A 4-month-old female red Holstein Friesian heifer was referred with intermittent meteorism and regurgitation associated poor weight gain. The subject showed a fair physical condition an increased respiratory rate, normal food prehension, mastication, swallowing activity. blood gas analysis mild acidosis. An oral gastric tube introduction followed by endoscopy confirmed the provisional diagnosis...

Endoscopic management of malignant biliary stricture after hepaticojejunostomy is challenging. Although balloon enteroscopy-assisted endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has been developed, dedicated devices are still insufficient. We present a case of successful enteroscopic dilation using a wire-guided diathermic dilator [1–5], and placement of a novel, ultra-slim, uncovered,...

Endoscopic papillary large balloon dilation (EPLBD) is a procedure which makes major duodenal papilla orifice widen larger than stone using 12to 20-mm diameter of dilation balloon catheter to facilitate stone retrieval in treatment of large common bile duct (CBD) stone 1 cm or more. Theoretically this procedure could remove the large stone effectively without needs of endoscopic mechanical lith...

A 52-year-old man originally diagnosed with ulcerative colitis presented with an inflamed small-bowel stricture in the ascending limb of an ileoanal J-pouch and was subsequently diagnosed with Crohn disease. The stricture did not respond to medical treatment with either methotrexate or adalimumab, and repeated endoscopic balloon dilation relieved the patient’s obstructive symptomsonly briefly. ...

Treatment of locally advanced esophageal cancers with high-dose definitive concomitant chemoradiotherapy can lead to high-grade esophageal strictures, or, rarely, total obliteration of the lumen. Strictures can be successfully treated with various endoscopic techniques; however, complete obstruction is a technically challenging problem. Anterograde endoscopic techniques carry the risk of perfor...

AIM To evaluate the incidence of anastomotic strictures after intestinal resection in Crohn's disease (CD), demonstrate long-term efficacy and safety of endoscopic balloon dilation (EBD) in CD strictures and its impact on the diagnosis of subclinical postoperative endoscopic recurrence. METHODS Retrospective single tertiary center study based on prospectively collected data between 2010 and 2...

A 56-year-old woman with a symptomatic pancreatic pseudocyst refractory to conservative treatment was referred to us for endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic pseudocyst drainage (EUSPPD). EUS showed a 12-cm cyst near the pancreatic body and tail. The cyst was punctured using a 19-gauge fine needle aspiration (FNA) needle from the stomach under EUS imaging, after careful examination of the in...

Vertebroplasty is often used to treat osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF). The number of affected vertebrae can be reduced to a certain extent by some reduction methods including hyperextension and balloon dilation. There have been only a few studies on the effectiveness of vertebroplasty combined with hyperextension or balloon dilation. We collected data of 216 OVCF patients wh...