Sarah Stainko

Acute variceal bleeding (AVB) is a major cause of death in cirrhotic patients. We developed and internally validated a pragmatic model to predict the individualized risk of 30-day readmission with recurrent AVB in liver cirrhosis patients…

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic gastroparesis (IG) is an increasingly prevalent subtype of gastroparesis and causes significant morbidity and decreased quality of life…

While gastric per-oral endoscopic myotomy (G-POEM) of the pylorus has shown promising results in enhancing the quality of life (QoL) for patients with gastroparesis (GP), evidence supporting its sustained benefits over time is limited…

INTRODUCTION: G-POEM is a promising therapy in patients with GP. Functional lumen imaging probe (FLIP) is used to measure pylorus distensibility. However, current FLIP balloon is not designed for the pylorus, and it measures distensibility in a non-isobaric fashion…