The thoracic surgeon, well versed in advanced endoscopy, has an array of therapeutic options for foregut pathologic conditions. Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) offers a less-invasive means to treat ...
Endoscopic procedures for foreign body ingestion (FBI) and esophageal food impactions (EFI) performed during on-call hours are associated with increased stress, risk, and cost. We implemented a Foreig...
Using endoscopy records from multiple academic and community hospitals within a large integrated health system in the United states, we identified esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) performed for food i...
We identified 479 EGDs performed for FBI and EFI. The introduction of the FBA was associated with a shorter length of stay (LOS) for overall cases (0.35 vs. 0.8 d P <0.001), day cases (0.16 vs. 1.0 d ...
This is one of the largest studies of esophageal impactions and foreign bodies in adults in the United States, and the first to examine the effects of a protocol designed to avoid after-hours endoscop...
Zenker's diverticulum is a rare disease that affects quality of life due to dysphagia and regurgitation. This condition can be treated by various surgical or endoscopic methods....
Patients treated for Zenker's diverticulum in three centers in the south of France between 2014 and 2019 were included. The primary objective was clinical efficacy. Secondary objectives were technical...
One hundred forty-four patients with a total of one hundred sixty-five procedures performed were included. A significant difference was found between the different groups in terms of clinical success ...
Flexible endoscopy appears to be as effective and safe as open surgery in the treatment of Zenker's diverticulum. Endoscopy allows a shorter hospital stay at the expense of a higher risk of recurrence...
With the incessant advances in information technology and its implications in all domains of our life, artificial intelligence (AI) started to emerge as a need for better machine performance. How it c...
The two main AI systems categories are computer-assisted detection 'CADe' for lesion detection and computer-assisted diagnosis 'CADx' for optical biopsy and lesion characterization. Multiple softwares...
AI is a breakthrough in digestive endoscopy. Screening gastric and colonic cancer detection should be improved especially outside of expert's centers. Prospective and multicenter trials are mandatory ...
Lumbar disk herniation (LDH) is one of the most common diseases of the spine, especially occurring in L4-5 and L5-S1 intervertebral disks, and surgery is a choice when conservative treatment is ineffe...
A total of 133 patients of a single center surgically treated for L5-S1 LDH between 2019 and 2021 were retrospectively included in this study, of which 70 were treated by UBE technique and the rest we...
There was no statistically significant difference in hospitalization time or fluoroscopy times between the two groups. The operation time was shorter in the UBE group than that in the OSE group; howev...
The OSE technique is an effective minimally invasive surgical option as well as the UBE technique in the treatment of L5-S1 LDH....
The objective of this study was to assess the performance and application of a self-developed deep learning (DL) algorithm for the real-time localization and classification of both vocal cord carcinom...
The algorithm was trained and validated upon a dataset of videos and photos collected from our own department, as well as an open-access dataset named "Laryngoscope8"....
The algorithm correctly localizes and classifies vocal cord carcinoma on still images with a sensitivity between 71% and 78% and benign vocal cord lesions with a sensitivity between 70% and 82%. Furth...
We have demonstrated that our developed DL algorithm is able to localize and classify benign and malignant laryngeal pathology during endoscopy....
To develop and validate a consensus international pediatric sleep endoscopy scale (IPSES) for pediatric drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE)....
Existing published DISE ratings scales were reviewed in order to develop a consensus rating scale synthesizing the most common features and adding new elements to address areas of controversy. Samples...
Among all raters, intra-rater reliability was most variable for the nasal airway (kappa range 0.33-0.94) and best for the lateral oropharynx (kappa range 0.68-0.95). Inter-rater reliability ranged fro...
The IPSES is a reliable consensus scale that reflects the most common features of existing scales and can be adopted as a universal scoring scale for pediatric DISE....
Sinonasal malignant tumors are a group of uncommon malignancies that account for less than 1% of all tumors. These tumors often involve the maxillary sinus and nasal cavity, with less cumulative incid...
There is a significant, unmet need for endoscopy services in rural Uganda. With limited diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, patients in these communities often present with advanced disease. Pra...
This was a retrospective case series conducted between February 2020 and December 2022 at Kyabirwa Surgical Center (KSC). After a 1-week in-person training camp, one surgeon performed endoscopy under ...
The previously endoscopic naïve practicing Ugandan surgeon was remotely proctored for 139 endoscopic cases and he subsequently independently performed 167 diagnostic colonoscopies and 425 upper endosc...
Our center developed a remotely proctored endoscopy program that allowed for training of practicing surgeons in an area lacking endoscopic services. Despite its limitations, remotely proctored endosco...
The pathophysiology of hydrocephalus is not clearly defined. Thus, treatment will remain empirical until a fuller understanding of the various forms of hydrocephalus is achieved. Valve-controlled shun...