The Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (KSGE) developed a gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy board in 1995 and related regulations. Although the KSGE has acquired many specialists since then, the education and training aims and guidelines were insufficient. During GI fellowship training, obtaining sufficient exposure to some types of endoscopic procedures is difficult. Fellows should acq...

International Digestive Endoscopy Network (IDEN) is an international meeting covering scientific subjects of diverse topics about upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, colonoscopy, endoscopic ultrasonography, and PB endoscopy. IDEN is organized by Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Korean Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Research Foundation, and took its first step in 2011 in Seoul...

we report the case of a three-year-old girl who complained from dysphagia and post-prandial vomiting since she was 6months old. several diagnostic work-ups were performed for her problem. upper gi endoscopy was normal but barium swallow revealed an external pressure effect over upper part of the esophagus (figure 1) and the ct angiography of thoracic aorta showed that this external pressure eff...

The Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (KSGE) has been hosting the International Digestive Endoscopy Network (IDEN) since 2011. IDEN 2016 was held at the Grand Hilton Hotel, Seoul, Korea, from June 24 to 26, 2016. The KSGE collaborated with the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) in hosting the KSGE-ASGE joint sessions in the conference. At IDEN 2016, many physician...

Background Foreign body ingestion is a relatively common in children. Most ingested foreign bodies spontaneously pass out of the body via the gastrointestinal (GI) system but sharp materials may perforate the GI tract and need to surgical intervention. Case Presentation  The patient was a 9-year-old girl with progressive abdominal pain for one month and admitted with acute abdomen impression. S...

Background: Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a clinically amnestic syndrome characterized by normal neurological function aside from sudden-onset, reversible anterograde amnesia during the episode. TGA is typically related to strenuous physical activity, severe emotional stress and some medical procedures, such as angiography, while reports of TGA related to gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy are...

Since its introduction in the 1950s, fiberoptic endoscopy has dramatically altered the scope and practice of gastrointestinal (GI) pathology. Whereas examination by rigid instruments was generally restricted to the proximal digestive foregut and distal 25 cm of the large bowel, fiberoptic endoscopy extended these limits considerably, which resulted in a greater volume of biopsies submitted to t...

a total of360 iranian combatants who were exposed to mustard gas by the iraqi forces in the war fronts were studied. acute effects and gastrointestinal (gi) complications of sulfur mustard (s m) intoxication were studied separately in iranian combatants admitted to imam reza hospital from january 1984, to may 198x, in order to record the clinical and paraclinical findings, a special examination...

This special September issue of Clinical Endoscopy will discuss various aspects of diagnostic and therapeutic advancement of gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, explaining what is new in digestive endoscopy and why international network should be organized. We proposed an integrated model of international conference based on the putative occurrence of Digestive Endoscopy Networks. In International...

AIM To compare the conventional GI endoscopy and using general anesthesia during the procedure regarding the satisfaction and acceptance among Iranian patients. BACKGROUND Ability to measure and assess the patients' satisfaction with colonoscopy and upper endoscopy will improve the quality of health care provided by gastroenterologists and thus resulting in better acceptability of endoscopy. ...