Laser ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma--a review.

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of different portal vein branch embolization agents in inducing compensatory hypertrophy of the remnant liver and to offer a theoretic basis for clinical portal vein branch embolization. METHODS:Forty-one adult dogs were included in the experiment and divided into four grou...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Huang JY,Yang WZ,Li JJ,Jiang N,Zheng QB

更新日期：2006-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the calcium metabolism of colorectal cancer (CRC) in patients with colorectal cancer and control patients. METHODS:Seventy newly diagnosed CRC patients were included. The healthy control group was age and gender matched (n=32). Particular attention was devoted to the relationship between serum calcium o...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fuszek P,Lakatos P,Tabak A,Papp J,Nagy Z,Takacs I,Horvath HC,Lakatos PL,Speer G

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solitary fibrous tumors are predominantly benign and are most commonly found in the thoracic cavity and pleura; while reports exist in the literature of malignant solitary fibrous tumors and those located in extrathoracic organs, these cases are considered extremely rare. Herein, a case is reported of a malignant soli...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jakob M,Schneider M,Hoeller I,Laffer U,Kaderli R

更新日期：2013-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To detect the prevalence of small bowel polyps by wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). METHODS:We examined prospectively 14 patients with FAP to assess the location, size and number of small-intestinal polyps. Patients' age, sex, years of observation after surgery...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Katsinelos P,Kountouras J,Chatzimavroudis G,Zavos C,Pilpilidis I,Fasoulas K,Paroutoglou G

更新日期：2009-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old male underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) to treat early gastric cancer (EGC) in 2001. The lesion (50 mm × 25 mm diameter) was histologically diagnosed as poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, with an ulcer finding. Although the tumor was confined to the mucosa with no evidence of lymphovascu...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kawabata H,Oda I,Suzuki H,Nonaka S,Yoshinaga S,Katai H,Taniguchi H,Kushima R,Saito Y

更新日期：2013-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the effects of drug treatment on hyperplastic gastric polyps infected with Helicobacter pylori (H pylori). METHODS:Forty-eight patients with hyperplastic gastric polyps (3-10 mm in diameter) infected with H pylori were randomly assigned to a treatment group (n = 24) which received proton-pump inhibitor (o...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ji F,Wang ZW,Ning JW,Wang QY,Chen JY,Li YM

更新日期：2006-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is among the most important causes of chronic HBV infection and is the commonest mode of transmission worldwide. Currently, the presence of HBsAg, HBeAg and HBV DNA in breast milk is confirmed. Several studies have reported that breastfeeding carries no additiona...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Petrova M,Kamburov V

更新日期：2010-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To understand CD133 promoter hypermethylation and expression in 32 colorectal cancer cell lines. METHODS:Nucleic acid was isolated from 32 colorectal cancer cell lines and CD133 expression levels were measured by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and real-time PCR. Promoter methylation statu...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jeon YK,Kim SH,Choi SH,Kim KH,Yoo BC,Ku JL,Park JG

更新日期：2010-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemolymphangioma is a malformation of both lymphatic vessels and blood vessels. Splenic hemolymphangioma is extremely rare. Herein, we present a case of 62-year-old woman with ambiguous upper quadrant abdominal pain for two months who was found to have an occupying lesion in the spleen on computed tomography. She was ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mei Y,Peng CJ,Chen L,Li XX,Li WN,Shu DJ,Xie WT

更新日期：2015-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old man with cT1bN0M0 stage I middle thoracic esophageal cancer underwent subtotal esophagectomy and gastric tube reconstruction through the posterior mediastinal route after preoperative carbon-ion radiotherapy and chemotherapy in a clinical trial. Anastomotic leakage occurred, but it spontaneously improved...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Uesato M,Kono T,Akutsu Y,Murakami K,Kagaya A,Muto Y,Nakano A,Aikawa M,Tamachi T,Amagai H,Arasawa T,Muto Y,Matsubara H

更新日期：2017-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old woman who presented with epigastric discomfort and diarrhea underwent an abdominal ultrasound (US). This investigation and subsequent contrast-enhanced computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and endoscopic US with fine needle aspiration (FNA) revealed a 40 mm well-circumscribed mass in the uncin...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Poves I,Burdío F,Iglesias M,Martínez-Serrano Mde L,Aguilar G,Grande L

更新日期：2009-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To elucidate high mobility group-box 3 (HMGB3) protein expression in gastric adenocarcinoma, its potential prognostic relevance, and possible mechanism of action. METHODS:Ninety-two patients with gastric adenocarcinomas surgically removed entered the study. HMGB3 expression was determined by immunohistochemistry t...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tang HR,Luo XQ,Xu G,Wang Y,Feng ZJ,Xu H,Shi YW,Zhang Q,Wu LG,Xue CQ,Wang CW,Wu CY

更新日期：2012-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Castleman's disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder of unknown etiology. Clinically, it occurs as a localized (unicentric) disease or as a systemic (multicentric) disease. Unicentric Castleman's disease (UCD) presents as a solitary mass and primarily affects the mediastinal, retroperitoneal, and cervical l...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lee HJ,Jeon HJ,Park SG,Park CY

更新日期：2015-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decade, inflammation (carditis) and intestinal metaplasia localized to immediately below the human gastro-oesophageal junction have received much attention in relation to the rising incidence of cancer at this site. Since these histological findings are frequently observed even among those who are H py...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Iijima K,Shimosegawa T

更新日期：2006-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a complex, immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder with ill-defined etiology, multifaceted diagnostic criteria, and unpredictable treatment response. Innovations in IBD diagnostics, including developments in genomic sequencing and molecular analytics, have generated tremendous int...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kohli A,Holzwanger EA,Levy AN

更新日期：2020-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A preduodenal portal vein (PDPV) is known to be a rare cause of duodenal stenosis. We treated a 22-year-old male patient with malnutrition as a result of PDPV and a previously performed operation for scoliosis, who showed an improvement in quality of life after being treated with a combination of nutritional support a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Masumoto K,Teshiba R,Esumi G,Nagata K,Nakatsuji T,Nishimoto Y,Yamaguchi S,Sumitomo K,Taguchi T

更新日期：2009-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:To review the implication of CXCR4 for gastrointestinal cancer, a "Pubmed" analysis was performed in order to evaluate the relevance of CXCR4 and its ligands for gastrointestinal cancers. Search terms applied were "cancer, malignoma, esophageal, gastric, colon, colorectal, hepatic, pancreatic, CXCR4, SDF-1alpha, and S...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Schimanski CC,Galle PR,Moehler M

更新日期：2008-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Although recent diagnostic and therapeutic advances have substantially improved the survival of patients with gastric cancer (GC), the overall prognosis is still poor. Surgery is the only curative treatment and should be performed in experienced centers. Due to high relapse following surgery, complementary and systemi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cravo M,Fidalgo C,Garrido R,Rodrigues T,Luz G,Palmela C,Santos M,Lopes F,Maio R

更新日期：2015-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic, cholestatic disease of autoimmune etiology, the histology of which shows a destruction of the intrahepatic bile duct and portal inflammation. Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) is now used as a first-line drug for asymptomatic PBC (aPBC) because it is reported that UDCA decrea...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Dohmen K,Mizuta T,Nakamuta M,Shimohashi N,Ishibashi H,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2004-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging (IVIM-DWI) for monitoring early efficacy of chemotherapy in a human gastric cancer mouse model. METHODS:IVIM-DWI was performed with 12 b-values (0-800 s/mm(2)) in 25 human gastric cancer-bearing nude mice at baseline (day 0), and then they were rand...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Song XL,Kang HK,Jeong GW,Ahn KY,Jeong YY,Kang YJ,Cho HJ,Moon CM

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) and its association with depression in patients with chronic viral hepatitis. METHODS:This single center cross-sectional study was conducted from August 2013 through January 2014. All outpatients with chronic viral hepatitis in our liver clinic between 18 ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ma BO,Shim SG,Yang HJ

更新日期：2015-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the protective effects of early enteral feeding (EEF) on postburn impairments of renal function and their possible mechanisms. METHODS:Wistar rats with 30 % of total body surface area (TBSA) full-thickness burn were adopted as the experimental model. The effects of EEF on the postburn changes of gas...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhu L,Yang ZC,Chen DC

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is comprised of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, both chronic inflammatory intestinal disorders of unknown etiology characterized by a waxing and waning clinical course. For many years, the drug therapy was limited to sulfasalazine and related aminosalicylates, corticosteroids a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zenlea T,Peppercorn MA

更新日期：2014-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the agreement of multichannel intraluminal impedance-pH monitoring (MII-pHM) and gastroesophageal reflux scintigraphy (GES) for the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease. METHODS:Seventy-five consecutive patients with suspected gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) underwent 24-h combined MII-p...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Uslu Kızılkan N,Bozkurt MF,Saltık Temizel IN,Demir H,Yüce A,Caner B,Özen H

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate a potential role of S100A4 in esophagus squamous cell carcinoma metastasis (ESCCs). METHODS:Expression of S100A4 and E-cadherin were analyzed in frozen sections from ESCCs (metastasis, n = 28; non-metastasis, n = 20) by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, quantitative polymerase chain r...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen D,Zheng XF,Yang ZY,Liu DX,Zhang GY,Jiao XL,Zhao H

更新日期：2012-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the molecular mechanism for regulation of cholesterol metabolism by hepatitis C virus (HCV) core protein in HepG2 cells. METHODS:HCV genotype 1b core protein was cloned and expressed in HepG2 cells. The cholesterol content was determined after transfection. The expression of sterol regulatory elemen...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li M,Wang Q,Liu SA,Zhang JQ,Ju W,Quan M,Feng SH,Dong JL,Gao P,Cheng J

更新日期：2015-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Several neural and hormonal factors are known to affect motility of sphincter of Oddi (SO). The major roles of SO are to regulate the flow of bile and pancreatic juice into the duodenum and to prevent the reflux of duodenal contents into the biliary and pancreatic duct. After pancreas transplantation, graft SO was ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li GC,Yuan CH,Cheng Y,Liu YF

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the gastric emptying after bowel preparation to allow general anaesthesia. METHODS:A prospective, non-comparative, and non-randomized trial was performed and registered on Eudra CT database (2011-002953-80) and on www.trial.gov (NCT01398098). All patients had a validated indication for colonoscopy a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Coriat R,Polin V,Oudjit A,Henri F,Dhooge M,Leblanc S,Delchambre C,Esch A,Tabouret T,Barret M,Prat F,Chaussade S

更新日期：2014-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To show outcomes of our series of patients that underwent a total gastrectomy with a robotic approach and highlight the technical details of a proposed solution for the reconstruction phase. METHODS:Data of gastrectomies performed from May 2014 to October 2016, were extracted and analyzed. Basic characteristics of...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Parisi A,Ricci F,Gemini A,Trastulli S,Cirocchi R,Palazzini G,D'Andrea V,Desiderio J

更新日期：2017-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic colitis is a rare complication of interferon administration. Only 9 cases in 6 reports have been described to-date. This report describes a case of ischemic colitis during pegylated interferon and ribavirin treatment for chronic hepatitis C, and includes a review of the relevant literature. A 48-year-old woma...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Baik SJ,Kim TH,Yoo K,Moon IH,Cho MS

更新日期：2012-08-21 00:00:00