Biopsy forceps are useful for measuring esophageal varices in vitro

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World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

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World J Gastrointest Surg. Feb 27, 2024; 16(2): 539-545
Published online Feb 27, 2024. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v16.i2.539

Biopsy forceps are useful for measuring esophageal varices in vitro

Zhi-Hui Duan, Sheng-Yun Zhou

Zhi-Hui Duan, Sheng-Yun Zhou, Endoscopy Center, Xingtai People’s Hospital, Xingtai 054000, Hebei Province, China

Author contributions: Duan ZH contributed to the concept and design of this study, acquisition, analysis, interpretation of data, statistical analysis and drafting of the manuscript; Duan ZH and Zhou SY were involved in the critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content.

Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the ethics committee of Xingtai People’s Hospital on June 28,2023 (approval No. 2023046), and in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975.

Informed consent statement: All study participants provided informed consent prior to this online survey.

Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.

Data sharing statement: The original data can be obtained from the correspondence author.

STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement-checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement-checklist of items.

Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Corresponding author: Zhi-Hui Duan, MM, Attending Doctor, Endoscopy Center, Xingtai People’s Hospital of Hebei Medical University, No. 16 Hongxing Street, Xingtai 054000, Hebei Province, China. 15131988129@163.com

Received: October 15, 2023
Peer-review started: October 15, 2023
First decision: December 6, 2023
Revised: December 20, 2023
Accepted: January 9, 2024
Article in press: January 9, 2024
Published online: February 27, 2024

Core Tip

Core tip: This study explored whether biopsy forceps (BF) could be used as a reference to improve the accuracy of binary classification of variceal size. Our results showed that visual estimation was insufficient for accurate classification of esophageal varices according to size, and the ability of endoscopists to correctly classify the varices by size improved significantly with the use of BF.