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The report on the 19th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW: 22.-26. October 2011, Stockholm, Sweden) presents an update of gastrointestinal endoscopy, focussing on oral presentations and selected poster presentations and aims to review them in the light of recent literature, in particular endoscopy resection and other endotherapy techniques, new endoscopy imaging methods, Barrett's esophagus, gastrointestinal bleeding, enteroscopy, colonoscopy, ERCP, EUS, NOTES, PEG. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG.

The 18th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW), held in Barcelona in October 2010, marked a return to the traditional stand-alone UEGW meeting after the previous year's combined congress format of GASTRO 2009. Various abstracts on endoscopic subjects were presented, providing a unique opportunity for those interested in gastrointestinal endoscopy to not only become acquainted with the latest advancements and research in the field, but also to meet and exchange experiences with colleagues from all over the world. This report will focus mainly on oral presentations, with a few selected poster presentations, which will be reviewed briefly in the context of recent literature in the respective fields of gastrointestinal endoscopy. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart - New York.

The 16th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW), which was held in Vienna in October 2008, provided the opportunity for those interested in gastrointestinal endoscopy to be informed of the experience of colleagues throughout the world and to become acquainted with the latest advancements and research in the field. Many of these abstracts focused on innovations and new techniques, and numerous others concentrated on topics with an impact on everyday clinical practice. This report attempts to highlight mostly oral presentations but also a few selected poster presentations, and each will be briefly reviewed in the light of recent publications in the respective fields of gastrointestinal endoscopy. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart New York.