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Call for papers - Advanced endoscopic procedures in gastroenterology

Guest Editors:
Chang Seok Bang: Hallym University College of Medicine, South Korea
Wandong Hong: The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, China
Yeong Yeh Lee: Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Andrea Lisotti: University of Bologna, Italy
Kyaw Min Tun: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA

Submission Status: Open   |   Submission Deadline: 2 March 2024


BMC Gastroenterology is calling for submissions to our Collection on "Advanced endoscopic procedures in gastroenterology".

Advanced endoscopic procedures play an essential role in gastroenterology, allowing clinicians to perform minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for a wide range of gastrointestinal diseases. Recent advances in endoscope technology, coupled with the development of new techniques and equipment, have significantly improved the safety and efficacy of these procedures, enabling clinicians to achieve better patient outcomes and improve the overall quality of care.

This Collection aims to collate original research articles that pertain to recent developments in endoscopic techniques and their benefits in the field of gastroenterology.

Meet the Guest Editors

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Chang Seok Bang: Hallym University College of Medicine, South Korea

Chang Seok Bang currently works at the Department of Internal Medicine at the Hallym University College of Medicine, South Korea. Chang Seok does research in clinical trials, gastroenterology, internal medicine (general medicine), and artificial intelligence in medicine. He is an Editorial Board Member of BMC Gastroenterology and Associate Editor of Clinical Endoscopy, J Gastric Cancer, and Korean J Gastroenterology.

Wandong Hong: The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, China

Dr Wandong Hong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, China. He has been engaged in clinical practice of gastroenterology, hepatology and endoscopy for 20 years.  His major research interests are the acute pancreatitis and advance endoscopy (such as endoscopic ultrasound and endoscopic submucosal dissection). He is also an Editorial Board Member of BMC Gastroenterology, Associate Editor of European Journal of Medical Research, Academic Editor of  International Journal of Clinical Practice and Academic Editor of Gastroenterology Research and Practice.

Yeong Yeh Lee: Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

Yeong Yeh Lee, MD, Ph.D., FACP, FRCP, FACG, FAMM, AGAF is Professor of Medicine and Consultant of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Internal Medicine of Universiti Sains Malaysia. In addition to BMC Gastroenterology, he is senior editor of a number of journals including the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and the Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences. He has published almost 300 papers in journals including Gastroenterology and Gut, and several book chapters and textbooks. JCI Malaysia awarded him the Outstanding Young Malaysian Award in 2015 and the Top Research Scientist of Malaysia by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia in 2018. He is current President of the Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Past Scientific Chair of Asia Pacific Digestive Week (APDW) 2021, and is committee member of numerous international societies.

Andrea Lisotti: University of Bologna, Italy

Andrea Lisotti completed a fellowship and a Master's in advanced endoscopy at the Gastroenterology Unit of the Hospital of Imola in the University of Bologna, Italy. In recent years, he worked for six months at the Gastroenterology Unit of the Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz in Lyon, France, where he had the opportunity of getting involved in several interventional endoscopy procedures. Andrea's field of expertise is the diagnostic and interventional biliary-pancreatic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and ERCP.

Kyaw Min Tun: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA

Dr Kyaw Min Tun is a junior faculty/chief resident of the Internal Medicine residency program at Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA (UNLV). He completed his medical education at Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed his internal medicine training at UNLV. Dr Tun's research interests include endoscopy techniques, NAFLD, alcoholic hepatitis, and fecal microbiota transplantation.

About the collection

Advanced endoscopic procedures play an essential role in gastroenterology, allowing clinicians to perform minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for a wide range of gastrointestinal diseases. Recent advances in endoscope technology, coupled with the development of new techniques and equipment, have significantly improved the safety and efficacy of these procedures, enabling clinicians to achieve better patient outcomes and improve the overall quality of care.

This Collection aims to collate original research articles that pertain to recent developments in endoscopic techniques and their benefits in the field of gastroenterology. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, studies on the application of endoscopic techniques such as:

•    Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD)
•    Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR)
•    Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
•    Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
•    Endoscopic Suturing and Closure Techniques
•    Endoscopic Balloon Dilation
•    Endoscopic Hemostasis
•    Endoscopic Bariatric Procedures
•    Endoscopic Stenting
•    Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)

In addition, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 “responsible consumption and production” we also welcome manuscripts on the topic of “sustainable endoscopy”. Being among the most prevalent medical interventions we are looking for research that describes practices and technologies to minimize waste generation, conserve resources and reduce the overall environmental impact of endoscopic procedures.    

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  1. The sedation method used during double-balloon endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (DB-ERCP) differs among countries and/or facilities, and there is no established method. This study aimed to evalua...

    Authors: Kazuya Miyamoto, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Taisuke Obata, Ryosuke Sato, Akihiro Matsumi, Kosaku Morimoto, Taiji Ogawa, Hiroyuki Terasawa, Yuki Fujii, Tatsuhiro Yamazaki, Daisuke Uchida, Shigeru Horiguchi, Koichiro Tsutsumi, Hironari Kato and Motoyuki Otsuka
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2023 23:296
    Content type: Research Published on:

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select ["Advanced endoscopic procedures in gastroenterology"] from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Guest Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.