Evaluation of 30-day mortality in patients undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy in a tertiary hospital: a 3-year retrospective survey by Philippe Bichard, Jean-Louis Frossard, Laurent Spahr, Nicolas Goossens, Olivier Chatelanat, Laurent Bochatay, Caroline Bastid

“…Data from patients who died within 30 days of the procedure were recorded.Results Of 18 233 procedures, 251 patients died within 30 days following 345 (1.89%) procedures (244/9180 gastroscopies, 53/5826 colonoscopies, 23/2119 endoscopic ultrasound, 19/911 endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, 6/197 percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies). …”
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Insulinomas: Comprehensive Review of Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical Manifestations, Diagnostic Approaches, and Treatment Options by Joanna Rychlewska-Duda, Justyna Lisiecka, Mateusz Janik, Barbara Ufnalska, Anna Konarska, Artur Fabijański, Anna Machowiak, Michał Nowak, Wojciech Firlej, Adriana Daria Dukacz

“…Surgical resection remains the primary treatment modality, with high success rates for benign tumors, although emerging techniques like endoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation (EUS-RFA) offer promising alternatives for small, solitary tumors. …”
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Rectal Tumour Staging with Endorectal Ultrasound: Is There Any Difference between Western and Eastern European Countries? by Anna Fábián, Renáta Bor, Klaudia Farkas, Anita Bálint, Ágnes Milassin, Mariann Rutka, László Tiszlavicz, Tibor Wittmann, Ferenc Nagy, Tamás Molnár, Zoltán Szepes

“…Rectal tumour management depends highly on locoregional extension. Rectal endoscopic ultrasound (ERUS) is a good alternative to computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. …”
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Informatics strategies for early detection and risk mitigation in pancreatic cancer patients by Di Jin, Najeeb Ullah Khan, Wei Gu, Huijun Lei, Ajay Goel, Tianhui Chen

“…Advanced imaging techniques, such as Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) and Contrast-Enhanced Harmonic Imaging (CEH-EUS), have been discussed for their superior sensitivity in early detection. …”
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Резолюция Экспертного совета «Диагностика и лечение больных со сладжем в желчном пузыре» by V. T. Ivashkin, Alexey V. Okhlobystin, Dmitry S. Bordin, M. F. Osipenko, E. Ya. Seleznyova, Yu. O. Shulpekova, S. R. Abdulkhakov, O. P. Alexseyeva, I. G. Bakulin, L. G. Vologjhanina, V. B. Grinevich, N. V. Bakulina, T. A. Kolesova, N. V. Korochanskaya, I. V. Putintseva, A. S. Sarsenbayeva, N. S. Yazenok

“…Selective antispasmodic medications (e.g. hymecromone) will be one of the basic pharmaceutical agents in this case, indications to endoscopic treatment should be evaluated, typically - by means of endoscopic ultrasound investigation). Conclusions. At of patient with the biliary sludge selective antispasmodic medications and UDCA should be widely applied, in some cases methods of endoscopic surgery as well.…”
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Liquid-based cytological diagnosis of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors using hyperspectral imaging and deep learning by Taojing Ran, Wei Huang, Xianzheng Qin, Xingran Xie, Yingjiao Deng, Yundi Pan, Yao Zhang, Ling Zhang, Lili Gao, Minmin Zhang, Dong Wang, Yan Wang, Qingli Li, Chunhua Zhou, Duowu Zou

“…We acquired hyperspectral information from the nuclei of PanNETs and benign cells derived from liquid-based cytology (LBC) of pancreatic endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration/biopsy specimens. …”
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Ambulatory Surgery for Perianal Crohn’s Disease: Study of Feasibility by S. Sibio, A. Di Giorgio, M. Campanelli, S. Di Carlo, A. Divizia, C. Fiorani, R. Scaramuzzo, C. Arcudi, G. Del Vecchio Blanco, L. Biancone, G. Sica

“…All clinical information, including previous EUA and/or records from MRI and endoscopic ultrasound, was included. Outpatient anal canal and distal rectum exploration and treatment (OE) were undertaken during the specialist surgical consultation. …”
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