Endoscopy innovations

Innovation everywhere for everybody – this is the way we can summarize the 2014 Digestive Disease Week, which was held in Chicago, Illinois, last May. Many sessions introduced new innovative materials and concepts. From the robot of the future to the simplest ideas, the congress was fertile and sometimes full of surprises. Abstracts representing significant progress and innovations in the field of digestive endoscopy are reviewed here.

• References

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• 3 Almadi MA, Barkun AN, Martel M. No benefit of covered vs uncovered self-expandable metal stents in patients with malignant distal biliary obstruction: a meta-analysis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2013; 11: 27-37 (e21)
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• 5 Song TJ, Lee SS, Yun SC et al. Paclitaxel-eluting covered metal stents versus covered metal stents for distal malignant biliary obstruction: a prospective comparative pilot study. Gastrointest Endosc 2011; 73: 727-733
• 6 Zhang Y, Zhining F. Paclitaxel-eluting covered metal stents versus covered metal stents for esophageal squamous carcinoma in rabbits. Gastrointest Endosc 2014; 79: AB136
• 7 Huang J, Zhang Y, Zhong H et al. Comparison of endoscopic submucosal implantation vs. surgical intramuscular implantation of VX2 fragments for establishing a rabbit esophageal tumor model for mimicking human esophageal squamous carcinoma. PLoS One 2014; 9: e85326
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• 9 Kantsevoy SV, Bitner M, Mitrakov AA et al. Endoscopic suturing closure of large mucosal defects after endoscopic submucosal dissection is technically feasible, fast, and eliminates the need for hospitalization (with videos). Gastrointest Endosc 2014; 79: 503-507
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• 11 Singhal S, Changela K, Lane D et al. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepatic and perihepatic abscess drainage: an evolving technique. Therap Adv Gastroenterol 2014; 7: 93-98
• 12 Moshkowitz N, Arber N. Safety and proof of concept demonstrated with a novel prep-less X-ray imaging capsule for colon cancer screening. Gastroenterology 2014; 146: 142
• 13 Rhim AD, Thege FI, Santana SM et al. Detection of circulating pancreas epithelial cells in patients with pancreatic cystic lesions. Gastroenterology 2014; 146: 647-651
• 14 Waxman I, Koons A, Konda VJ et al. Detection of portal vein (PV) circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in pancreatic cancer (PC) patients obtained by EUS guided PV sampling. A safety and feasibility trial. Gastrointest Endosc 2014; 79: AB173
• 15 Giday SA, Clarke JO, Buscaglia JM et al. EUS-guided portal vein catheterization: a promising novel approach for portal angiography and portal vein pressure measurements. Gastrointest Endosc 2008; 67: 338-342
• 16 Iglesias-Garcia J, Poley JW, Larghi A et al. Feasibility and yield of a new EUS histology needle: results from a multicenter, pooled, cohort study. Gastrointest Endosc 2011; 73: 1189-1196
• 17 Nakai Y, Isayama H, Chang KJ et al. A pilot study of EUS-guided through-the-needle biopsy (EUSTTNB) of solid masses. Gastrointest Endosc 2014; 79: AB175
• 18 Inoue H, Minami H, Kobayashi Y et al. Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for esophageal achalasia. Endoscopy 2010; 42: 265-271
• 19 Khashab MA, Stein E, Clarke JO et al. Gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy for refractory gastroparesis: first human endoscopic pyloromyotomy (with video). Gastrointest Endosc 2013; 78: 764-768
• 20 Chaves DM, de Moura EG, Mestieri LH et al. Endoscopic pyloromyotomy through a gastric submucosal tunnel dissection for the treatment of gastroparesis after surgical vagal lesion. Gastrointest Endosc 2014; 79: AB186