Video Journal and Encyclopedia of GI Endoscopy

Video Journal and Encyclopedia of GI Endoscopy

Manuscript Template

Unless stated otherwise, all sections are mandatory.

Please refer to the Guide for Authors for more detailed information.

Please use bullet point style where indicated. A bullet point is considered a statement of up to three sentences referring to a precise question.

Selective inclusion of key still images, graphs, or figures is optional. If there are images or figures in this manuscript, figure legends must be included at the end of this manuscript.

Before submitting your completed manuscript, please remove all instructions in grey font.

Article Type

Please indicate the article type (for more information please consult the Guide for Authors). When writing your article, please make sure to include all manuscript sections that are mandatory for the chosen article type.

Studies in Clinical Endoscopy
Innovation Forum and Experimental Endoscopy
In the Expert’s Focus
Clinical Case Reports
Supplementation to the Encyclopedia

Title

Concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

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Author names and affiliations

Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the email address of each author.

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Corresponding author (if more than one author)

Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. Contact details must be kept up to date by the corresponding author.

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Abstract

A concise and factual abstract containing Background and Aims, Methods, Results and Conclusions is required. References should be avoided. Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.

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Keywords

Provide a maximum of 6 keywords, including the keyword “video”, avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible.

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Background

Please detail the clinically relevant aspects of the disease or procedure.

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Aim of the Study(required for Studies in Clinical Endoscopyand Innovation Forum)

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Patients and Methods (required for Studies in Clinical Endoscopy, Innovation Forum,Clinical Case Reports, and Supplementation to the Encyclopedia)

Please describe the study design, including study period, exclusion and inclusion criteria and the patient flow through the study protocol.

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Statistical Analysis(required for Studies in Clinical Endoscopy, Innovation Forum, and Clinical Case Reports)

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Technical Review (required for In the Expert’s Focus)

Please list and describe different and all available endoscopic diagnostic or management options relevant to the topics under review.

Study Materials, Endoscopic Equipment and Devices

Bullet point list of all materials used (manufacturer, brand, size etc.). It is of utmost importance to detail specification and source of materials.

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Endoscopic Procedure

Describe procedures in detail and step by step to allow the work to be reproduced. Techniques already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described.

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Results(required for Studies in Clinical Endoscopy, Innovation Forum,Clinical Case Reports, and Supplementation to the Encyclopedia)

Results should be clear and concise.

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Discussion

This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.

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Take-home messages (required for Studies in Clinical Endoscopy, Innovation Forum,Clinical Case Reports, and Supplementation to the Encyclopedia)

Please indicate main implications of the study findings for clinical practice.

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Tips and Tricks(required for In the Expert’s Focus)

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Funding Source

Please disclose your funding source if any.

Conflict of Interest

VJGIEN requires full disclosure of all potential conflicts of interest. Please ensure your statement is also included in the respective text slide for the video.Please find more information in the Guide for Authors.

Human and Animal Rights

The work described in your article must have been carried out in accordancewithThe Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration ofHelsinki) forexperiments involving humans Requirements for manuscripts submitted to Biomedical journals must be stated in your article.

Scripted voiceover

Please enter the text (without timings or slide positions) of your voiceover.

Acknowledgements (optional)

Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proof reading the article, etc.).

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Figure Legends

Selective inclusion of key still images, graphs, or figures is optional. If there are images or figures in this manuscript, figure legends must be included here.

References

Text:Indicate references by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given.

List:Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in the list in the order in which they appear in the text.

Examples:

Reference to a journal publication:

[1] Van der Geer J, Hanraads JAJ, Lupton RA. The art of writing a scientific article. J Sci Commun 2010;163:51–9.

Reference to a book:

[2] Strunk Jr W, White EB. The elements of style. 4th ed. New York: Longman; 2000.

Reference to a chapter in an edited book:

[3] Mettam GR, Adams LB. How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In:

Jones BS, Smith RZ, editors. Introduction to the electronic age. New York: E- Publishing Inc; 2009, p. 281–304.

Note shortened form for last page number. e.g., 51–9, and that for more than 6 authors

the first 6 should be listed followed by „et al.‟ For further details you are referred to “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts submitted to Biomedical Journals” (J Am Med Assoc 1997;277:927–34), see also

Web references
As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.

Journal abbreviations source
Journal names should be abbreviated according to
Index Medicus journal abbreviations:
List of title word abbreviations:

CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service):