Top Tips for Dealing With a Colon Polyp in a Difficult Situation
by Klaus Mönkemüller, MD, PhD, FASGE, FJGES Department of Gastroenterology, Carilion Memorial Hospital, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, USA Traditionally difficult polyps have been defined by their shape (e.g. larger than 20 mm, flat, thick stalk) or location (cecum, angulated part of colon, close to appendix orifice or diverticulum). However, we believe that […]
Stent Delivery Device with Transparent Inner Guiding Catheter and How to Place a Plastic Stent into the Bile Duct
By Klaus Mönkemüller, MD, PhD, FASGE, FJGES Professor of Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Virginia, USA; Universidad de la República, Uruguay; PD at University Otto-von-Guericke, Germany; UEES, Universidad Espiritu Santo, Guayaquil, Ecuador; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; J. Strossmeyer University, Osijek, Croatia Newsletter Stent Delivery Device with Transparent Inner Guiding Catheter.pdf 494.71 KB […]
Microscopic Colitis: Not Always “Microscopic”
By Joel Joseph, MD, Troy Pleasant, MD and Klaus Mönkemüller, MD, PhD, FASGE, FJGES Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Virginia, USA Microscopic Colitis_ Not Always “Microscopic” .pdf 508.35 KB • PDF File Download 80-year-old patient with ongoing watery diarrhea for several weeks. Colonoscopy images shown here. Note that there is significant patchy edema, hypervascularity, […]
Endoscopic Resection of an Esophageal Pseudodiverticulum in Radiation-Induced Stenosis
Peter Jakobs, MS, Josip Juraj Strossmayer Universität Osjiek, Croatia, Ameos Klinikum Halberstadt, Germany Klaus Mönkemüller, MD, PhD, FASGE, FJGES, Professor of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Ameos Klinikum Halberstadt, Germany and Carilion Memorial Hospital, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, USA A 62-year-old Caucasian male patient presented with dysphagia due to post-radiogenic esophageal stenosis. The […]