Endoscopic submucosal tunnel dissection of upper gastrointestinal submucosal tumors: A comparative study of hook knife vs hybrid knife.

abstract：:Constitutive activation of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-signaling axis is frequently observed in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Especially the overexpression of the fetal growth factor IGF-II, IGF-I receptor (IGF-IR), and cytoplasmic downstream effectors such as insulin-receptor substrates (IRS) contrib...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Breuhahn K,Schirmacher P

更新日期：2008-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal anastomotic leakage (CAL) remains a major complication after colorectal surgery. Despite all efforts during the last decades, the incidence of CAL has not decreased. In this review, we summarize the available strategies regarding prevention, prediction and intervention of CAL and categorize them into three ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sparreboom CL,Wu ZQ,Ji JF,Lange JF

更新日期：2016-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Celiac disease (CD) is manifested by a variety of clinical signs and symptoms that may begin either in childhood or adult life. Neurological symptoms without signs of malabsorption have been observed for a long time in CD. In this report, an 8-year-old girl with CD presented with rarely seen dilated cardiomyopathy and...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Doğan M,Peker E,Cagan E,Akbayram S,Acikgoz M,Caksen H,Uner A,Cesur Y

更新日期：2010-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze the clinicopathologic features and the prognosis of primary intestinal lymphoma. METHODS:Patients were included in the study based on standard diagnostic criteria for primary gastrointestinal lymphoma, and were treated at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Centre between 1993 and 2008. RESULTS:The study com...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang GB,Xu GL,Luo GY,Shan HB,Li Y,Gao XY,Li JJ,Zhang R

更新日期：2011-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the nuclear microsatellite instability (nMSI) at BAT26 and mitochondrial microsatellite instability (mtMSI) in the occurrence and development of hepatocellular carcinoma and the relationship between nMSI and mtMSI. METHODS:nMSI was observed with PCR and mtMSI with PCR-SSCP in 52 cases of hepatocellular ca...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fang DC,Fang L,Wang RQ,Yang SM

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess long-term effects of Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) eradication on antral G cell morphology and function in patients with and without duodenal ulcer (DU). METHODS:Consecutive dyspeptic patients referred to the endoscopy entered the study. Out of 39 H pylori positive patients, 8 had DU (H pylori +DU) and ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sokic-Milutinovic A,Todorovic V,Milosavljevic T,Micev M,Drndarevic N,Mitrovic O

更新日期：2005-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the beneficial effects of triterpene alpha,beta-amyrin and the underlying mechanisms in an experimental pancreatitis model. METHODS:Acute pancreatitis was induced in five groups of rats (n = 8) by L-arginine (2 x 2.5 g/kg, intraperitoneal, 1 h apart) and 1 h later, they received a single oral dose of alph...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Melo CM,Carvalho KM,Neves JC,Morais TC,Rao VS,Santos FA,Brito GA,Chaves MH

更新日期：2010-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the expression and clinical significance of B7 homolog 3 (B7-H3) and β-1,3-galactosyltransferase-4 (B3GALT4) in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. METHODS:Using tissue microarray, we identified the expression of B7-H3 and B3GALT4 in 223 CRC patient samples by immunohistochemistry and evaluated the po...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang T,Wang F,Wu JY,Qiu ZC,Wang Y,Liu F,Ge XS,Qi XW,Mao Y,Hua D

更新日期：2018-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the induction of T cellular immune responses in BALB/c mice immunized with uric acid and dendritic cells (DCs) pulsed with hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg). METHODS:DCs were generated from bone-marrow cells of BABL/c mice, and then pulsed or unpulsed with HBsAg protein (HBsAg-pulsed-DCs or unpuls...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ma XJ,Tian DY,Xu D,Yang DF,Zhu HF,Liang ZH,Zhang ZG

更新日期：2007-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of the present study is to compare the optical properties of normal human colon mucosa/submucosa and muscle layer/chorion, and adenomatous human colon mucosa/submucosa and muscle layer/chorion in vitro at 476.5, 488, 496.5, 514.5 and 532 nm. We believe these differences in optical properties should help...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wei HJ,Xing D,Lu JJ,Gu HM,Wu GY,Jin Y

更新日期：2005-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the outcomes of treatments for complications after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) in Korean patients with ulcerative colitis. METHODS:Between March 1998 and February 2013, 72 patients (28 male and 44 female, median age 43.0 years ± 14.0 years) underwent total proctocolectomy with IPAA. The stud...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ryoo SB,Oh HK,Han EC,Ha HK,Moon SH,Choe EK,Park KJ

更新日期：2014-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of short-term application of low-dose growth hormone on trace element metabolism and blood glucose in surgical patients. METHODS:A total of 48 consecutive patients undergoing abdominal operations were randomized to receive either subcutaneous rhGH (0.15 IU/kg) or placebo (menstruum) inje...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Qian K,Wan Z,Hao LS,Zhang MM,Zhou Y,Wu XT

更新日期：2007-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the imaging features of solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) in the abdomen and pelvis, and the clinical and pathologic correlations. METHODS:Fifteen patients with pathologically confirmed SFTs in the abdomen and pelvis were retrospectively studied with imaging techniques by two radiologists in consensus. Pa...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li XM,Reng J,Zhou P,Cao Y,Cheng ZZ,Xiao Y,Xu GH

更新日期：2014-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This paper provides a review of the practice of liver transplantation with the main emphasis on UK practice and indications for transplantation. REFERRAL AND ASSESSMENT:This section reviews the process of referral and assessment of patients with liver disease with reference to UK practice. DONOR ORGANS:T...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bramhall SR,Minford E,Gunson B,Buckels JA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the role of preoperative angiography in the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer. METHODS:The authors performed selective arterial cannulation by Seldinger's method in 47 patients to locate the primary cancer and to diagnose metastasis to the liver. Each patient was then given intra-arterial re...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Gu J,Ma ZL,Li Y,Li M,Xu GW

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：AIM:To investigate the apoptotic effect of photoexcited titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) nanoparticles in the presence of visible light on human hepatoma cell line (Bel 7402) and to study the underlying mechanism. METHODS:Cerium-element-doped titanium dioxide nanoparticles were prepared by impregnation method. Bel 7402 human...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang L,Mao J,Zhang GH,Tu MJ

更新日期：2007-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Celiac disease is an immune-mediated disorder that causes severe architectural disturbance in the small intestinal mucosa of genetically-predisposed individuals. Impaired absorption of multiple nutrients results and diarrhea and weight loss develop. Evidence has accumulated that a strict gluten-free diet can result in...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Freeman HJ

更新日期：2017-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation cannot be considered the most important therapeutic procedure for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In France, no more than 2% of patients with HCC undergo a transplantation. Randomized controlled trial must assess the benefit to risk ratio of various potentially "curative" treatment procedures (transpla...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Braillon A

更新日期：2009-11-14 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：:As among persons with normal anatomy, occasional patients with situs inversus develop malignant tumors. Recently, several laparoscopic operations have been reported in patients with situs inversus. We describe laparoscopic hemicolectomy with radical lymphadenectomy in such a patient. Careful consideration of the mirro...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fujiwara Y,Fukunaga Y,Higashino M,Tanimura S,Takemura M,Tanaka Y,Osugi H

更新日期：2007-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the efficacy, improved quality of life, and prognosis in patients undergoing either subtotal colonic bypass with antiperistaltic cecoproctostomy (SCBAC) or subtotal colonic bypass plus colostomy with antiperistaltic cecoproctostomy (SCBCAC) for the treatment of slow transit constipation. METHODS:Between...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yang Y,Cao YL,Wang WH,Zhang YY,Zhao N,Wei D

更新日期：2018-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anemia is considered a public health issue and is often caused by iron deficiency. Iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) often originates from blood loss from lesions in the gastrointestinal tract in men and postmenopausal women, and its prevalence among patients with gastrointestinal bleeding has been estimated to b...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cotter J,Baldaia C,Ferreira M,Macedo G,Pedroto I

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile (CD), specifically its toxins, have been implicated as a risk factor for exacerbation of the inflammatory process in up to 5% of patients with ulcerative colitis or Crohnos disease. Typical evidence of colonic changes with CD infection, including pseudomembranous exudate, are often not present; h...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Freeman HJ

更新日期：2008-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of quercetin supplementation on the myenteric neurons and glia in the cecum of diabetic rats. METHODS:Total preparations of the muscular tunic were prepared from the ceca of twenty-four rats divided into the following groups: control (C), control supplemented with quercetin (200 mg/kg que...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ferreira PE,Lopes CR,Alves AM,Alves ÉP,Linden DR,Zanoni JN,Buttow NC

更新日期：2013-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the mode of inheritance of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in a moderately high-incidence area of East China. METHODS:A pedigree survey was conducted in 210 families (3315 individuals) ascertained through 210 HCC probands in Haimen, Jiangsu Province. Simple segregation analysis was conducted using SEGRAN...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cai RL,Meng W,Lu HY,Lin WY,Jiang F,Shen FM

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the efficacy of Stretta procedure with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) based on symptom control, medication changes and oesophagitis grade. METHODS:Ninety patients with a history of GERD underwent Stretta procedure from June 2007 to March 2010. All patients with GERD diagnosed by the presence of...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu HF,Zhang JG,Li J,Chen XG,Wang WA

更新日期：2011-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the immunologic role and expression significances of nitric oxide(NO), nitric oxide synthase(NOS),and its isoenzyme in acute rejection to liver xenografts from golden hamster in rat. METHODS:Liver transplantations were randomly divided into five groups(n=6-9):isografts (group I); xenografts (group II);...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Diao TJ,Yuan TY,Li YL

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze the modulation of gene expression profile associated with inhibition of liver regeneration in hepatitis B X (HBx)-expressing transgenic mice. METHODS:Microarray technology was performed on liver tissue obtained from 4 control (LacZ) and 4 transgenic mice (HBx-LacZ), 48 h after partial hepatectomy. The s...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sidorkiewicz M,Jais JP,Tralhao G,Morosan S,Giannini C,Brezillon N,Soussan P,Delpuech O,Kremsdorf D

更新日期：2008-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). The risk is known to increase with longer duration of the disease, family history of CRC, and history of primary sclerosing cholangitis. The diagnosis of the neoplastic changes associated with IBD is difficult owing to the h...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Althumairi AA,Lazarev MG,Gearhart SL

更新日期：2016-01-21 00:00:00