DOI: 10.1055/s-00000012

Endoscopy

Issue 01 · Volume 35 · January 2003 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-2333

Foreword

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Soutos, D.: Message from the President of the Endoscopy Section of the Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology

State of the Art Review

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Classen, M.: Burning Issues in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy at the Start of the New Millenium
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Kashiwagi, H.: Ulcers and Gastritis
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Waye, J. D.: Small-Bowel Endoscopy
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Church, N. I.; Palmer, K. R.: Ulcers and Nonvariceal Bleeding
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Bond, J. H.: Colon Polyps and Cancer
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Moretó, M.: Diagnosis of Esophagogastric Tumors
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Riemann, J. F.: Diagnostic Laparoscopy
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Mergener, K.; Kozarek, R. A.: Therapeutic Pancreatic Endoscopy

Original Article

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Helmreich-Becker , I.; Schirmacher , P.; Denzer , U.; Hensel , A.; Meyer zum Büschenfelde , K. H.; Lohse , A. W.: Minilaparoscopy in the Diagnosis of Cirrhosis: Superiority in Patients with Child-Pugh A and Macronodular Disease
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Bołdys, H.; Marek, T. A.; Wanczura, P.; Matusik, P.; Nowak, A.: Even Young Patients with No Alarm Symptoms Should Undergo Endoscopy for Earlier Diagnosis of Gastric Cancer
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Boulton-Jones, J. R.; Follows, M. C.; Mahmoud, A. A.: Open-Access Endoscopy: Are Age-Based Guidelines Justified? An Audit of Experience of 1000 Open-Access Endoscopies at a District General Hospital

Editorial

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Manns, M. P.; Schneider, A.; Meier, P. N.: Minilaparoscopy for Early Diagnosis of Cirrhosis: Is the Endoscopist’s Eye Better than the Histopathologist’s?
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Froehlich, F.: Is Age a Good Discriminator When Deciding Whether to Perform Gastroscopy?

Expert Approach Section

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Siersema , P. D.; Marcon , N.; Vakil , N.: Metal Stents for Tumors of the Distal Esophagus and Gastric Cardia

Case Report

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Moriyama , T.; Matsumoto , T.; Hizawa , K.; Esaki , M.; lwai , K.; Yao , T.; Iida , M.: A Case of Multicentric Gastric Carcinoids Without Hypergastrinemia
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Faiss , S.; Zeitz , M.; Wolf , K. J.; Lewin , J. S.; Wacker , F. K.: Magnetic Resonance-Guided Biliary Drainage in a Patient with Malignant Obstructive Jaundice and Thrombocytopenia

Letter to the Editor

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Chung, E.-J.; Kim, M.-H.; Lee, S. S.; Lee, S. K.: Primary vs. Secondary Common Bile Duct Stones: Apples and Oranges
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Costamagna, G.; Tringali, A.; Shah, S. K.; Mutignani, M.; Zuccalà, G.; Perri, V.: Reply to Chung et al.

Unusual Cases and Technical Notes

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Sarmiento , R. I.; Lee , D. W. H.; Wong , S. K. H.; Chan , A. C. W.; Chung , S. C. S.: Mesenteric Perforation of an Obstructing Sigmoid Colon Tumor after Endoluminal Stent Insertion
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Gyökeres , T.; Duhl , J.; Varsányi , M.; Schwab , R.; Burai , M.; Pap , Á: Double Guide Wire Placement for Endoscopic Pancreaticobiliary Procedures
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Fry, L. C.; Barriga, J. A.; Linder, J. D.; Mönkemüller, K. E.: Placement of a Biliary Catheter in the Pancreatic Duct to Aid Common Bile Duct Cannulation
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Seitz , U.; Seewald , S.; He , X.; Akaraviputh , T.; Thonke , F.; Soehendra , N.: The New Soehendra Stent Retriever Makes Stent Exchange Much Easier
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Nageshwar Reddy, D.; Sriram, P. V. J.; Rao, G. V.; Bhaskar Reddy, D.: Capsule Endoscopy Appearances of Small-Bowel Tuberculosis

Images in Focus

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Mascarenhas-Saraiva, M.; Lopes, L.; Mascarenhas-Saraiva, A.: Watermelon Stomach Seen by Wireless-Capsule Endoscopy
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Santolaria , S.; Ducons , J. A.; Dominguez , I.; Montoro , M.: Multiple Cystic Duct Stones Causing Choledochal Obstruction