Benefit of neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced perihilar cholangiocarcinoma.

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：:Viable and non-viable pathological bacterial translocation promote a self-perpetuating circle of dysfunctional immune activation and systemic inflammation facilitating infections and organ failure in advanced cirrhosis. Bacterial infections and sepsis are now recognized as a distinct stage in the natural progression o...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bruns T,Zimmermann HW,Stallmach A

更新日期：2014-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate microRNA-133a (miR-133a) expression in colorectal cancer (CRC) and its relationship with tumorigenesis and disease prognosis. METHODS:Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction was used to measure levels of miR-133a in tumor samples and adjacent non-cancerous tissues from 169 patients undergoi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang LL,Du LT,Li J,Liu YM,Qu AL,Yang YM,Zhang X,Zheng GX,Wang CX

更新日期：2014-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid-pseudopapillary tumor (SPT) is a rare neoplasm of the pancreas that usually occurs in young females. It is generally considered a low-grade malignant tumor that can remain asymptomatic for several years. The occurrence of infiltrating varieties of SPT is around 10%-15%. Between 1986 and 2006, 282 cystic tumors o...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sperti C,Berselli M,Pasquali C,Pastorelli D,Pedrazzoli S

更新日期：2008-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of endoscopic obliteration with Histoacryl(®) for treatment of gastric variceal bleeding and prophylaxis. METHODS:Between January 1994 and March 2010 at SoonChunHyang University Hospital, a total of 127 patients with gastric varices received Histoacryl(®) injections en...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kang EJ,Jeong SW,Jang JY,Cho JY,Lee SH,Kim HG,Kim SG,Kim YS,Cheon YK,Cho YD,Kim HS,Kim BS

更新日期：2011-03-21 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 analyze the current available evidence of Kudo's pit pattern classification for diagnosing colorectal neoplasms. METHODS:A search was performed on Pubmed/Embase to identify studies reporting the outcomes of the pit pattern classification in colorectal polyps. Retrieved records were evaluated and selected by two...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li M,Ali SM,Umm-a-OmarahGilani S,Liu J,Li YQ,Zuo XL

更新日期：2014-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple studies have demonstrated alterations in the intestinal microbial community (termed the microbiome) in Crohn's disease (CD) and several lines of evidence suggest these changes may have a significant role in disease pathogenesis. In active and quiescent disease, both the faecal and mucosa-associated microbiome...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tawfik A,Flanagan PK,Campbell BJ

更新日期：2014-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine, by counting micronucleus (MN) frequencies, whether chromosomal or DNA damage have an effect on the pathogenesis of early colorectal adenocarcinoma (CRC). METHODS:We analyzed MN frequencies in 21 patients with CRC, 24 patients with colon polyps [10 neoplastic polyps (NP) and 14 non-neoplastic polyps (...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Karaman A,Binici DN,Kabalar ME,Calikuşu Z

更新日期：2008-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyomavirus BK (BKV) infects up to 90% of the general population. After primary infection, occurring early during childhood, a state of non-replicative infection is established in the reno-urinary tract, without complications for immunocompetent hosts. In immunocompromised individuals, particularly transplanted patie...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Umbro I,Tinti F,Muiesan P,Mitterhofer AP

更新日期：2016-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the value of ultrasound elastography combined with serological indexes in diagnosing liver fibrosis and assessing its severity. METHODS:A total of 338 chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients were divided into a disease group (patients with hepatic fibrosis) and control group (subjects without hepatic fib...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xu B,Zhou NM,Cao WT,Li XJ

更新日期：2018-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze retrospectively, our results about patients who underwent surgical treatment for adenocarcinoma of the cardia in relation to age, in order to evaluate surgical problems and prognostic factors. METHODS:From January 1987 to March 2003, 140 patients with adenocarcinoma of the cardia underwent resection in ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Di Martino N,Izzo G,Cosenza A,Cerullo G,Torelli F,Brillantino A,del Genio A

更新日期：2005-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the role and mechanism of total flavone of Abelmoschus manihot (TFA) on epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) progress of Crohn's disease (CD) intestinal fibrosis. METHODS:First, CCK-8 assay was performed to assess TFA on the viability of intestinal epithelial (IEC-6) cells and select the optimal conc...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yang BL,Zhu P,Li YR,Xu MM,Wang H,Qiao LC,Xu HX,Chen HJ

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe a new clinical and pathological subtype of microscopic colitis in children. METHODS:A selected group of children with abdominal pain, constipation and/or diarrhoea showing discrete or no macroscopic abnormalities on endoscopy was described. RESULTS:Multiple biopsies of colon showed large mononuclear c...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Józefczuk J,Wozniewicz BM

更新日期：2008-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effects of p53 on apoptosis and proliferation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells treated with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE). METHODS:A total of 136 patients with HCC received TACE and other management before surgery were divided into TACE group and non-TACE group. TACE group ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xiao EH,Li JQ,Huang JF

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the importance of preoperative diagnosis and presentation of left-sided gallbladder using ultrasound (US), CT and angiography. METHODS:Retrospective review of 1482 patients who underwent enhanced CT scanning was performed. Left-sided gallbladder was diagnosed if a right-sided ligamentum teres was present...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hsu SL,Chen TY,Huang TL,Sun CK,Concejero AM,Tsang LL,Cheng YF

更新日期：2007-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal pneumoperitoneum is a surgical emergency indicative of gastrointestinal perforation that requires immediate treatment to prevent death. There have been non-surgical conditions secondary to neonatal pneumoperitoneum (e.g., mechanical ventilation, pulmonary diseases and pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis) that ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： He TZ,Xu C,Ji Y,Sun XY,Liu M

更新日期：2015-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant duodenal ulcers (GDUs) are a subset of duodenal ulcers that have historically resulted in greater morbidity than usual duodenal ulcers. Until recently, few cases had been successfully treated with medical therapy. However, the widespread use of endoscopy, the introduction of H-2 receptor blockers and proton pump...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Newton EB,Versland MR,Sepe TE

更新日期：2008-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of extended lymphadenectomy and postoperative chemotherapy on gastric cancer without lymph node metastasis. METHODS:Clinical data of 311 node-negative gastric cancer patients who underwent potentially curative gastrectomy with more than 15 lymph nodes resected, from January 2002 to Decem...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xue Q,Wang XN,Deng JY,Zhang RP,Liang H

更新日期：2013-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the relationship between pathological oropharyngeal (OP) acid exposure and esophageal motility in patients with extra-esophageal syndromes. METHODS:In this prospective study we enrolled consecutive outpatients with extra-esophageal symptoms suspected to be related to gastroesophageal reflux disease ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Passaretti S,Mazzoleni G,Vailati C,Testoni PA

更新日期：2016-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The continued need to develop less invasive alternatives to surgical and radiologic interventions has driven the development of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided treatments. These include EUS-guided drainage of pancreatic fluid collections, EUS-guided necrosectomy, EUS-guided cholangiography and biliary drainage, EUS...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fabbri C,Luigiano C,Lisotti A,Cennamo V,Virgilio C,Caletti G,Fusaroli P

更新日期：2014-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate a suitable long-term culture system and optimal cryopreservation of intestinal organoid to improve organoid-based therapy by acquiring large numbers of cells. METHODS:Crypts were isolated from jejunum of C57BL/6 mouse. Two hundred crypts were cultured in organoid medium with either epidermal growth ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Han SH,Shim S,Kim MJ,Shin HY,Jang WS,Lee SJ,Jin YW,Lee SS,Lee SB,Park S

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the extent of use of specific therapies in clinical practice, and their relationship to therapies validated in clinical trials. METHODS:The US National Cancer Institutes' Patterns of Care study was used to examine therapies and survival of patients diagnosed in 2001 with histologically-confirmed gastroe...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cronin-Fenton DP,Mooney MM,Clegg LX,Harlan LC

更新日期：2008-05-28 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：:Casais et al have reported an inverse correlation between serum phosphate and body weight after administration of sodium phosphate at a dose of 60 g. Our group has already described the relationship between body weight and hyperphosphatemia with these preparations, although our study was not quoted by Casais. We perfo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Deepak P,Ehrenpreis ED

更新日期：2011-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the safety and efficacy of the formulation HD-03/ES capsules in the management of patients with chronic hepatitis B infection. METHODS:A total of 25 patients were recruited to the study and were given HD-03/ES, two capsules twice daily for six months. Clinical assessment of symptoms and signs were d...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Rajkumar JS,Sekar MG,Mitra SK

更新日期：2007-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the safety of Curcuma aromatica oil gelatin microspheres (CAO-GMS) infused via hepatic artery against primary liver cancer. METHODS:The safety of CAO-GMS was evaluated in view of its acute toxicity in rats, long-term toxicity in Beagle dogs and general pharmacology in rats and mongrel dogs. RESULTS:Th...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Deng SG,Wu ZF,Li WY,Yang ZG,Chang G,Meng FZ,Mo LL

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the protective effect and mechanism of glutamine on the intestinal barrier function in total parenteral nutrition (TPN) rats with trauma or endotoxemia. METHODS:To perform prospective, randomized and controlled animal experimentation of rats with surgical trauma, TPN and endotoxemia, thirty-four male, ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ding LA,Li JS

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) can be really considered to be systemic diseases since they are often associated with extraintestinal manifestations, complications, and other autoimmune disorders. Indeed, physicians who care for patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, the two major forms of IBD, face a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Danese S,Semeraro S,Papa A,Roberto I,Scaldaferri F,Fedeli G,Gasbarrini G,Gasbarrini A

更新日期：2005-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the correlation between expression of somatostatin (SS), gastrin (GAS) and cell apoptosis regulation gene bcl-2/bax in large intestine carcinoma. METHODS:Sixty-two large intestine cancer tissue samples were randomly and retrospectively selected from patients with large intestine carcinoma. Immunohistoch...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mao JD,Wu P,Xia XH,Hu JQ,Huang WB,Xu GQ

更新日期：2005-02-07 00:00:00