What Is the Best Strategy for Difficult Biliary Cannulation in ERCP? Needle-knife techniques and EUS-RV may be optimal strategies for difficult biliary cannulation in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.

Study findings support the consideration of earlier transition to needle-knife techniques by experienced #endoscopists once difficult #cannulation criteria are met.

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This image presents data on the inaccuracy and bias in endoscopic size estimation of large colorectal polyps, based on a prospective cohort of 1,828 en-bloc resections across 20 institutions in Japan.

📏 #Endoscopists often underestimate large #colorectal polyp size

🔸 Only 53.4% accurate; 19.1% errors ≥10 mm
🔸 95% of estimates end in 0 or 5
🔸 20 mm lesions often larger (26.5% ≥25 mm)

Read more in UEG Journal: https://bit.ly/4owDflF

Ein Mann sitzt auf einem Stuhl.

🔥 #Burnout affects ~45% of #gastroenterologists & #endoscopists globally

📉 A meta-analysis of 8,100+ professionals across 29 studies highlights urgent need for systemic change — with women at higher risk

Read the full article in UEG Journal:
👉 https://bit.ly/4lHfB58

Relying on AI in Colonoscopies May Erode Clinicians' Skills Concerns of 'deskilling' raised for clinicians who use AI in colonoscopies, then go without it

What we heard this week 🧵 #Medsky

"We call it the Google Maps effect. We try to get somewhere, and it's impossible to use a regular map." -- Marcin Romańczyk, MD, on research finding skill erosion for #endoscopists who got used to using AI during #colonoscopies.
www.medpagetoday.com/gastroentero...

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