to highlight mostly oral presentations but also a few selected poster presentations, and each will be briefly reviewed in the light of recent publications in the respective fields of gastrointestinal endoscopy.

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• 3 Seewald S, Ang T L, Soehendra N. Endoscopic mucosal resection of Barrett’s oesophagus containing dysplasia or intramucosal cancer.  Postgrad Med J. 2007;  83 367-372
• 4 Ciocirlan M, Lapalus M G, Hervieu V. et al . Endoscopic mucosal resection for squamous premalignant and early malignant lesions of the esophagus.  Endoscopy. 2007;  39 24-29
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• 27 Jeon S, Jung M, Cho K. et al . Clinical outcomes of macroperforation and microperforation during endoscopic mucosal dissection in patients with gastric lesions are favorable and comparable.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 (Suppl I) A95-0
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• 32 Kawahara Y, Takenaka R, Okada H. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) using mucosectome for esophageal cancers.  Endoscopy. 2007;  39 (Suppl I) A31
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• 45 Curvers W L, Bohmer C J, Mallant-Hent R C. et al . Mucosal morphology in Barrett’s esophagus: interobserver agreement and role of narrow band imaging.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 799-805
• 46 Alvarez-Herrero A, Curvers W L, Bansal A. et al . A simplified classification on mucosal morphology in Barrett's oesophagus; an international observer agreement study.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 (Suppl I) A60
• 47 Rex D K, Helbig C C. High yield of small and flat adenomas with high definition colonoscopes using either wight light or narrow band imaging.  Gastroenterology. 2007;  133 42-47
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• 49 Inoue T, Murano M, Murano N. et al . Comparative study of conventional colonoscopy and pan-colonic narrow-band imaging system in the detection of neoplastic colonic polyps: a randomized, controlled trial.  J Gastroenterol. 2008;  43 45-50
• 50 Paggi S, Radaelli F, Amato A. et al . The impact of narrow band imaging in screening colonoscopy: a randomized controlled trial.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 (Suppl I) A12
• 51 Aschenbeck J, Rösch T, Yenerim T. et al . A large prospective randomized trial comparing narrow band imaging vs. conventional imaging for screening colonoscopy in a private practise setting.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 (Suppl I) A12
• 52 East J E, Suzuki N, Bassett P. et al . Narrow band imaging with magnification for the characterization of small and diminutive colonic polyps: pit pattern and vascular pattern intensity.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 811-817
• 53 Sikka S, Ringold D A, Jonnalagadda S, Banerjee B. Comparison of white light and narrow band high definition images in predicting colon polyp histology, using standard colonoscopes without optical magnification.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 818-822
• 54 Pohl J, May A, Rabenstein T. et al . Computed virtual chromoendoscopy: a new tool for enhancing tissue surface structures.  Endoscopy. 2007;  39 80-83
• 55 Pohl J, Nguyen-tat M, Lotterer E. et al . A prospective randomized multicenter study on the Fujinon intelligent colour enhancement (FICE) system versus standard colonoscopy with targeted indigocarmine chromoscopy: What is the impact of novel optical imaging techniques on polyp detection rates?.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 (Suppl I) A13
• 56 Togashi K, Osawa H, Koinuma K. et al . Fujinon intelligent colour enhancement can differentiate small neoplastic colon polyps from non-neoplastic ones.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 (Suppl I) A12
• 57 East J E, Stavrindis M, Thomas-Gibson S. et al . A comparative study of standard vs. high definition colonoscopy for adenoma and hyperplastic polyp detection with optimized withdrawal technique.  Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2008;  28 768-776
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• 59 Hoffman A, Basting N, Goetz M. et al . High definition endoscopy (HD+) with i-Scan and Lugol's solution for the detection of inflammation in patients with GERD.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 (Suppl I) A61-0
• 60 Hoffman A, Basting N, Goetz M. et al . High-definition endoscopy with i-Scan and Lugol's solution for more precise detection of mucosal breaks in patients with reflux symptoms.  Endoscopy. 2009;  41 107-112
• 61 Eberl T, Jechart G, Probst A. et al . Can an endocytoscope system (ECS) predict histology in neoplastic lesions?.  Endoscopy. 2007;  39 497-501
• 62 Pohl H, Koch M, Khalifa A. et al . Evaluation of endocytoscopy in the surveillance of patients with Barrett’s esophagus.  Endoscopy. 2007;  39 492-496
• 63 Pohl H, Rösch T, Vieth M. et al . Miniprobe confocal laser microscopy for the detection of invisible neoplasia in patients with Barrett's oesophagus.  Gut. 2008;  57 1648-1653
• 64 Inoue H, Sasajima K, Kaga M. et al . Endoscopic in vivo evaluation of tissue atypia in the esophagus using a newly designed integrated endocytoscope: a pilot trial.  Endoscopy. 2006;  38 891-895
• 65 Hoffman A, Goetz M, Vieth M. et al . Confocal laser endomicroscopy: technical status and current indications.  Endoscopy. 2006;  38 1275-1283
• 66 Kiesslich R, Goetz M, Neurath M F. Virtual histology.  Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 2008;  22 883-897
• 67 Yan B M, Van Dam J. In vivo real-time endocytoscopic visualization of blood flow in rectal microvasculature.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 534-536
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• 70 Goetz M, Ziebart A, Vieth M. et al . In vivo molecular imaging of colorectal cancer by confocal endomicroscopy.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 (Suppl I) A24
• 71 Goetz M, Ansems J, Schuchmann M. et al . In vivo confocal imaging of apoptosis of the liver.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 (Suppl I) A60-0
• 72 Kato M, Kaise M, Yonezawa J. et al . Autofluorescence endoscopy versus conventional white light endoscopy for the detection of superficial gastric neoplasia: a prospective comparative study.  Endoscopy. 2007;  39 937-941
• 73 Ochsenkühn T, Tillack C, Stepp H. et al . Low frequency of colorectal dysplasia in patients with long-standing inflammatory bowel disease colitis: detection by fluorescence endoscopy.  Endoscopy. 2006;  38 477-482
• 74 Uedo N, Iishi H, Tatsuta M. et al . A novel videoendoscopy system by using autofluorescence and reflectance imaging for diagnosis of esophagogastric cancers.  Gastrointest Endosc. 2005;  62 521-528
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• 77 Ragunath K, Thomas T, Singh R. Trimodal imaging endoscopy assisted endoscopic resection of Barrett’s early neoplasia: a feasibility study and video demonstration.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 (Suppl I) A26
• 78 van den Broek F JC, van Soest , Naber A H. et al . The combined use of autofluorescence imaging and narrow band imaging improves the differentiation of adenomas from non-neoplastic colonic polyps in non-expert setting.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 (Suppl I) A201
• 79 Lucendo A J, de Rezende L C, Cuesta R A. et al . Chromoendoscopy with indigo-carmine improves the identification of endoscopic mucosal findings in adult eosinophilic esophagitis.  Gut. 2008;  57 (Suppl II) A38
• 80 Watson T J, Peters J H. Future developments in total Barrett’s eradication: the surgeon’s view.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 1048-1051
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• 83 Dumot J A, Greenwald B D. Argon plasma coagulation, bipolar cautery, and cryotherapy: ABCs of ablative techniques.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 1026-1032
• 84 Wang K K, Lutzke L, Borkenhagen L. et al . Photodynamic therapy for Barrett’s esophagus: does light still have a role?.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 1021-1025
• 85 Seewald S, Ang T L, Gotoda T, Soehendra N. Total endoscopic resection of Barrett esophagus.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 1016-1020
• 86 Odze R D, Lauwers G Y. Histopathology of Barrett’s esophagus after ablation and endoscopic mucosal resection therapy.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 1008-1015
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• 88 Shaheen N J, Spechler S J. Total endoscopic eradication of Barrett’s esophagus: study methodology, candidate selection, and clinical outcomes.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 994-999
• 89 Bergman J J, Sharma P. Total Barrett eradication: is it ready for prime time?.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 991-993
• 90 Pouw R E, Gondrie J J, van Vilsteren F G. et al . A randomised prospective trial comparing the cap-technique and multi-band mucosectomy technique for piecemeal endoscopic resection in Barrett esophagus.  Gut. 2008;  57 (Suppl II) A83
• 91 Sahay P. Increased number of targeted biopsies are better than systematic quadrantic biopsies at picking up Barrett’s high grade dysplasia.  Am J Gastroenterol. 2008;  103 2402
• 92 Wolfsen H C, Crook J E, Krishna M. et al . Prospective, controlled tandem endoscopy study of narrow band imaging for dysplasia detection in Barrett’s Esophagus.  Gastroenterology. 2008;  135 24-31
• 93 Singh R, Anagnostopoulos G K, Yao K. et al . Narrow-band imaging with magnification in Barrett’s esophagus: validation of a simplified grading system of mucosal morphology patterns against histology.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 457-463
• 94 Pohl J, May A, Rabenstein T. et al . Comparison of computed virtual chromoendoscopy and conventional chromoendoscopy with acetic acid for detection of neoplasia in Barrett’s esophagus.  Endoscopy. 2007;  39 594-598
• 95 Pohl J, Pech O, May A. et al . High resolution chromoendoscopy with acetic acid for Barrett’s surveillance: is there still a place for random biopsies?.  Gut. 2008;  57 (Suppl II) A81
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• 97 Sikkema M, Kerkhof M, Steyerberg E W. et al . Prospective multicenter study on the incidence of neoplastic progression in Barrett esophagus patients.  Gut. 2008;  57 (Suppl II) A82-0
• 98 Pouw R E, Seewald S, Gondrie J J. et al . How adequate is endoscopic inspection of a Barrett’s esophagus with early neoplasia by expert endoscopists? An international multicenter study with complete histological correlation of the whole Barrett segment.  Gut. 2008;  57 (Suppl II) A82
• 99 Pech O, Dusemund F, Günter E. et al . Value of high-frequency miniprobes and conventional radial endoscopic ultrasound in the staging of early Barrett’s carcinoma: a prospective randomized trial with a cross-over design.  Gut. 2008;  57 (Suppl II) A83
• 100 May A. Endoscopy. Stop confusing us with EUS prior to endoscopic resection.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 71-72
• 101 Thomas T, Aithal G, Penman I. et al . Role of EUS in the evaluation of Barrett’s high-grade dysplasia and early carcinoma.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 (Suppl I) A60
• 102 Vergara M, Calvet X, Gisbert J P. Epinephrine injection versus epinephrine injection and a second endoscopic method in high risk bleeding ulcers.  Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007;  2 CD005584
• 103 Marmo R, Rotondano G, Piscopo R. et al . Dual therapy versus monotherapy in the endoscopic treatment of high-risk bleeding ulcers: a meta-analysis of controlled trials.  Am J Gastroenterol. 2007;  102 279-289
• 104 Arima S, Shimoda R, Tominaga N. et al . Evaluation of hemostasis with endoscopic high-frequency hemostatic forceps with soft coagulation mode for bleeding gastric ulcer: comparison with metallic hemoclips in a prospective randomized study.  Gut. 2008;  57 (Suppl II) A351
• 105 Lecleire S, Ramirez S, Antonietti N. et al . Recurrent bleeding in Mallory-Weiss syndrome is lower in patients treated with by endoscopic band ligation compared to patients treated by hemoclip application plus epinephrine injection.  Gut. 2008;  57 (Suppl II) A353
• 106 Adler A, Papanikolaou I S, Veltzke-Schlieker W. et al . Comparison of a new re-opening endoclip with a standard clipping system: a prospective randomized study.  Gut. 2008;  57 (Suppl II) A353
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• 109 Kuipers E J, Sung J JY, Barkun A. et al . High-dose intravenous esomeprazole is safe and well tolerated in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding.  Gut. 2008;  57 (Suppl II) A352
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• 111 Bellutti M, Fry L C, Mönkemüller K. et al . Frequency of non-small bowel etiologies of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding in patients referred for double balloon enteroscopy.  Gut. 2008;  57 (Suppl II) A351-0
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• 114 van Leerdam Μ Ε. Epidemiology of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding.  Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 2008;  22 209-224
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• 116 Theocharis G, Thomopoulos K, Sakellaropoulos G. et al . Changing trends in the epidemiology and clinical outcome of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a defined geographical area in Greece.  J Clin Gastoenterol. 2008;  42 128-133
• 117 Vanbiervliet G, Giudicelli-Bornard S, Berthier F. et al . Predictive factors of bleeding from spontaneous rubber-band slip following endoscopic variceal ligation in cirrhotic patients: a case control study.  Gut. 2008;  57 (Suppl II) A21
• 118 Almeida N, Rosa A, Monsanto P. et al . Bleeding gastric varices: a single-center experience with endoscopic injection of N-butyl-2-cyanocrylate (Histoacryl).  Gut. 2008;  57 (Suppl II) A351
• 119 Mergener K, Ponchon T, Gralnek I. et al . Literature review and recommendations for clinical application of small-bowel capsule endoscopy, based on a panel discussion by international experts. Consensus statements for small-bowel capsule endoscopy, 2006/2007.  Endoscopy. 2007;  39 895-909
• 120 Zhong J, Ma T, Zhang C. et al . A retrospective study of the application on double-balloon enteroscopy in 378 patients with suspected small-bowel diseases.  Endoscopy. 2007;  39 208-215
• 121 Mönkemüller K, Weigt J, Treiber G. et al . Diagnostic and therapeutic impact of double-balloon enteroscopy.  Endoscopy. 2006;  38 67-72
• 122 Pohl J, Blancas J M, Cave D. et al . Consensus report of the 2nd International Conference on double balloon endoscopy.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 156-160
• 123 Tsujikawa T, Saitoh Y, Andoh A. et al . Novel single-balloon enteroscopy for diagnosis and treatment of the small intestine: preliminary experiences.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 11-15
• 124 Hartmann D, Eickhoff A, Tamm R. et al . Balloon-assisted enteroscopy using a single-balloon technique.  Endoscopy. 2007;  39 (Suppl 1) E276
• 125 Akerman P A, Agrawal D, Cantero D. et al . Spiral enteroscopy with the new DSB overtube: a novel technique for deep peroral small-bowel intubation.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 974-978
• 126 Schembre D B, Ross A S. Spiral enteroscopy: a new twist on overtube-assisted endoscopy.  Gastrointest Endosc. 2009;  69 333-336
• 127 Saurin J, Pilleull F, Ben Soussan E. et al . Small-bowel examination by capsule endoscopy may reveal adenomas and cancers in asymptomatic HNPCC patients.  Gut. 2008;  57 (Suppl II) A1
• 128 van Tuyl S A, den Ouden H, Stolk M F, Kuipers E J. Optimal preparation for video capsule endoscopy: a prospective, randomized, single-blind study.  Endoscopy. 2007;  39 1037-1040
• 129 Lapalus M G, Ben Soussan E, Saurin J C. et al . Capsule endoscopy and bowel preparation with oral sodium phosphate: a prospective randomized controlled trial.  Gastrointest Endosc. 2008;  67 1091-1096
• 130 Boyko V, Aabakken L, Repici A. et al . Outcome of clinical trial: PEG preparation is better for video capsule examination.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 (Suppl I) A306-0
• 131 Triantafyllou K, Kalli T, Ladas S D. Small bowel purge after the entrance of the capsule in the duodenum results to better quality of bowel preparation for video-capsule endoscopy. Prospective, randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled, real time viewer assisted study.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 (Suppl I) A30-0
• 132 Chung J W, Kim H M, Jang J S. et al . Usefulness of capsule endoscope ”MiroCam” with long operation time for the patients with altered anatomy of upper gastrointestinal tract by surgery without delivery device.  Endoscopy. 2008;  40 (Suppl I) A306
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