Why spend an extra 2 minutes inspecting a polyp before resection?
Because 2 minutes may completely change your treatment plan.
The goal of optical diagnosis isn't simply to identify an adenoma.
It's to answer one question:
Is there submucosal invasion (SMI)?
For any colorectal lesion >10 mm (Paris 0-Is or 0-IIa/IIb), think Lateral Spreading Tumor (LST).
Why? https://t.co/xOsFg7be0x
🟢 LST-G homogeneous → 0.8% SMI
🟡 LST-Non Granular flat → 8% SMI
🔴 LST-Non Granular pseudodepressed → 42.5% SMI
The closer you look, the better you stage.
The better you stage, the better you treat.
⚡Electrosurgery is not “just a setting” in therapeutic endoscopy 🩺
New AGA CPU reviews ESU principles, current density, safety & tissue effect 🔬
📚 https://t.co/rUqx2ysmBt
⚠️Essential reading for EMR/ESD/ERCP practice.
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Más experiencia no siempre es ventaja. Un estudio con 45 endoscopistas revela: los más veteranos tardaron MÁS en dominar ESD. A veces, desaprender es el primer paso.
🔗 https://t.co/fzf1X5coys
#ESD#Endoscopia#Formación
How to select esophageal stents?
Esophagus is 25 mm × 25 cm tube.
Diameter:
•16–18 mm→strictures/anastomoses, but ↑migration
•23 mm→leaks, fistulas, strictures; ↑discomfort, perforation
Length: 10, 12, 15 cm
•Extend ≥2 cm beyond stricture
•GEJ involved: Long stents
Este documento de la BSG es como un libro de texto sobre endoscopia digestiva alta y es una lectura imprescindible para endoscopistas y médicos en formación 💡🆕
Pneumatic decompression during POEM or ESD is an important skill to prepare for.
1. Resource article: https://t.co/Ynp8zoFgWx
2. Needles: Veress Needle or 14-16G IV cannula
3. Entry site: Figure below
Always: Check CO2, low-medium (incorporate in pre-procedure time-out)
📣 Most GI perforations don’t need a scalpel anymore. Over-the-scope clips (OTSCs) can close full-thickness defects endoscopically—if used early.
But here’s the twist: They often fail in chronic #fistulas.
Timing > tech.
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📩: https://t.co/HFUZ4vRwBl