The clinical accuracy of endoscopic ultrasonography and white light imaging in gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection.

Purpose: Gastric mucosal neoplastic lesions should have characteristic endoscopic features for successful endoscopic submucosal dissection.

Materials And Methods: Out of the 1,010 endoscopic submucosal dissection, we enrolled 62 patients that had the procedure cancelled. Retrospectively, whether the reasons for cancelling the endoscopic submucosal dissection were consistent with the indications for an endoscopic submucosal dissection were assessed by analyzing the clinical outcomes of the patients that had the surgery.

The cap-assisted technique enhances colonoscopy training: prospective randomized study of six trainees.

Background: Colonoscopy and polypectomy procedures have effectively reduced the incidence of colorectal cancer. Currently, competence in colonoscopy is an essential part of the education program for gastrointestinal (GI) trainees. However, considerable training is required for the optimal performance of a colonoscopy.

Factors predictive of risk for complications in patients with oesophageal foreign bodies.

Background: Reports on predictive risk factors associated with complications of ingested oesophageal foreign bodies are rare.

Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the predictive risk factors associated with the complications of oesophageal foreign bodies.

Methods: Three hundred sixteen cases with foreign bodies in the oesophagus were retrospectively investigated.

A case of McCune-Albright syndrome with associated multiple endocrinopathies.

McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is a rare disorder that develops from an activating mutation in the Gs gene. It is characterized by an association with Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, and precocious puberty, Caf-au-lait pigmentation, and other endocrinopathies that result from the hyperactivity of a variety of endocrine glands. Recently we encountered a patient with MAS with fibrous dysplasia, skin pigmentation, acromegaly, hyperprolactinemia and a thyroid nodule.

[A case of biliary cast syndrome after cadaveric liver transplantation].

We experienced one fatal case of biliary cast syndrome after cadaveric liver transplantation involving both intrahepatic ducts. A 58-year-old man underwent cadaveric liver transplantation because of hepatitis B virus related liver cirrhosis and concomitant hepatocellular carcinoma. Five weeks after the liver transplantation, postoperative course was complicated by development of acute cholangitis.