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Kikuchi D, Suzuki Y, Kawai Y, Nomura K, Ochiai Y, Hayasaka J, Mitsunaga Y, Okamura T, Odagiri H, Yamashita S, Matsui A, Tanaka M, Hoteya S. Usefulness of an ultrathin endoscope in esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection. Endosc Int Open 2024; 12:E1029-E1034. [PMID: 39263559 PMCID: PMC11387091 DOI: 10.1055/a-2386-9660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2024] [Indexed: 09/13/2024] Open
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Background and study aims Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is sometimes challenging because of stenosis and scarring. We examined the use of an ultrathin endoscope for esophageal ESD, which is difficult using conventional endoscopes. Patients and methods A designated transparent hood and ESD knife for ultrathin endoscopes have been developed and clinically introduced. Esophageal ESD was performed on 303 lesions in 220 patients in our hospital from February 2021 to February 2023. Of them, an ultrathin endoscope was used on 26 lesions in 23 cases. The safety and utility of an ultrathin endoscope in esophageal ESD were retrospectively verified. Results All 26 lesions were resected en bloc, and serious complications such as perforation, massive bleeding, or pneumonia, were not observed. Lesions were found on the anal side of the stenosis and over the scarring in 38.6% (10/26) and 50% (13/26) of participants, respectively. Moreover, 46.2% of participants (12/26) had lesions on the cervical esophagus. The total procedure time was 64.1 ± 37.7 minutes, but the average time from oral incision to pocket creation was 121.2 ± 109.9 seconds. Conclusions Ultrathin endoscopes may be useful for difficult esophageal ESD.
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- Gastroenterology, Toranomon Hospital, minato-ku, Japan
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- Gastroenterology, Toranomon Hospital, minato-ku, Japan
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- Gastroenterology, Toranomon Hospital, minato-ku, Japan
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- Gastroenterology, Toranomon Hospital, minato-ku, Japan
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- Gastroenterology, Toranomon Hospital, minato-ku, Japan
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- Gastroenterology, Toranomon Hospital, minato-ku, Japan
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Sugimoto M, Murata M, Murakami K, Yamaoka Y, Kawai T. Characteristic endoscopic findings in Helicobacter pylori diagnosis in clinical practice. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2024; 18:457-472. [PMID: 39162811 DOI: 10.1080/17474124.2024.2395317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 08/19/2024] [Indexed: 08/21/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Helicobacter pylori is a major risk factor for gastric cancer. In addition to eradication therapy, early-phase detection of gastric cancer through screening programs using high-vision endoscopy is also widely known to reduce mortality. Although European and US guidelines recommend evaluation of atrophy and intestinal metaplasia by high-vision endoscopy and pathological findings, the guideline used in Japan - the Kyoto classification of gastritis - is based on endoscopic evaluation, and recommends the grading of risk factors. This system requires classification into three endoscopic groups: H. pylori-negative, previous H. pylori infection (inactive gastritis), and current H. pylori infection (active gastritis). Major endoscopic findings in active gastritis are diffuse redness, enlarged folds, nodularity, mucosal swelling, and sticky mucus, while those in H pylori-related gastritis - irrespective of active or inactive status - are atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, and xanthoma. AREAS COVERED This review describes the endoscopic characteristics of current H. pylori infection, and how characteristic endoscopic findings should be evaluated. EXPERT OPINION Although the correct evaluation of endoscopic findings related to H. pylori remains necessary, if findings of possible infection are observed, it is important to diagnose infection by detection methods with high sensitivity and specificity, including the stool antigen test and urea breath test.
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- Mitsushige Sugimoto
- Division of Genome-Wide Infectious Diseases, Research Center for GLOBAL and LOCAL Infectious Disease, Oita University, Yufu, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Genome-Wide Infectious Diseases, Research Center for GLOBAL and LOCAL Infectious Disease, Oita University, Yufu, Japan
- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Endoscopy, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Shinjuku, Japan
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Kemmoto Y, Ozawa S, Sueki R, Furuya K, Shirose D, Wakao S, Shindo K, Nagata A, Sato T. Higher detectability of gastric cancer after Helicobacter pylori eradication in texture and color enhancement imaging mode 2 in screening endoscopy. DEN OPEN 2024; 4:e279. [PMID: 37529380 PMCID: PMC10387742 DOI: 10.1002/deo2.279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
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Objectives The utility of texture and color enhancement imaging (TXI) in detecting gastric cancer (GC) has been investigated. However, few reports exist on TXI mode2 (TXI2) used for detecting GC; this study investigated the efficacy of TXI2 in GC detection during screening endoscopy. Methods This study enrolled 13,440 participants with confirmed Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection status who underwent screening endoscopy by 20 endoscopists in our health screening center. The participants were divided into two groups: one group was observed using white light imaging (WLI) only by 17 endoscopists (WLI group, 10,745 participants), and the other group was observed using TXI2 only by the other three endoscopists (TXI2 group, 2695 participants). We analyzed the detection rate and the characteristics of GC. In addition, considering the bias due to the diagnostic ability, we analyzed the subset of the WLI group where the participants were evaluated by the top three endoscopists based on their GC detection rate (Expert-WLI group, 2792 participants) for comparison with the TXI2 group. Results Fifty patients were diagnosed with GC. The GC detection rates were 0.68% and 0.71% in the Expert-WLI and TXI2 groups, respectively. In patients who underwent screening endoscopy after H. pylori eradication, the detection rates of differentiated GC, L-region lesions, and surface depressed-type lesions were 0.52%, 0%, and 0.43% in the Expert-WLI group and 1.36%, 0.78%, and 1.36% in the TXI2 group, respectively. Conclusions In screening endoscopy, the detectability of differentiated GC and L-region lesions and surface depressed-type lesions after H. pylori eradication was higher in TXI2.
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- Yuichiro Kemmoto
- Department of Gastroenterology and HepatologyJapan Community Health Care Organization Yamanashi HospitalYamanashiJapan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and HepatologyJapan Community Health Care Organization Yamanashi HospitalYamanashiJapan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and HepatologyJapan Community Health Care Organization Yamanashi HospitalYamanashiJapan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and HepatologyJapan Community Health Care Organization Yamanashi HospitalYamanashiJapan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and HepatologyJapan Community Health Care Organization Yamanashi HospitalYamanashiJapan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and HepatologyJapan Community Health Care Organization Yamanashi HospitalYamanashiJapan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and HepatologyJapan Community Health Care Organization Yamanashi HospitalYamanashiJapan
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- Health Management CenterJapan Community Health Care Organization Yamanashi Hospital Health Screening CenterYamanashiJapan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and HepatologyJapan Community Health Care Organization Yamanashi HospitalYamanashiJapan
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Linked Color Imaging for Stomach. Diagnostics (Basel) 2023; 13:diagnostics13030467. [PMID: 36766572 PMCID: PMC9914129 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13030467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Image-enhanced endoscopy (IEE) plays an important role in the detection and further examination of gastritis and early gastric cancer (EGC). Linked color imaging (LCI) is also useful for detecting and evaluating gastritis, gastric intestinal metaplasia as a pre-cancerous lesion, and EGC. LCI provides a clear excellent endoscopic view of the atrophic border and the demarcation line under various conditions of gastritis. We could recognize gastritis as the lesions of the diffuse redness to purple color area with LCI. On the other hand, EGCs are recognized as the lesions of the orange-red, orange, or orange-white color area in the lesion of the purple color area, which is the surround atrophic mucosa with LCI. With further prospective randomized studies, we will be able to evaluate the diagnosis ability for EGC by IEE, and it will be necessary to evaluate the role of WLI/IEE and the additional effects of the diagnostic ability by adding IEE to WLI in future.
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Yashima K, Onoyama T, Kurumi H, Takeda Y, Yoshida A, Kawaguchi K, Yamaguchi N, Isomoto H. Current status and future perspective of linked color imaging for gastric cancer screening: a literature review. J Gastroenterol 2023; 58:1-13. [PMID: 36287268 PMCID: PMC9825522 DOI: 10.1007/s00535-022-01934-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Screening endoscopy has advanced to facilitate improvements in the detection and prognosis of gastric cancer. However, most early gastric cancers (EGCs) have subtle morphological or color features that are difficult to detect by white-light imaging (WLI); thus, even well-trained endoscopists can miss EGC when using this conventional endoscopic approach. This review summarizes the current and future status of linked color imaging (LCI), a new image-enhancing endoscopy (IEE) method, for gastric screening. LCI has been shown to produce bright images even at a distant view and provide excellent visibility of gastric cancer due to high color contrast relative to the surrounding tissue. LCI delineates EGC as orange-red and intestinal metaplasia as purple, regardless of a history of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) eradication, and contributes to the detection of superficial EGC. Moreover, LCI assists in the determination of Hp infection status, which is closely related to the risk of developing gastric cancer. Transnasal endoscopy (ultra-thin) using LCI is also useful for identifying gastric neoplastic lesions. Recently, several prospective studies have demonstrated that LCI has a higher detection ratio for gastric cancer than WLI. We believe that LCI should be used in routine upper gastrointestinal endoscopies.
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- Kazuo Yashima
- Division of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishicho, Yonago, 683-8504, Japan.
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishicho, Yonago, 683-8504, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishicho, Yonago, 683-8504, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishicho, Yonago, 683-8504, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishicho, Yonago, 683-8504, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishicho, Yonago, 683-8504, Japan
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- Department of Endoscopy, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishicho, Yonago, 683-8504, Japan
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Sugimoto M, Koyama Y, Itoi T, Kawai T. Using texture and colour enhancement imaging to evaluate gastrointestinal diseases in clinical practice: a review. Ann Med 2022; 54:3315-3332. [PMID: 36420822 PMCID: PMC9704096 DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2022.2147992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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White light imaging (WLI) is the most common endoscopic technique used for screening of gastrointestinal diseases. However, despite the advent of a new processor that offers sufficient clear illumination and other advanced developments in endoscopic instrumentation, WLI alone is inadequate for detecting all gastrointestinal diseases with abnormalities in mucosal discoloration and morphological changes to the mucosal surface. The recent development of image-enhanced endoscopy (IEE) has dramatically improved the detection of gastrointestinal diseases. Texture and colour enhancement imaging (TXI) is a new type of IEE that enhances brightness, surface irregularities, such as elevations or depressions, and subtle colour changes. TXI with two modes, namely modes 1 and 2, can selectively enhance brightness in dark areas of an endoscopic image and subtle tissue differences such as slight morphological or colour changes while simultaneously preventing over-enhancement. Several clinical studies have investigated the efficacy of TXI for detecting and visualizing gastrointestinal diseases, including oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), Barret's epithelium, gastric cancer, gastric mucosal atrophy and intestinal metaplasia. Although TXI is often more useful for detecting and visualizing gastrointestinal diseases than WLI, it remains unclear whether TXI outperforms other IEEs, such as narrow-band imaging (NBI), in similar functions, and whether the performance of TXI modes 1 and 2 are comparable. Therefore, large-scale prospective studies are needed to compare the efficacy of TXI to WLI and other IEEs for endoscopic evaluation of patients undergoing screening endoscopy. Here, we review the characteristics and efficacy of TXI for the detection and visualization of gastrointestinal diseases.Key MessagesTXI mode 1 can improve the visibility of gastrointestinal diseases and qualitative diagnosis, especially for diseases associated with colour changes.The enhancement of texture and brightness with TXI mode 2 enables the detection of diseases, and is ideal for use in the first screening of gastrointestinal tract.
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- Mitsushige Sugimoto
- Department of Gastroenterological Endoscopy, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Endoscopy, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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