INTRODUCTION: Most endoscopists perform ERCP with only a side-viewing duodenoscope. We hypothesize significant gastrointestinal findings are missed due to the side-viewing design of the duodenoscope and that at least a subset of patients would benefit from concomitant forward-viewing exam (i.e…

MULTICENTER VALIDATION OF A CHOLANGIOSCOPY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR EVALUATION OF BILIARY TRACT MALIGNANCY

INTRODUCTION: Clinicians struggle with classifying biliary tract strictures as being benign or malignant due to inadequate sampling techniques. Current sampling modalities include brush cytology (BC) and forceps biopsy (FB), which have poor sensitivity for identifying malignancy…

ASGE & Mexican GI Endoscopy Association (AMEG)

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EUS GASTROENTEROSTOMY (EUS-GE) FOR TREATMENT OF GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE NECROTIZING PANCREATITIS

Background: Severe and necrotizing acute pancreatitis can lead to symptomatic gastric outlet stenosis due to external compression. In addition, intestinal motility can be reduced in severe pancreatitis. These patients may require a gastric decompression tube and jejunal (or parenteral) nutrition…