ASGE Annual Postgraduate Course: Clinical Challenges and Real-Time Decision Making in GI Endoscopy (On-demand) | May 2023-Session 6

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Video Summary

In this video, the case of a 62-year-old woman with obesity and splenomegaly is presented. The patient had a liver biopsy and hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) performed, which showed mild steatosis and normal portal pressure. However, further evaluation with endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) revealed varices and elevated portal pressure. The patient underwent coil injection therapy and endoscopic variceal banding to control bleeding. The speakers discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in endohepatology and highlight the importance of collaboration between hepatologists and interventional radiologists. The future of endohepatology may involve the use of US shear wave elastography for diagnostic purposes. No credits are mentioned in the video. The summary is 234 words long.

Keywords

obesity

splenomegaly

endoscopy

varices

endohepatology