Endoscopic Variceal Ligation Vilas R. Patwardhan, MD Elliot B. Tapper, MD Acute variceal hemorrhage (AVH) is a devastating complication of cirrhosis and portal hypertension.1,2 The expected overall 6-week mortality associated…
Injection Therapy of Esophageal and Gastric Varices Edward Villa, MD Uzma D. Siddiqui, MD Gastrointestinal (GI) variceal bleeding is the most common lethal complication of cirrhosis and accounts for 10%…
Clips and Loops Hiroyuki Aihara, MD, PhD The use of clip in endoscopy was first reported by Hayashi et al in 1975.1 Currently, clips are used for multiple indications including…
Bipolar Probe, Heater Probe, and Argon Plasma Coagulation Anoop Prabhu, MD THERMAL THERAPIES—BIPOLAR PROBE AND HEATER PROBE Thermal therapy remains a cornerstone in the endoscopic management of gastrointestinal bleeding. The…
Injection Therapy for Hemostasis Jessica X. Yu, MD, MS Injection therapy in the field of gastroenterology is the directed delivery of a liquid agent into the wall of the gastrointestinal…
EUS-Guided Pancreatic Duct Drainage Manuel Perez-Miranda, MD, PhD Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided pancreatic duct drainage (EUS-PD) is a second-line procedure that allows drainage of the pancreatic duct when ERCP, the primary…
EUS-Guided Biliary Drainage Woo Hyun Paik, MD, PhD Do Hyun Park, MD, PhD Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) has emerged as an alternative to percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD),…
EUS-Guided Drainage of Pancreatic Collections and Necrosectomy Ryan Law, DO Todd H. Baron, MD Injury to the pancreas regardless of the etiology results in parenchymal inflammation, often leading to disruption…
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Liver Biopsy Enad Dawod, MD Jose M. Nieto, DO, AGAF, FACP, FACG, FASGE Liver pathology falls on a very wide spectrum, which makes it difficult to distinguish specific…
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration and Biopsy Melinda C. Rogers, MD V. Raman Muthusamy, MD Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) was first introduced in 1980 as a transluminal imaging modality and has…
