
Andy Tau, MD
@DrBloodandGuts • 9,157 subscribers
Gastroenterology Hospitalist @AustinGastro. Trained @BCMhouston, @Harvard
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Bipolar cautery is a bit of a lost art of hemostasis. Ensure the probe >= vessel. Also, use the dials to optimize the vector of pressure laterally. This may change in real time during the process. I let it cool and irrigate before pulling off. I use epi before or after.
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Behold the “Megacap” ie Ovesco Endoscopy RemOVE FBR Kit. Remove food bolus en bloc by suctioning rather than pushing blindly inward. The large soft cap allows large volumetric capture and folds to allow for passage down the oropharynx easily. The long cap prevents the bolus from jamming the suction channel (as it would short caps). When you see “food out, during suctioning, start to wiggle out and reveal your prize!
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Big clots are still a big problem in modern endoscopy. Here is a method to turn a flexible/rigidizing overtube into a large suction attachment to evacuate clots rapidly from the stomach. #GITwitter Douglas G. Adler MD, FASGE, FACG, AGAF Rashmi Advani, MD, ABOM Tarun Rustagi Neil Sharma, M.D. FASGE, FACG, AGAF SAGES is in Vegas in 2027!
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When banding internal hemorrhoids in retroflexion, wherever you think you should suction, move another 1cm away from anus to avoid banding the transition zone which is partly sensate. The cap always volumetrically captures a lot more tissue distally than expected. #GITwitter
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I am proud to be able to show this now! The Pathfinder CR coverts the existing flexible overtube into an unmatched suction device. The clots pass around the scope and within the tube. This is under direct visualization. I presented this innovation at DDW Shark Tank. #GITwitter
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Just got my hands on this NEW fully rotatable sphincterotome! The rotation is silky smooth & adds the final degree of freedom missing in tip control so badly needed in: intra-dochal (hilar, cystic), altered anatomy ERCP and papilla in duodenal diverticulum! #GITwitter
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At TSGE, my favorite toy of all: Neptune Pathfinder CR (Clot removal), which is an adapter that coverts the existing Pathfinder overtube into an unmatched suction hose. Disclosure: I helped developed this (very proud!) The CR adapter is about the cost of a clip! #GITwitter
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This is my favorite way to ablate EMR edges. It’s not APC and not soft coagulation. It’s a little know setting called spray coagulation! It cost nothing! This is a snare and the tip can even be just inside the catheter to maximize safety via non contact hemostasis. #GITwitter
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