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FES WRITTEN EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED
ANSWERS LATEST 2024 – 2025 ALREADY GRADED A+
Time frames for upper endoscopy - Familiar polyposis - (answers)1-2 years
Patient positioning for ERCP - (answers)prone position with the head turn toward
the right shoulder
patient positioning for upper endoscopy - (answers)left side down, head slightly
up.
Maneuver to look at the GE junction - (answers)J maneuver (tip up), rotate the
shaft of the scope CCW and withdraw, pulling the scope into the proximal body
and cardia, rotate the scope 360 around the GE jx,
techniques to decrease post ERCP pancreatitis - (answers)selective bile duct
cannulation w/ guidewire, stenting pancreatic dut w/ stent or guidewire for
difficult CBD cannulation, limiting contrast injection into the pancreatic duct
Technique for billiary sphincterotomy - (answers)apply pressure w/ cutting wire
toward 11 o'clock direction, continue the sphincterotomy until the intramural
portion is cut. Use blended current with cutting and coag at 15-20J. Alt: can use
balloon dilation but a/w higher rate of post-ECRP pancreatitis
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Direction of pancreatic cannulation during ERCP - (answers)1 to 3 o'clock position
When to stop warfarin before ERCP - (answers)stop 5 days before and switch to
heparin or lovenox if peri-procedural anticoagulation is required. This can be
stopped a day prior to the procedure
rate of post ERCP pancreatitis - (answers)3-5%
Timing of colonoscopy for first degree relative w/ CRC or adenomas prior to age
60 - (answers)colonoscopy at age 40 or 10 years before the youngest affected
relative, whichever is earlier. Then repeat every 5 yrs
Indications for ECRP - (answers)Tissue sampling - bile duct, pancreatic duct,
ampulla bx
chronic pancreatitis/divisum
pancreatic malignancy
billiary malignancy
Benign strictures
Ductal disruption/injury
Jaundice
cholangitis
gallstone pancreatitis
dilated CBD
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maneuvers to enter IC valve - (answers)rotate the scope until the valve is at the
bottom of the visual field, look down into the valve, gently insufflate air to open
up the valve, OR retroflex the tip in the cecum and shorten the scope (hook the IV
valve)
cancer detection rate of brush biopsy - (answers)20-60%
band ligation vs sclerotherapy for esophageal varices - (answers)equal efficacy but
baldn ligation has lower complication rate.
cancer detection rate of needle aspiration - (answers)6-30%
how long after sphincterotomy can the bleeding complication manifest? -
(answers)immediate up to 14 days
relative contraindications for colonoscopy - (answers)anal fissure, recent MI, PE,
large bowel obstruction
Time frames for upper endoscopy - esophageal varices s/p sclerotherapy and
banding - (answers)q6-8weeks
Indications for screening colonoscopies - (answers)over 50 y/o, repeat every 10
years
FES WRITTEN EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED
ANSWERS LATEST 2024 – 2025 ALREADY GRADED A+
Time frames for upper endoscopy - Familiar polyposis - (answers)1-2 years
Patient positioning for ERCP - (answers)prone position with the head turn toward
the right shoulder
patient positioning for upper endoscopy - (answers)left side down, head slightly
up.
Maneuver to look at the GE junction - (answers)J maneuver (tip up), rotate the
shaft of the scope CCW and withdraw, pulling the scope into the proximal body
and cardia, rotate the scope 360 around the GE jx,
techniques to decrease post ERCP pancreatitis - (answers)selective bile duct
cannulation w/ guidewire, stenting pancreatic dut w/ stent or guidewire for
difficult CBD cannulation, limiting contrast injection into the pancreatic duct
Technique for billiary sphincterotomy - (answers)apply pressure w/ cutting wire
toward 11 o'clock direction, continue the sphincterotomy until the intramural
portion is cut. Use blended current with cutting and coag at 15-20J. Alt: can use
balloon dilation but a/w higher rate of post-ECRP pancreatitis
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Direction of pancreatic cannulation during ERCP - (answers)1 to 3 o'clock position
When to stop warfarin before ERCP - (answers)stop 5 days before and switch to
heparin or lovenox if peri-procedural anticoagulation is required. This can be
stopped a day prior to the procedure
rate of post ERCP pancreatitis - (answers)3-5%
Timing of colonoscopy for first degree relative w/ CRC or adenomas prior to age
60 - (answers)colonoscopy at age 40 or 10 years before the youngest affected
relative, whichever is earlier. Then repeat every 5 yrs
Indications for ECRP - (answers)Tissue sampling - bile duct, pancreatic duct,
ampulla bx
chronic pancreatitis/divisum
pancreatic malignancy
billiary malignancy
Benign strictures
Ductal disruption/injury
Jaundice
cholangitis
gallstone pancreatitis
dilated CBD
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maneuvers to enter IC valve - (answers)rotate the scope until the valve is at the
bottom of the visual field, look down into the valve, gently insufflate air to open
up the valve, OR retroflex the tip in the cecum and shorten the scope (hook the IV
valve)
cancer detection rate of brush biopsy - (answers)20-60%
band ligation vs sclerotherapy for esophageal varices - (answers)equal efficacy but
baldn ligation has lower complication rate.
cancer detection rate of needle aspiration - (answers)6-30%
how long after sphincterotomy can the bleeding complication manifest? -
(answers)immediate up to 14 days
relative contraindications for colonoscopy - (answers)anal fissure, recent MI, PE,
large bowel obstruction
Time frames for upper endoscopy - esophageal varices s/p sclerotherapy and
banding - (answers)q6-8weeks
Indications for screening colonoscopies - (answers)over 50 y/o, repeat every 10
years
