Mohamed Othman

BACKGROUND: Recently, high rates of post-peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) gastroesophageal reflux disease have been reported. A novel POEM with fundoplication (POEM-F) has been described to address this issue…

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a complication of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and can range from micronutrient deficiencies to protein-calorie malnutrition. Malignant neoplasms and certain surgical complications can increase this risk…

BACKGROUND: There is a lack of data on training benchmarks to define competence in colorectal EMR (C-EMR) among advanced endoscopy trainees (AETs). Previous pilot data from our group demonstrated a relatively low proportion of AETs achieve competence on key cognitive and technical aspects of C-EMR…

BACKGROUND: There is a lack of data on training benchmarks to define competence in colorectal EMR (C-EMR) among advanced endoscopy trainees (AETs). Previous pilot data from our group demonstrated a relatively low proportion of AETs achieve competence on key cognitive and technical aspects of C-EMR…

BACKGROUND: Video analysis has emerged as a potentially strategy for performance assessment of specialized techniques where local expertise and mentorship are limited…

BACKGROUND: Video analysis has emerged as a potentially strategy for performance assessment of specialized techniques where local expertise and mentorship are limited…

Current guidelines advise esophagectomy for submucosal esophageal adenocarcinoma (T1b EAC). However, data from retrospective studies suggest that endoscopic follow-up (FU) may be a valid alternative in patients without signs of lymph node metastases (LNM) at baseline…

For training deep learning algorithms in medical imaging, application-specific data is often scarce…

BACKGROUND: The most common complication after endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is delayed bleeding (DB), especially in the proximal colon…

Training in interventional endoscopy is offered by interventional endoscopy fellowship programs (IEFPs) not accredited by the ACGME. The number of these programs has increased exponentially with a concurrent increase in the breadth and complexity of these procedures…

SOCIETY: ASGE

SOCIETY: ASGE

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Differentiating pancreas cyst subtype is a fundamental step to develop management for patients with incidental pancreatic cystic lesions (PCL), but current standard of care has suboptimal accuracy…

INTRODUCTION: There is limited understanding of the impact of pancrelipase on specific clinical symptoms and health-related quality of life (HrQoL) in real-world patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI)…

BACKGROUND: Hybrid endoscopic submucosal dissection (H-ESD), which incorporates ESD with endoscopic mucosal resection, has been developed and is increasingly utilized to overcome the technical complexity of conventional ESD (C-ESD)…

Resection of distal rectal lesions extending to the dentate line is technically challenging due to unique anatomical features and the ideal treatment strategy remains unclear…

BACKGROUND: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of colorectal lesions is technically demanding and carries a significant rate of noncurative resection…

Effectiveness of monopolar cutting current (MC) during POEM (per oral endoscopic myotomy) varies depending on tissue consistency and body composition. To overcome such variations, a novel bipolar radiofrequency ablation (RFA) cutting knife (BC) was developed…

SOCIETY: ASGE

BACKGROUND: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a widely accepted treatment option for superficial esophageal squamous neoplasms (SSN) in Asia and is supported by US society guidelines…

BACKGROUND: Esophageal stenosis is a potential risk after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), with incidence ranging from 70-90% among those with mucosal defects involving more than three-quarters of the circumference of the esophagus…

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