Primary sclerosing cholangitis--what is the difference between east and west?

abstract：AIM:To investigate the association of serum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) levels with chronic hepatitis B infection and hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion. METHODS:A retrospective study was performed on clinical data collected from patients who had been positive for hepatitis B surface antigen for > 6 mo ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Huang R,Yang CC,Liu Y,Xia J,Su R,Xiong YL,Wang GY,Sun ZH,Yan XM,Lu S,Wu C

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate if the administration of an enteral diet supplemented with glutamine, arginine and omega-3-fatty acids modulates inflammatory and immune responses after surgery. METHODS:A prospective randomized double-blind, clinical trial was performed. Forty-eight patients with gastrointestinal cancer were randomize...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wu GH,Zhang YW,Wu ZH

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT) is a rare but life threatening form of bowel ischemia. It is implicated in 6%-9% of all cases of acute mesenteric ischemia. The proportion of patients with primary (or idiopathic) MVT varies from 0% to 49%, with a decrease in frequency secondary to more recent availability of newer i...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Karmacharya P,Aryal MR,Donato A

更新日期：2013-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Xanthogranulomatous inflammation (XGI) is a disease of unknown origin, most frequently described in the kidney and gallbladder; its localization in the colorectal tract is extremely rare. The extension of the typical inflammatory process to the surrounding tissues may lead to misdiagnosis as cancer. We report the case...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Addario Chieco P,Antolino L,Giaccaglia V,Centanini F,Cunsolo GV,Sparagna A,Uccini S,Ziparo V

更新日期：2014-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hilar tumors have proven to be a challenge to treat and manage because of their poor sensitivity to conventional therapies and our inability to prevent or to detect early tumor formation. Endoscopic stent drainage has been proposed as an alternative to biliary-enteric bypass surgery and percutaneous drainage to pallia...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： De Palma GD,Masone S,Rega M,Simeoli I,Salvatori F,Siciliano S,Maione F,Girardi V,Celiento M,Persico G

更新日期：2007-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the feasibility of quantifying liver choline concentrations in both normal and apoptotic rabbit livers in vivo, using 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS). METHODS:1H-MRS was performed in 18 rabbits using a 1.5T GE MR system with an eight-channel head/neck receiving coil. Fifteen rabbits were in...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shen ZW,Cao Z,You KZ,Yang ZX,Xiao YY,Cheng XF,Chen YW,Wu RH

更新日期：2012-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the anti-hepatofibrotic effects of Gardenia jasminoides in liver fibrosis. METHODS:Male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent common bile duct ligation (BDL) for 14 d and were treated with Gardenia jasminoides by gavage. The effects of Gardenia jasminoides on liver fibrosis and the detailed molecular mechan...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen YH,Lan T,Li J,Qiu CH,Wu T,Gou HJ,Lu MQ

更新日期：2012-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pit pattern classification using magnifying chromoendoscopy is the established method for diagnosing colorectal lesions. The Japan Narrow-band-imaging (NBI) Expert Team (JNET) classification is a novel NBI magnifying endoscopic classification that focuses on the vessel, and surface patterns. AIM:To determin...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang Y,Chen HY,Zhou XL,Pan WS,Zhou XX,Pan HH

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of herbal compound 861 (Cpd 861) on cell proliferation in human hepatic stellate cells (LX-2) and human hepatocellular liver carcinoma cells (HepG2), and expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) in LX-2 cells. METHODS:LX-2 and HepG2 cells were incubated with various concentrat...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang L,Wang J,Wang BE,Xiao PG,Qiao YJ,Tan XH

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To improve the technique of tissue microarray (tissue chip). METHODS:A new tissue microarraying method was invented with a common microscope installed with a special holing needle, a sampling needle, and a special box fixing paraffin blocks on the microscope slide carrier. With the movement of microscope tube and ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Dan HL,Zhang YL,Zhang Y,Wang YD,Lai ZS,Yang YJ,Cui HH,Jian YT,Geng J,Ding YQ,Guo CH,Zhou DY

更新日期：2004-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:It has been noticed that gastroenteritis or dysentery plays a role in pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and antibiotics can increase functional abdominal symptoms, both of which may be partly due to intestinal flora disorders. This study was to determine the change of gut flora of IBS, a cluster of ab...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Si JM,Yu YC,Fan YJ,Chen SJ

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical lithotripsy (ML) is usually considered as a standard treatment option for large bile duct stones. However, it is impossible to retrieve oversized stones because the conventional lithotripsy basket may not be able to grasp the stone. However, there is no established endoscopic extraction method for such gian...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chung HJ,Jeong S,Lee DH,Lee JI,Lee JW,Bang BW,Kwon KS,Kim HK,Shin YW,Kim YS

更新日期：2012-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare therapeutic outcomes and adverse events in initial solitary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and CyberKnife(®). METHODS:Seventy three consecutive patients with initial solitary HCC treated with RFA (38 patients; RFA group) and CyberKnife(®) (35 patients; CK group...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shiozawa K,Watanabe M,Ikehara T,Matsukiyo Y,Kogame M,Kishimoto Y,Okubo Y,Makino H,Tsukamoto N,Igarashi Y,Sumino Y

更新日期：2015-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the treatment landscape of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) is essential for improving disease management and patient outcomes. Brazil is the largest Latin American country, and it presents socioeconomic and health care differences across its geographical regions. This country has the highest ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zaltman C,Parra RS,Sassaki LY,Santana GO,Ferrari MLA,Miszputen SJ,Amarante HMBS,Kaiser Junior RL,Flores C,Catapani WR,Parente JML,Bafutto M,Ramos O,Gonçalves CD,Guimaraes IM,da Rocha JJR,Feitosa MR,Feres O,Saad-Hossne

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver resection is an effective treatment for benign and malignant liver tumors. However, a method for preoperative evaluation of hepatic reserve has not yet been established. Previously reported assessments of preoperative hepatic reserve focused only on liver failure in the early postoperative period and d...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ishii M,Itano O,Shinoda M,Kitago M,Abe Y,Hibi T,Yagi H,Takeuchi A,Tsujikawa H,Abe T,Kitagawa Y

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the functional aspect of esophageal motility in healthy subjects and in patients who were referred for esophageal function testing using multichannel intraluminal impedance-esophageal manometry (MII-EM), and to assess the clinical utility of MII-EM. METHODS:From September 2003 to January 2004, we perfo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cho YK,Choi MG,Park JM,Oh JH,Paik CN,Lee JW,Lee IS,Kim SW,Chung IS

更新日期：2006-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether the simultaneous treatment with human growth hormone (hGH) abolishes the negative effects of everolimus on anastomotic healing. METHODS:Forty-eight male Sprague-Dawley-rats were randomized to three groups of 16 animals each (I: vehicle; II: everolimus 3 mg/kg po; III: everolimus 3 mg/kg po +...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Küper MA,Trütschel S,Weinreich J,Königsrainer A,Beckert S

更新日期：2016-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of multiple small bowel ruptures due to ischemic enteritis (ISE) is reported. The patient was admitted to the hospital with acute abdominal pain followed by bloody diarrhoeas. Preoperative colonoscopic findings were similar to those presented in Crohn's disease. Intraoperatively, ischemic lesions and multi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Delikoukos S,Christodoulidis G,Zacharoulis D,Poultsidi A,Hatzitheofilou C

更新日期：2006-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:AIM:To assess the diagnostic values of tumor markers for pancreatic cancer.METHODS:Pancreatic cancer-associated antigen from colonic mucosa (PCAAc), pancreas-specific antigen (PaA), pancreatic oncofetal antigen (POA) and minimolecular pancreatic antigen (mPOA) were detected by double antibodies Sandwich ELISA; CA19-9,...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhao XY,Yu SY,Da SP,Bai L,Guo XZ,Dai XJ,Wang YM

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare outcome of stapled hemorrhoidopexy (SH) vs LigaSure hemorrhoidectomy (LH) by a meta-analysis of available randomized controlled trials (RCTs). METHODS:Databases, including PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and the Science Citation Index updated to December 2012, were searched. The main outcomes meas...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yang J,Cui PJ,Han HZ,Tong DN

更新日期：2013-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency caused by chronic pancreatitis results from various factors which regulate digestion and absorption of nutrients. Pancreatic function has been extensively studied over the last 40 years, even if some aspects of secretion and gastrointestinal adaptation are not completely understood. T...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Pezzilli R

更新日期：2009-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the fifth most common cancer in the world, shows increasing incidence worldwide. Curative treatments such as hepatectomy, liver transplantation, and radiofrequency ablation are applied in only 30%-60% of cases. Most remaining patients receive transarterial chemoembolization (TACE). Pati...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yamakado K,Hirota S

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the relationship between 579 G>T polymorphisms in the DNMT3B gene, which is involved in de novo methylation and associated with the risk of esophagus cancer (EC) in Chinese. METHODS:DNMT3B 579 G>T genotypes were determined by PCR-RFLP in 194 EC patients and 210 healthy controls matched for age and s...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fan H,Liu DS,Zhang SH,Hu JB,Zhang F,Zhao ZJ

更新日期：2008-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To transfer hepatitis E virus (HEV) ORF2 partial gene to tomato plants, to investigate its expression in transformants and the immunoactivity of expression products, and to explore the feasibility of developing a new type of plant-derived HEV oral vaccine. METHODS:Plant binary expression vector p1301E2, carrying a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ma Y,Lin SQ,Gao Y,Li M,Luo WX,Zhang J,Xia NS

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although spinal tumors are uncommon, they may reduce survival or cause serious functional disorders in the extremities. Metastatic spinal tumors from malignant tumors can induce symptoms of spinal cord compression, such as paraplegia, quadriplegia, and vesicorectal disturbance, which are aggravated with progression of...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tamaki K,Shimizu I,Urata M,Kohno N,Fukuno H,Ito S,Sano N

更新日期：2007-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Pelvic radiation is a commonly utilized treatment for malignancy of the genitourinary and lower gastrointestinal tract. Radiation proctitis and the resultant clinical picture varies from asymptomatic to potentially life threatening. Similarly, treatment options also vary greatly, from medical therapy to surgical inter...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Weiner JP,Wong AT,Schwartz D,Martinez M,Aytaman A,Schreiber D

更新日期：2016-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In colon cancer, classic disease staging remains the key prognosis and treatment determinant. Although adjuvant chemotherapy has an established role in stage III colon cancer patients, in stage II it is still a subject of controversy due to its restriction to a small subgroup of patients with high-risk histopathologic...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Saridaki Z,Souglakos J,Georgoulias V

更新日期：2014-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric cancer (EGC) with undifferentiated-type histology. METHODS:A systematic literature review was conducted using the core databases. Complete resection, curative resection, en bloc resection, recurrence and adverse event r...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bang CS,Baik GH,Shin IS,Kim JB,Suk KT,Yoon JH,Kim YS,Kim DJ,Shin WG,Kim KH,Kim HY,Lim H,Kang HS,Kim JH,Kim JB,Jung SW,Kae SH,Jang HJ,Choi MH

更新日期：2015-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeated surveys from Europe, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand have shown that adherence to an evidence-based perioperative care protocol, such as Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS), has been generally low. It is of great importance to support the implementation of the ERAS protocol as it has been sho...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Segelman J,Nygren J

更新日期：2014-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is an unresolving progressive liver disease of unknown etiology characterized by hypergammaglobulinemia, autoantibodies detection and interface hepatitis. Due to the absence of specific diagnostic markers and the large heterogeneity of its clinical, laboratory and histological features, AIH ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Gatselis NK,Zachou K,Koukoulis GK,Dalekos GN

更新日期：2015-01-07 00:00:00