Richard Kwon

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Minimal prospective data are available on intraoperative pancreatoscopy (IOP) for the diagnostic work-up of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia (IPMN)…

Background: Gastric sleeve stenosis (GSS) is an increasingly common adverse event following sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and thought to result from progressive rotation and/or scarring of the sleeve. Objective diagnostic criteria for this condition are lacking…

BACKGROUND: Gastric access temporary for endoscopy (GATE) via endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided stent placement between the gastric pouch or jejunum and excluded stomach is increasingly used in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) for evaluation of the remnant stomach or to facilitate endoscopic retrog…

BACKGROUND: Sphincter of Oddi Disorders (SOD) describes a contentious and heterogeneous diagnosis in patients whose abdominal pain, idiopathic acute pancreatitis (AP), or both may derive from a spastic or stenotic sphincter…

BACKGROUND: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a lethal disease with metastasis and therapy resistance being a driver in poor survival…