Subtotal colectomy for severe idiopathic constipation. A follow-up study of 13 patients.

abstract：:As immunosuppressive agents, corticosteroids may be considered an appropriate treatment for primary biliary cirrhosis, even if bone loss and other side effects may occur. We studied biliary lipid metabolism in 10 nonicteric patients, with histologically proven primary biliary cirrhosis (stage I-IV). We administered me...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Mazzella G,Fusaroli P,Pezzoli A,Azzaroli F,Mazzeo C,Zambonin L,Simoni P,Festi D,Roda E

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 60-year-old male patient, who had several episodes of melena during the last years. One month ago he had a new episode of digestive bleeding, and an endoscopic study was performed that showed at 35 cm from the dental arcade a polypoid, pedunculated lesion, with a diameter of 5 cm and a submuco...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Bosch O,González Campos C,Jurado A,Guijo I,Miro C,Renedo G,Porres JC

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS) is sufficiently uncommon that the clinician or general pathologist may lack familiarity with the disorder and may confuse it with other inflammatory bowel diseases. To evaluate the role of collagen staining in facilitating the differential diagnosis of SRUS, an initial open review...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Levine DS,Surawicz CM,Ajer TN,Dean PJ,Rubin CE

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Forkhead box P3 (FOXP3)+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) are critical for controlling inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract. There is a paradoxical increase of mucosal FOXP3+ T cells in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). These FOXP3+ cells were recently shown to include interleukin (IL)-17A-prod...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Lord JD,Valliant-Saunders K,Hahn H,Thirlby RC,Ziegler SF

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) pathophysiology has not been fully understood. Abnormalities of serine proteases have been identified in IBS patients. In addition, protease-activated receptors (PAR) activation interferes with several components of the pathogenesis of IBS, so, evaluating the PAR expression in ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Zhao JH,Dong L,Shi HT,Wang ZY,Shi HY,Ding H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Although the serum sodium level has been reported to be a prognostic and predictive marker for the therapeutic effects of lung cancer and renal cell carcinoma treated with molecular targeted therapy, the serum sodium level has not been investigated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients treated w...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kegasawa T,Sakamori R,Maesaka K,Yamada R,Tahata Y,Urabe A,Kodama T,Hikita H,Imanaka K,Ohkawa K,Hiramatsu N,Oshita M,Yamada Y,Inada M,Yakushijin T,Imai Y,Tatsumi T,Takehara T

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) criteria are histologically categorized by early gastric cancer (EGC) with differentiated- and undifferentiated-type histology. However, EGC is histologically heterogenous and there have been no separate criteria for EGC with mixed-type histology [EGC-MH; differentiated...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Bang CS,Yang YJ,Lee JJ,Baik GH

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant species differences have been demonstrated in gastric physiology, a factor that limits extrapolation of animal data to man. Primate physiology is thought to be similar to that of man; however, gastric function has not been adequately documented in the primate. In the present study six baboons (body weight ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Lakhoo K,Parekh D,Lawson HH,Rogers G,Van der Walt LA,Hunter S

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to determine the impact of irritable bowel syndrome on quality of life using a well-standardized measure, the SF-36, and to determine whether apparent impairments may be due to neuroticism. Undergraduate students with irritable bowel syndrome who had consulted a physician (41 females, 42 ma...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Whitehead WE,Burnett CK,Cook EW 3rd,Taub E

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth factors upregulate cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activity, yet little is known regarding the interaction between COX-2 and ERK in terms of mitogenic signal transduction pathways in gastric epithelial cells. Therefore, we examined the role of COX-2 in EGF-ind...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Sasaki E,Tominaga K,Watanabe T,Fujiwara Y,Oshitani N,Matsumoto T,Higuchi K,Tarnawski AS,Arakawa T

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether the sensitivity of indium-111 (111In) scanning in the assessment of the activity and extent of Crohn's disease correlates with the severity of intestinal lesions as measured by the newly validated Crohn's disease endoscopic index of severity (CDEIS). Nineteen patients wit...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Heresbach D,Bretagne JF,Raoul JL,Moisan A,Siproudhis L,Devillers A,Gosselin M

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Topical pharyngeal anesthesia as an adjunct to intravenous sedation to facilitate gastroscopy has been widely acknowledged; however, its efficacy has not been established when it is used in patients under deep sedation with propofol. AIMS:To demonstrate the limited value of topical pharyngeal anesthesia in ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Tsai HI,Tsai YF,Liou SC,Su MY,Lin CC,Chang CJ,Yu HP

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secondary bile acid deoxycholic acid is believed to be a promoter of large bowel cancer, in part by inducing colonic epithelial proliferation. The effects of deoxycholic acid on [3H]thymidine incorporation by the human colon cancer cell line HT29 and two differentiated subclones were measured and compared. The sub...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Peiffer LP,Peters DJ,McGarrity TJ

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) is a safe and useful procedure for managing small bowel bleeding. However, there are limited studies regarding the preferable timing of DBE and its impact on long-term outcomes. AIM:We aimed to evaluate the association between the timing of DBE and the long-term outcomes of ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Hashimoto R,Nakahori M,Matsuda T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our prospective randomized study involving 100 patients was to investigate whether Doppler ultrasound can be used to select patients at risk for ulcer rebleeding. Ulcers in the Forrest group classified as having a visible vessel or a clot were treated prophylactically by injection with epinephrine solution....

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kohler B,Maier M,Benz C,Riemann JF

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients affected by diabetes mellitus are reported to have an increased incidence of gallbladder abnormalities. The pathophysiologic mechanisms for this phenomenon are unclear. In the present study ultrasonography was used to determine gallbladder emptying in response to a meal or separate cephalic or hormonal stimul...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Fiorucci S,Bosso R,Scionti L,DiSanto S,Annibale B,Delle Fave G,Morelli A

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detecting plasma protein loss from the stomach is quite difficult by measuring fecal alpha1-AT clearance because alpha1-AT is rapidly destroyed in the gastric juice at values below pH 3. We examined protein loss from the stomach using fecal alpha1-AT clearance with lansoprazole, a proton pump inhibitor. A 38-year-old ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Takeda H,Nishise S,Furukawa M,Nagashima R,Shinzawa H,Takahashi T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is an autosomal-dominant inherited disorder characterized by mucocutaneous pigmentation, hamartomatous polyposis of the gastrointestinal tract, and an increased risk for the development of both gastrointestinal and extraintestinal malignancies. Germline mutation of the STK11 gene, which en...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Gao Y,Zhang FM,Huang S,Wang X,Zhang P,Huang XD,Ji GZ,Fan ZN

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) with fine needle aspiration (FNA) is a safe and effective way to sample lesions in the gastrointestinal tract. Rapid on-site specimen evaluation (ROSE) improves the accuracy of EUS-FNA. While data suggests that EUS with fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) is effective, it remains unclear...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Krishnan K,Dalal S,Nayar R,Keswani RN,Keefer L,Komanduri S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metronidazole has been used to treat pouchitis, but there are no controlled data that show it is effective. Chronic unremitting pouchitis is a form of the disorder particularly difficult to manage. Diarrhea is the main symptom of pouchitis, which results from acute inflammation of the mucosa of an ileal reservoir. To ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Madden MV,McIntyre AS,Nicholls RJ

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential of a computerized auscultation method for providing an objective, quantitative measure characteristic of irritable bowel syndrome. Bowel sounds from irritable bowel patients and normal controls were digitized using an electronic stethoscope. Computerized analy...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Craine BL,Silpa M,O'Toole CJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article deals with the clinical value of capsule endoscopy for visualization of the colon. Since its introduction in 2006, the colon capsule endoscopy underwent major technological improvements. The improved performance of colon capsule endoscopy is reviewed based on three multicenter prospective studies. ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Eliakim R,Adler SN

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously reported that preoperative chemolipiodolization of the whole liver is effective for reducing the incidence of postoperative recurrence and prolonging survival in patients with resectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The present randomized controlled trial was performed to evaluate the influe...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kaibori M,Tanigawa N,Kariya S,Ikeda H,Nakahashi Y,Hirohara J,Koreeda C,Seki T,Sawada S,Okazaki K,Kwon AH

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of various prokinetic drugs was assessed in animals with Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy. The agents tested were (1) bethanechol 2.5 mg subcutaneously at 0 min and 30 min postprandially (pp); (2) metoclopramide 20 mg intravenous bolus at 0 min pp; (3) a combination of 1 and 2; (4) oxytocin 5 mg intramuscularly ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Hocking MP,Brunson ME,Vogel SB

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of cannabinoids in gastrointestinal diseases is controversial and of great interest, yet their use in patients has not been critically examined. AIM:To determine the prevalence and effects of cannabis abuse on healthcare utilization, as measured by emergency department (ED) visits, in a large, tert...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Gubatan J,Staller K,Barshop K,Kuo B

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of marked improvement in diagnosis and management, cystic fibrosis is now more frequently noted in young adults, many of whom have only mild clinical forms. Pancreatitis is a known complication of cystic fibrosis and may occur at any time in the course of the disease; in rare instances, pancreatitis is the fir...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Masaryk TJ,Achkar E

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS) is a longitudinal observational study of risks and benefits of treatments and care in patients with chronic hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) infection from four US health systems. We hypothesized that comparative effectiveness methods-including a centralized d...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Lu M,Rupp LB,Moorman AC,Li J,Zhang T,Lamerato LE,Holmberg SD,Spradling PR,Teshale EH,Vijayadeva V,Boscarino JA,Schmidt MA,Nerenz DR,Gordon SC

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Two of the foremost issues in screening colonoscopy involve delivering quality and maximizing adenoma detection rates (ADR). Little is known about the impact of deep sedation on ADR. This study aims to compare the detection of advanced lesions during screening colonoscopy performed with moderate con...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Wang A,Hoda KM,Holub JL,Eisen GM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome requires the exclusion of any associated organic disease: a positive diagnosis would avoid expensive and potentially dangerous diagnostic procedures. A scoring system has been proposed for positive diagnosis where more than 44 points excluded organic digestive disease. The aim...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Frigerio G,Beretta A,Orsenigo G,Tadeo G,Imperiali G,Minoli G

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), the most frequent periodic fever syndrome, is an autosomal recessive inherited disease that predominantly affects eastern Mediterranean populations. Fetuin-A is a well known negative acute-phase protein. Studies of this glycoprotein as a marker of inflammation in FMF a...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Oncu K,Yazgan Y,Tanoglu A,Kaplan M,Ermis F,Ipcioglu OM,Kara M,Kucuk I,Ozari HO

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00