Innovations in endoscopy

Digestive endoscopy has met an enormous progress over the last decade, both in terms of diagnosis and treatment of gastro-intestinal diseases. This review article presents the role of confocal endomicroscopy in the management of pancreatic cysts. Moreover, it resumes the most important novel therapeutic endoscopic techniques, some already available in expert centers such as G-POEM or biliary drainage by Axios stent system and spiral enteroscopy, as well as techniques undergoing validation such as the radiofrequency ablation of pancreatic tumors and the bariatric and metabolic endoscopy techniques.