EndoCollab Community Update | June 2023

the latest posts, videos, discussions, and more happening within our community

Dear EndoCollab Members,

Happy Friday!

Here are some of the latest posts on EndoCollab that you might have missed:

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Member Posts

1. When dealing with Cholangiocellular cancer and high bilirubin levels, which drainage option do you prefer - PTC or ERCP? By Altay İldan

2. Are people having issues with prep or remaining food in stomach for upper for patients on new diabetes/weight loss drugs (semaglutide, and alike)? By Dmitriy Kedrin

3. How would you describe the anatomical location of this biliary leak? By Elmer Jair Ruiz Lobo

4. A colon polyp with a salmon roe appearance By Tao Dong

5. Is there any cancer risk from using biliary fcSEMS for benign stricture? BY Abduladheem Hames Saleh Al-Alot

6. Patient with cirrhosis and previous episodes of gastrointestinal hemorrhage now undergoes endoscopy to control the esophago-gastric varices. What is going on? By Klaus Mönkemüller

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Video of the Week

Understanding and Managing Sump Syndrome: A Complex Stone Case

• An 80-year-old patient presented with recurrent bile duct stones, jaundice, abdominal pain, and other complications.

• ERCP was used to locate and treat the stones.

• The patient suffered from "sump syndrome", a condition resulting from the accumulation of food debris and bile stones in the bile duct.

• The preferred treatment for this condition is a procedure called sphincterotomy, which aids in removing the accumulated debris and stones.

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This vs That Digital Flashcards

Instant visual diagnosis of conditions that every endoscopist will encounter in practice presented in a "This vs. That" format.

Includes:

20 Flashcards with images taken by Klaus Mönkemüller, MD, PhD

Examples:

• Ischemic Enteritis vs. Small Bowel Amyloidosis

• Jejunal GIST vs. Jejunal Lymphangiectasia

• and many more. . .