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Mumbai doctor headed for endoscopy world cup

A city doctor has been selected to take part in a world cup - a competition for the best innovations in endoscopy.

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A city doctor has been selected to take part in a world cup - a competition for the best innovations in endoscopy.

Dr Amit Maydeo of Breach Candy Hospital has once again been selected along with nine other doctors from different parts of the world to show his new technique in endoscopy at the Second World Cup of Endoscopy, organised by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). The world cup will be held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California, on May 22.

In last year’s event, Dr Maydeo had bagged the Bronze medal for his technique to treat patients of pancreatic stones.

“I will give an oral presentation before more than 15,000 gastroenterologists from across the world,” said Dr Maydeo.
Two months ago, Dr Maydeo had submitted his video to the ASGE in which he had described a new technique called “Endoscopic extraction of a deeply-embedded denture in upper esophagus”.

According to Dr Maydeo, an accidentally-swallowed denture creates one of the most dangerous situations as the denture, which has wires, gets stuck in the food pipe, thereby requiring the patient to undergo a major chest surgery. “We have invented a technique of dissection of the inner layers of the food pipe with a special needle knife. This technique releases the impacted denture from its impacted status with the help of endoscopy procedure,” Dr Maydeo said, adding: “I am hopeful that this year also India will be placed on the world map in innovation in medical science and will be inspirational for young doctors.”

The ASGE Educational Products and CME Programs Committee conveyed in its mail to Dr Maydeo that out of over 100 entries for competition, only 10 were selected for the second world cup. He was also informed that he will have to give an oral presentation while showing his video at the world cup. After the presentation, he will have to participate in a three-minute question-answer session.

Once the question-answers session gets over, the panel of international judges will give scores for the presentation and the first, second and third place winners will be announced. Besides India, Australia, Brazil, Germany, China, Spain, Belgium, Japan, South Korea and USA will participate in this world cup.

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