Long-term impact of scheduled regular endoscopic interventions for patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Background: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is associated with biliary obstructions that can require endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). While the beneficial effects of ERCP are well documented, follow-up interventional strategies are less defined, and their long-term impact is debated.

Methods: We evaluated the outcome of a scheduled program of ERCP-guided interventions that have been developed and implemented at our tertiary liver center for more than 20 years.

Correction: Complication rates of direct puncture and pull-through techniques for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: Results from a large multicenter cohort.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1055/a-1924-3525.].

Complication rates of direct puncture and pull-through techniques for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: Results from a large multicenter cohort.

 Two different techniques for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) have been developed: classical pull-through and direct puncture techniques. This study compared the complication rate for both techniques in a large retrospective patient cohort.  Clinical data from patients who received a PEG in four high-volume centers for endoscopy were included retrospectively between January 2016 and December 2018.

PuraStat in gastrointestinal bleeding: results of a prospective multicentre observational pilot study.

Background: A recently developed haemostatic peptide gel for endoscopic application has been introduced to improve the management of gastrointestinal bleeding. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility, safety, efficacy and indication profiles of PuraStat in a clinical setting.

Methods: In this prospective observational multicentre pilot study, patients with acute non-variceal gastrointestinal bleeding (upper and lower) were included.

Intragastric Single-Port Surgery: An Innovative and Multipurpose Technique for the Therapy of Upper Digestive Tract Lesions.

: Endoscopic treatment can represent a technical challenge for several special situations, such as resecting gastric tumors with larger size or in unfavorable sites and performing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). This study aims to describe an innovative and multipurpose technique, intragastric single-port surgery (IGS), which can be applied for abovementioned special situations and for assessing its safety, feasibility, and efficacy. : IGS technique was performed through a 2-3 cm skin incision, where the stomach wall is exteriorized and fixed to the skin.