Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) represents a minimally invasive, endoscopic curative resection technique for foregut and hind gut submucosal pathology…
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has become an important therapeutic modality for management of pancreaticobiliary diseases. Post-ERCP perforation, most commonly type 2, is one of the most feared complications of ERCP…
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…
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. While endoscopic resection techniques have shown to be feasible for removal of GISTs < 3cm, surgical resection is recommended for larger tumors…
BACKGROUND: Benign and malignant gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) at the remnant stomach in patients with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) can potentially be life-threatening…
Basil I. Hirschowitz Endoscopic Center of Excellence, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine