Endoscopic treatment (endoscopic balloon dilation/self-expandable metal stent) vs surgical resection for the treatment of de novo stenosis in Crohn's disease (ENDOCIR study): an open-label, multicentre, randomized trial.

Background: Stenosis is one of the most common complications in patients with Crohn's disease (CD). Endoscopic balloon dilation (EBD) is the treatment of choice for a short stenosis adjacent to the anastomosis from previous surgery. Self-expandable metal stents (SEMS) may be a suitable treatment option for longer stenoses.

Self-expandable metal stents versus endoscopic balloon dilation for the treatment of strictures in Crohn's disease (ProtDilat study): an open-label, multicentre, randomised trial.

Background: Endoscopic balloon dilation (EBD) is the established endoscopic treatment for short strictures in Crohn's disease. Fully covered self-expandable metal stents (FCSEMS) have been used for endoscopic treatment of patients for whom EBD was unsuccessful. We aimed to determine the efficacy and safety of the two endoscopic treatments in patients with Crohn's disease with stenosis and compare the mean cost of both treatments.

Cardiorespiratory complications directly related to endoscopy: associated or not with sedation?

With the advent of routine sedation in digestive endoscopy, specifically the use of propofol, multiple reports have focused on the complications that may potentially emerge because of sedation, and whether administration is safer by anesthetists or trained gastroenterologists. Complications associated with endoscopy itself, whether diagnostic or therapeutic, have also been described. However, the fact that both upper and lower endoscopy per se may be accompanied by complications, both during the procedure or thereafter, is usually overlooked.

Gastric ulcers with upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with severe SARS-CoV-2.

A new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was identified earlier this year and spread rapidly globally. The clinical manifestations that it produces have gradually become known and the typical clinical picture is respiratory. Although gastrointestinal symptoms have been described in several communications, information on endoscopic findings in these patients is practically zero.