Comparison of endoscopic ultrasound-guided coil deployment with and without cyanoacrylate injection for gastric varices.

Background And Study Aims: Gastric variceal bleeding is more severe than esophageal variceal bleeding, and is associated with higher rebleeding and mortality rates. The benefits of endoscopic ultrasound-guided coil deployment alone for treating gastric varices, compared with concomitant cyanoacrylate injection, remain unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the outcomes of both modalities.

Differentiating Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors from Leiomyomas Using a Neural Network Trained on Endoscopic Ultrasonography Images.

Background: Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is crucial to diagnose and evaluate gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumors (GIMTs). However, EUS-guided biopsy does not always differentiate gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) from leiomyomas. We evaluated the ability of a convolutional neural network (CNN) to differentiate GISTs from leiomyomas using EUS images.