Management of hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein thrombosis.

abstract：:Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare cholestatic liver disease characterized by progressive fibroinflammatory destruction of the intra- and/or extrahepatic biliary ducts. While its features and disease course can be variable, most patients with PSC have concurrent inflammatory bowel disease and will eventual...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fung BM,Lindor KD,Tabibian JH

更新日期：2019-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the cleansing efficacy and safety of a new Colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) bowel preparation regimen. METHODS:This was a multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled study comparing two CCE regimens. Subjects were asymptomatic and average risk for colorectal cancer. The second generation CCE system (Pi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kastenberg D,Burch WC Jr,Romeo DP,Kashyap PK,Pound DC,Papageorgiou N,Sainz IF,Sokach CE,Rex DK

更新日期：2017-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the frequency of serum IgA-antiendomysial antibody positivity in patients with low bone mineral density and to assess the risk group for screening of celiac disease. METHODS:One hundred and thirty-five patients (14 male, 121 female) with idiopathic low bone mineral density were evaluated. The median...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Karakan T,Ozyemisci-Taskiran O,Gunendi Z,Atalay F,Tuncer C

更新日期：2007-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess numbers and case fatality of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), effects of deprivation and whether weekend presentation affected outcomes. METHODS:Data was obtained from Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland and National Records of Scotland (NRS) death records for a ten year per...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ahmed A,Armstrong M,Robertson I,Morris AJ,Blatchford O,Stanley AJ

更新日期：2015-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To demonstrate the therapeutic effect of probiotics in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), and their effect on inflammatory mediators and nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB activation in these patients. METHODS:Thirty patients with mild to moderate UC were randomly classified into two groups: sulfasalazine group, who r...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hegazy SK,El-Bedewy MM

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 32-year-old woman with episodic right lower quadrant abdominal pain. With the diagnosis of either acute appendicitis or tubo-ovarian abscess, she was treated with antibiotics, which successfully relieved the pain and the inflammatory findings. She repeated the clinical condition a few times and a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Niwa H,Hiramatsu T

更新日期：2008-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the possible ameliorative effect of breastfeeding and the uptake of human colostrum against coeliac disease in autistic rats. METHODS:Female rats were fed a standard diet and received a single intraperitoneal injection of 600 mg/kg sodium valproate on day 12.5 after conception. In study 1, neonatal rats...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Selim ME,Al-Ayadhi LY

更新日期：2013-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiology of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is not known and controversy exists as to whether PSC should be denominated an autoimmune disease. A large number of autoantibodies have been detected in PSC patients, but the specificity of these antibodies is generally low, and the frequencies vary largely betwee...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hov JR,Boberg KM,Karlsen TH

更新日期：2008-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the outcomes of concomitant cholangiocarcinoma (C-CCA) and subsequent cholangiocarcinoma (S-CCA) associated with hepatolithiasis. METHODS:From December 1987 to December 2007, 276 patients underwent hepatic resection for hepatolithiasis in Changhua Christian Hospital. Sixty-five patients were excluded du...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lin CC,Lin PY,Chen YL

更新日期：2013-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients with Crohn's disease (CD) require surgery. Indications for surgery include failure of medical treatment, bowel obstruction, fistula or abscess formation. The most common surgical procedure is resection. In jejunoileal CD, strictureplasty is an accepted surgical technique that relieves the obstructive sym...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yamamoto T,Watanabe T

更新日期：2014-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of acute diarrhea remains a global challenge, particularly in resource-limiting countries. Oral rehydration solution (ORS), a passive rehydrating therapy developed approximately 40 years ago, remains the mainstay treatment. Although ORS is effective for hydration, since it does not inhibit enterotoxin-media...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cheng SX

更新日期：2016-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognosis of gastric cancer continues to remain poor, and epigenetic drugs like histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) have been envisaged as potential therapeutic agents. Nevertheless, clinical trials are facing issues with toxicity and efficacy against solid tumors, which may be partly due to the lack ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Amnekar RV,Khan SA,Rashid M,Khade B,Thorat R,Gera P,Shrikhande SV,Smoot DT,Ashktorab H,Gupta S

更新日期：2020-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the prognostic significance of S100A4 expression in colorectal cancer and its correlation with expression of E-cadherin and p53. METHODS:A cohort of archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded specimens was selected from 127 patients with colorectal cancer who underwent surgical resection between Apri...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kwak JM,Lee HJ,Kim SH,Kim HK,Mok YJ,Park YT,Choi JS,Moon HY

更新日期：2010-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholangiocarcinoma (CC) is rare malignant tumors composed of cells that resemble those of the biliary tract. It is notoriously difficult to diagnose, and is associated with a high mortality. Traditionally, CC is divided into intrahepatic and extrahepatic disease according to its location within the biliary tree. Intra...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shimoda M,Kubota K

更新日期：2007-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of fermented soy milk on human ecosystem in the intestinal tract by way of examining the population of different microorganisms isolated from fecal samples. METHODS:A crossover experimental design was applied. Twenty-eight healthy adults completed this experiment. Each subject consumed 25...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cheng IC,Shang HF,Lin TF,Wang TH,Lin HS,Lin SH

更新日期：2005-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal method for monitoring quiescent disease in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis is yet to be determined. Endoscopic evaluation with ileocolonoscopy is the gold standard but is invasive, costly, and time-consuming. There are many commercially available biomarkers that may be used in cli...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chang S,Malter L,Hudesman D

更新日期：2015-10-28 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

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the clinical characteristics of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (NGIH) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS:From 2003 to 2010, a total of 72 CKD patients (male n = 52, 72.2%; female n = 20, 27.8%) who had undergone endoscopic treatments for NGIH were retrospectively iden...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bang CS,Lee YS,Lee YH,Sung H,Park HJ,Kim HS,Kim JB,Baik GH,Kim YS,Yoon JH,Kim DJ,Suk KT

更新日期：2013-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the factors involved in the impairment of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with celiac disease. METHODS:A multicenter, cross-sectional prospective study was performed in patients with celiac disease who completed two HRQOL questionnaires: the gastrointestinal quality of life index (GI...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Casellas F,Rodrigo L,Vivancos JL,Riestra S,Pantiga C,Baudet JS,Junquera F,Diví VP,Abadia C,Papo M,Gelabert J,Malagelada JR

更新日期：2008-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite major improvements concerning its diagnosis and treatment, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains an aggressive disease with an extremely poor prognosis. Pathology, as interface discipline between basic and clinical medicine, has substantially contributed to the recent developments and has laid the ba...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Esposito I,Konukiewitz B,Schlitter AM,Klöppel G

更新日期：2014-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the international guidelines criteria an adequate "diagnostic conclusion" of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can be achieved only if clinical, endoscopic and laboratory findings, together with sample technical adequacy and unequivocal histomorphological signs of the disease are available. Thus, a conclusive...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Canavese G,Bassotti G,Astegiano M,Castellano I,Cassoni P,Sapino A,Villanacci V

更新日期：2013-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the prognostic value of the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) and three new MELD-based models combination with serum sodium in decompensated cirrhosis patients-the MELD with the incorporation of serum sodium (MELD-Na), the integrated MELD (iMELD), and the MELD to sodium (MESO) index. METHODS:...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jiang M,Liu F,Xiong WJ,Zhong L,Chen XM

更新日期：2008-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Survivin, a recently identified member of the inhibitor of apoptosis protein family, is expressed during development and in various human cancers. However, its expression in normal tissues and clinical relevance in cancers are still debated. In the present study, we analyzed the expression of the survivin gene in h...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang ZN,Xu HM,Jiang L,Zhou X,Lu C,Zhang X

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the low prevalence of non-ampullary duodenal epithelial tumors (NADETs), standardized clinical management of sporadic superficial NADETs, including diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, has not yet been established. Retrospective studies have revealed certain endoscopic findings suggestive of malignancy. Duo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kakushima N,Kanemoto H,Tanaka M,Takizawa K,Ono H

更新日期：2014-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of pancreatic pleural effusion, secondary to an internal pancreatic fistula, is a rare clinical syndrome and diagnosis is often missed. The key to the diagnosis is a dramatically elevated pleural fluid amylase. This pancreatic pleural effusion is also called a pancreatic pleural fistula. It is character...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jin SG,Chen ZY,Yan LN,Zeng Y

更新日期：2010-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the hepatic microvascular parameters in patients with liver cirrhosis by perfusion computed tomography (CT). METHODS:Perfusion CT was performed in 29 patients without liver disease (control subjects) and 39 patients with liver cirrhosis, including 22 patients with compensated cirrhosis and 17 patients wi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen ML,Zeng QY,Huo JW,Yin XM,Li BP,Liu JX

更新日期：2009-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To define the common deleted region on the long arm of haman chromosome 7q linked to primary gastric carcinomas in Chinese by loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and its clinical significance. METHODS:Nine microsatellite markers distributed over chromosome 7q with an average marker density of 10cM were used to examine 70...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Weng DS,Li JT,Mai SJ,Pan ZZ,Feng BJ,Feng QS,Huang LX,Wang QJ,Li YQ,Yu XJ,Chen SP,He J,Xia JC

更新日期：2006-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the outcomes of ampulla dilation with different sized balloons to remove common bile duct (CBD) stones. METHODS:Patients (n = 208) were divided into five groups based on the largest CBD stone size of < 5, 6-8, 8-12, 12-14, and > 14 mm. Patients underwent limited endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) alone or l...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li NP,Liu JQ,Zhou ZQ,Ji TY,Cai XY,Zhu QY

更新日期：2013-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the diagnostic values of serum autoantibodies against matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). METHODS:The MMP-7 cDNA was cloned from ESCC tissues, and MMP-7 was expressed and purified from a prokaryotic system. MMP-7 autoantibodies were then measur...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhou JH,Zhang B,Kernstine KH,Zhong L

更新日期：2011-03-14 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