Predictors of the patency of self-expandable metallic stents in malignant gastroduodenal obstruction.

abstract：:A 52 year-old male patient diagnosed of ankylosing spondylitis presented with an iron deficiency anemia after a ten-month treatment of methotrexate. He did not respond to treatment with oral iron not a proton pump inhibitor and an upper endoscopy was performed. The histological study of the duodenal biopsies showed vi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Boscá MM,Añón R,Mayordomo E,Villagrasa R,Balza N,Amorós C,Corts JR,Benages A

更新日期：2008-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of synbiotics, i.e. probiotics and prebiotics mixture, on the gut microbial ecology and digestive enzyme activities in rats. METHODS:Forty-eight SD rats weighing about 280 g were used in this study. Rats were divided into three groups according to the contents of probiotics and prebiotics...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yang SC,Chen JY,Shang HF,Cheng TY,Tsou SC,Chen JR

更新日期：2005-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial colonization of the gut shapes both the local and the systemic immune response and is implicated in the modulation of immunity in both healthy and disease states. Recently, quantitative and qualitative changes in the composition of the gut microbiota have been detected in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colit...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Rapozo DC,Bernardazzi C,de Souza HS

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic, progressive, cholestatic liver disease characterized by inflammation and fibrotic obliteration of the hepatic biliary tree. It is commonly associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A number of complications can occur which require special consideration, the mo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shorbagi A,Bayraktar Y

更新日期：2008-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the diagnostic value and safety mainly regarding incidents of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) for pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs). METHODS:A total of 150 consecutive patients with suspected PCLs were prospectively enrolled from April 2015 to November 2016. We finally enro...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Du C,Chai NL,Linghu EQ,Li HK,Sun YF,Xu W,Wang XD,Tang P,Yang J

更新日期：2017-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of surgically placed ostomies is an important aspect of any general surgical or colon and rectal surgery practice. Complications with surgically placed ostomies are common and their causes are multifactorial. Parastomal ulceration, although rare, is a particularly difficult management problem. We conducted ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yeo H,Abir F,Longo WE

更新日期：2006-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate if transnasal endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (n-ERCP) using an ultrathin forward-viewing scope may overcome the disadvantages of conventional oral ERCP (o-ERCP) related to the large-caliber side-viewing duodenoscope. METHODS:The study involved 50 patients in whom 25 cases each were a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mori A,Ohashi N,Maruyama T,Tatebe H,Sakai K,Shibuya T,Inoue H,Takegoshi S,Okuno M

更新日期：2008-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is currently recommended as preoperative treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC); however, evaluation of treatment response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy is still challenging. AIM:To create a multi-modal radiomics model to assess therapeutic response after neoadjuvant chem...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li ZY,Wang XD,Li M,Liu XJ,Ye Z,Song B,Yuan F,Yuan Y,Xia CC,Zhang X,Li Q

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the mucosal protective effect and the mechanisms of action of the anti-ulcer drug irsogladine maleate in gastric injury induced by indomethacin in rats. METHODS:Gastric mucosal injury was induced in male Hos:Donryu rats by oral administration of indomethacin at a dose of 48 mg/kg. One hour before in...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang X,Tajima K,Kageyama K,Kyoi T

更新日期：2008-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction of nucleos(t)ide analogues (NAs) for oral antiviral therapy has dramatically improved the clinical outcome in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Although current international guidelines for the management of CHB provide information regarding when to begin the antiviral therapy with NAs, there is no...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kang W,Park JY

更新日期：2014-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the inhibitory effect of in vivo expression of expressing plasmid pCH510 of recombinant fibronectin polypeptide (CH50) on hepatocellular carcinoma and the improved therapeutic effect of pCH510 in combination with chemotherapeutic agents and Hsp70-H22 hepatocarcinoma antigen peptide on tumor. METHODS...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang GM,Yang Y,Huang B,Xiao H,Li D,Feng ZH

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an extremely rare case where a mesenchymal differentiation, especially embryonal sarcoma, was demonstrated in cholangiocarcinoma. At autopsy, a yellowish-white tumor (15 cm x 12 cm) was found in the right hepatic lobe, and there were several daughter nodules in both hepatic lobes. Histologically, most of the...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sumiyoshi S,Kikuyama M,Matsubayashi Y,Kageyama F,Ide Y,Kobayashi Y,Nakamura H

更新日期：2007-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare prevalence rates of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) between Hispanics of Mexican origin and Hispanics of Dominican and Puerto Rican origin. METHODS:We evaluated prevalence rates of NAFLD between the two largest sub-populations of Hispanics in the United States; Hispanics of Mexican origin and ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fleischman MW,Budoff M,Zeb I,Li D,Foster T

更新日期：2014-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate tumor necrosis factor-α converting enzyme (TACE) methylation status in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). METHODS:Eighty patients with hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive CHB, 80 with HBeAg-negative CHB, and 40 healthy controls (HCs) were randomly enrolled in this study. Genomic DNA was extrac...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang ZL,Gao S,Li XY,Sun FK,Li F,Fan YC,Wang K

更新日期：2015-07-21 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：:Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are defined as a distinct arm of innate immunity. According to their profile of secreted cytokines and lineage-specific transcriptional factors, ILCs can be categorized into the following three groups: group 1 ILCs (including natural killer (NK) cells and ILC1s) are dependent on T-bet and ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shen Y,Li J,Wang SQ,Jiang W

更新日期：2018-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A Killian-Jamieson diverticulum (KJD) is an unfamiliar and rare cervical esophageal diverticulum. This diverticulum originates on the anterolateral wall of the proximal cervical esophagus through a muscular gap (the Killian-Jamieson space) below the cricopharyngeal muscle and lateral to the longitudinal muscle of the ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lee CK,Chung IK,Park JY,Lee TH,Lee SH,Park SH,Kim HS,Kim SJ

更新日期：2008-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To detect the expression of DPC4 in malignant and non-malignant specimens of human pancreas, and observe the inhibition of retroviral pLXSN containing DPC4 on pancreatic carcinoma cells in vitro. METHODS:The expression of DPC4 was determined in 40 pancreatic adenocarcinoma and 36 non-malignant pancreatic specimens...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shen W,Tao GQ,Li DC,Zhu XG,Bai X,Cai B

更新日期：2008-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the clinical and epidemiologic profiles of the disease and to compare the findings with those generated from the previous hospital-based studies. METHODS:The Gharbiah cancer registry is the only population-based cancer registry in Egypt since 1998. We analyzed the data of all colorectal cancer patients...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Veruttipong D,Soliman AS,Gilbert SF,Blachley TS,Hablas A,Ramadan M,Rozek LS,Seifeldin IA

更新日期：2012-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the efficacy and safety benefits of performing intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) to treat symptomatic cholelithiasis. METHODS:Patients admitted to the Minimally Invasive Surgery Center of Tianjin Nankai Hospital between January 2012 and January 2014 for mana...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ding GQ,Cai W,Qin MF

更新日期：2015-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:According to a meta-analysis, H pylori and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) independently and significantly increase the risk of gastroduodenal ulcer and ulcer bleeding. Their coincidence is frequent, demonstration of a possible relationship and consequent attitude is of important implications. But unfort...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ji KY,Hu FL

更新日期：2006-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world and the third cause of cancer-related death. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents more than 90% of primary liver cancers and generally occurs in patients with underlying chronic liver disease such as viral hepatitis, hemochromatosis, primary biliar...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： van Meer S,de Man RA,Siersema PD,van Erpecum KJ

更新日期：2013-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Although gastroduodenal ulcers are common in solid organ transplant patients, there are few reports on multiple giant ulcers in the distal ileum and ileocecal valve caused by immunosuppressants Herein, we report on a liver transplant recipient and a renal transplant recipient with multiple large ulcers in the distal i...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Guo YW,Gu HY,Abassa KK,Lin XY,Wei XQ

更新日期：2016-06-28 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：:Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) produce an enzyme known as γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (HpGGT) that is highly conserved and common to all strains. HpGGT has been gaining increasing attention as an important virulence factor of the bacterium, having been demonstrated to be an important colonization factor in several anim...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ling SS,Yeoh KG,Ho B

更新日期：2013-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Quasispecies of hepatitis C virus (HCV) are the foundation for rapid sequence evolution of HCV to evade immune surveillance of hosts. The consensus sequence evolution of a segment of HCV NS3 region, which encompasses putative cytotoxic T cell epitopes, was evaluated. METHODS:Three male patients, infected with HCV ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Guo HZ,Yin Y,Wang WL,Zhang CS,Wang T,Wang Z,Zhang J,Cheng H,Wang HT

更新日期：2004-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the causes and clinical outcome of patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (AUGB) and a history of gastric surgery to those with AUGB but without a history of gastric surgery in the past. METHODS:The causes and clinical outcome were compared between 105 patients with AUGB and a history of ga...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nikolopoulou VN,Thomopoulos KC,Theocharis GI,Arvaniti VA,Vagianos CE

更新日期：2005-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify the prevalence of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) and to assess the association of hepatitis B virus (HBV) core promoter mutations and viral load in Indonesian patients. METHODS:Sixty-four patients with chronic hepatitis, 65 with liver cirrhosis and 50 with hepatocellular carcinoma were included in this ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Utama A,Siburian MD,Purwantomo S,Intan MD,Kurniasih TS,Gani RA,Achwan WA,Arnelis,Lelosutan SA,Lukito B,Harmono T,Zubir N,Julius,Soemohardjo S,Lesmana LA,Sulaiman A,Tai S

更新日期：2011-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effect of gastrectomy on diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HTN) in non-obese gastric cancer patients. METHODS:A total of 100000 patients, diagnosed with either type 2 DM or HTN, were randomly selected from the 2004 Korean National Health Insurance System claims. Among them, 360 diabetes and ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lee EK,Kim SY,Lee YJ,Kwak MH,Kim HJ,Choi IJ,Cho SJ,Kim YW,Lee JY,Kim CG,Yoon HM,Eom BW,Kong SY,Yoo MK,Park JH,Ryu KW

更新日期：2015-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the incidence of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) over expression in oesophageal cancers. METHODS:A retrospective study, of one hundred consecutive cases of endoscopic histological samples of oesophageal cancers from a single British cancer network were included. Cancer cases were diagn...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Al-Momani H,Barnes R,El-Hadi A,Shah R,Lewis WG,Edwards P

更新日期：2012-11-28 00:00:00