Health-Related Quality of Life among Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Cross-Sectional Study in Jianping County of Liaoning Province, China.

abstract：Background:The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of development of colorectal adenomas in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) with and without colonic diverticulosis. Methods:We performed a retrospective cohort study that included patients with CRC between 2008 and 2011. All patients underwent preoperative ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Kim YJ,Kim DB,Chung WC,Lee JM

更新日期：2019-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common cause of chronic pancreatitis (CP) is alcohol abuse. The aim of the present study was to identify patients with genetic predisposition to CP abusing alcohol. The question posed was whether CP manifests at a younger age and diabetes mellitus develops earlier in individuals with genetic predisposition. T...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Madro A,Ciesielka M,Celinski K,Slomka M,Czechowska G,Kurzepa J,Kaszelan-Szczerbinska B,Buszewicz G,Madro R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric ectopic pancreas is an uncommon developmental anomaly and its histological diagnosis is usually difficult by using a conventional biopsy forceps. In the literature, most cases of gastric ectopic pancreas were usually diagnosed by gross pattern during endoscopic examination or features of endoscopic ultrasound....

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Chou JW,Cheng KS,Ting CF,Feng CL,Lin YT,Huang WH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Aims:Balloon-assisted enteroscopy (BAE) can be used to retrieve small intestinal foreign bodies (FBs). Here, we aimed at exploring the clinical usefulness of BAE for the retrieval of small intestinal FBs. Methods:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 34 patients who underwent BAE to retriev...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Kim J,Lee BJ,Ham NS,Oh EH,Choi KD,Ye BD,Byeon JS,Eun CS,Kim JS,Yang DH

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Our aim was to assess the risk of gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage associated with diabetes among patients taking low-dose aspirin (≤325 mg/day). Methods:A systematic search was conducted for publication in English and Chinese using term equivalents for "GI hemorrhage", "aspirin", and "diabetes mellitus" up...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Wang Y,Wang W,Wang B,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is an aggressive disease that has poor outcomes despite maximal traditional therapies. Thus, treatment of this cancer demands innovative strategies to be used in addition to standing therapies in order to provide new avenues of care. Here, we describe the technique of using endoscopic ultraso...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Shirley LA,Aguilar LK,Aguilar-Cordova E,Bloomston M,Walker JP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and Aim. EUS-guided intervention (EGI) for biliary therapy has been increasingly used in recent years. This report aims to describe the spectrum and experience of EUS-guided interventions in biliary diseases in a single-tertiary center. Methods. All patients with EGI were analyzed retrospectively by retriev...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Attasaranya S,Netinasunton N,Jongboonyanuparp T,Sottisuporn J,Witeerungrot T,Pirathvisuth T,Ovartlarnporn B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain edema in acute liver failure (ALF) remains lethal. Cytotoxic mechanisms associated with brain edema have been well recognized, but the role of vasogenic mechanisms of brain edema has not been explored. Intact tight junctions (TJs) between brain capillary endothelial cells are critical for normal BBB function. Re...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Cui W,Sun CM,Liu P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) frequently suffer from venous thromboembolic events, and the risk of thromboembolism increases along with disease activity. This study was conducted to discover novel thrombophilic markers using thromboelastography (TEG) and to evaluate the relation between the pre...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Shen Y,Shi L,Zhang J,Zhu H,Yao Y,Liu Z,Zou X,Zhang X

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：Aim:To evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of H. pylori infection in the pediatric and adult population seen at a public hospital in São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil. Methods:This is a retrospective study that evaluated 2406 medical records of children, adolescents, and adults with dyspeptic symptoms who underwe...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Toscano EP,Madeira FF,Dutra-Rulli MP,Gonçalves LOM,Proença MA,Borghi VS,Cadamuro ACT,Mazzale GW,Acayaba R,Silva AE

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim. To evaluate the feasibility of percutaneous sclerotherapy of symptomatic simple abdominal cysts, using hypertonic saline and bleomycin, as an alternative to surgery. Materials and Methods. This study involved fourteen consecutive patients (ten women, four men, mean age: 59.2 y) with nineteen symptomatic simple cy...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Souftas VD,Kosmidou M,Karanikas M,Souftas D,Menexes G,Prassopoulos P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) has been increasingly reported worldwide. However, studies concerning EUS-BD from Mainland China are sporadic. This study aims to investigate the feasibility, efficacy, and safety of EUS-BD using SEMS in a single center from Mainland China. Methods. Betwe...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Lu L,Tang X,Jin H,Yang J,Zhang X

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. No predictive or prognostic biomarker is available for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) undergoing perioperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT). Members of the human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER) family of receptor tyrosine kinases EGFR (HER1, ERBB1), HER2 (ERBB2), HER3 (ERBB3), and HE...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Kripp M,Merx K,Wirtz RM,Gaiser T,Eidt S,Schwaab J,Post S,Wenz F,Hochhaus A,Hofheinz RD,Erben P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that daily intake of nondigestible saccharides delays senescence onset through the improvement of intestinal microflora. Here, we raised senescence accelerated mice prone 8 (SAMP8) on the AIN93 diet (CONT), with sucrose being substituted for 5% of fructooligosaccharide (FOS) or 5% of glucomannan (GM), ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Nakamura S,Kondo N,Yamaguchi Y,Hashiguchi M,Tanabe K,Ushiroda C,Kawahashi-Tokuhisa M,Yui K,Miyakoda M,Oku T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to investigate the diagnostic efficacy of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), neutrophil-to-monocyte ratio (NMR), lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and non-CD controls. These ratios were all derived from complete ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Feng JR,Qiu X,Wang F,Chen PF,Gao Q,Peng YN,Lin X,Liu Q,Liu J,Zhao Q,Li J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes encoding microRNAs may play important role in the development of gastric cancer. It has been reported that common SNPs rs2910164 in miR-146a and rs11614913 in miR-196a2 are associated with susceptibility to gastric cancer. The published results remain inconcl...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Ni Q,Ji A,Yin J,Wang X,Liu X

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Since the incidence of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus is rising, the prognosis is poor, and surveillance programs are expensive and mostly cost ineffective, there is a need to increase the knowledge of risk factors in Barrett's oesophagus and oesophageal cancer in order to be able to give attention to me...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Horna Strand A,Franzén T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to examine the influence of gastrectomy (GX) on cortical and cancellous bones in rats. Twenty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into the two groups of 10 animals each: a sham operation (control) group and a GX group. Seven weeks after surgery, the bone mineral content and densit...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Iwamoto J,Sato Y,Matsumoto H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims. To compare the surgical and oncological outcomes of rectal mucinous adenocarcinomas treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy versus surgery alone. Methods. A total of 167 locally advanced rectal mucinous adenocarcinoma patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and surgery alone between 2008 and 2014 ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Sun YW,Chi P,Lin HM,Lu XR,Huang Y,Xu ZB,Huang SH,Wang XJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High throughput methodologies have revealed the existence of an unexpectedly large number of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs). The unconventional role of lncRNAs in gene expression regulation and their broad implication in oncogenic and tumor suppressive pathways have introduced lncRNAs as novel biological tumor markers....

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Kladi-Skandali A,Michaelidou K,Scorilas A,Mavridis K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) is a diagnostic test with relatively rare usage. In this study, we aimed to evaluate both the optimal cleaning regimen for CCE and the diagnostic value of test in the study group. Methods. A total of 62 patients were enrolled in this study. In the first step, 3 different colon...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Akyüz Ü,Yılmaz Y,İnce AT,Kaya B,Pata C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a functional upper gastrointestinal disorder with significant morbidity and medical costs. Previous studies investigated the association of G-protein β3 (GNB3) genetic polymorphisms with FD but with inconsistent results. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to derive a preci...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Song YZ,You HY,Zhu ZH,Wen ZD,Xu HY,Chen BC,Chen ZJ,Huang QK

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a gastrointestinal disorder linked to disturbances in the gut-brain axis. Visceral hypersensitivity and pain are hallmarks of IBS and linked to the physiological and psychological burden and to the nonadaptive coping with stress. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for IBS has proven e...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Edebol-Carlman H,Ljótsson B,Linton SJ,Boersma K,Schrooten M,Repsilber D,Brummer RJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Little data on directly comparing chemoradiotherapy with observation has yet been published in the setting of adjuvant therapy for resected gastric cancer who underwent D2 lymphadenectomy. The present indirect comparison aims to provide more evidence on comparing the two approaches. Methods. We conducted a...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Yang Q,Wei Y,Chen YX,Zhou SW,Jiang ZM,Xie DR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:To evaluate the impact of body mass index (BMI) on the surgical outcome of laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (laTME) for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC, clinically staged as UICC stage II/III) after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT). Methods:312 LARC patients undergoing laTME after nCRT were divided...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Sun Y,Chi P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) can fail in 3-10% of the cases even in experienced hands. Although percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) and surgery are the traditional alternatives, there are morbidity and mortality associated with both. In this paper, we have discussed the efficacy an...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Iqbal S,Friedel DM,Grendell JH,Stavropoulos SN

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS:Magnifying endoscopy with blue laser imaging (ME-BLI) for diagnosis of early gastric cancer (EGC) is as effective as magnifying endoscopy with narrow-band imaging (ME-NBI). However, there are different EGCs in microstructure visualization between ME-BLI and ME-NBI. This study aimed to clarify the pathologic...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Kimura-Tsuchiya R,Dohi O,Fujita Y,Yagi N,Majima A,Horii Y,Kitaichi T,Onozawa Y,Suzuki K,Tomie A,Okayama T,Yoshida N,Kamada K,Katada K,Uchiyama K,Ishikawa T,Takagi T,Handa O,Konishi H,Kishimoto M,Naito Y,Yanagisa

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and Aims. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the role of hyaluronic acid (HA), laminin (LN), amino-terminal propeptide of type III procollagen (PIIINP), and collagen IV (CIV) in predicting the presence of gastroesophageal varices (GEVs) in patients with liver cirrhosis. Methods....

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Qi X,Li H,Chen J,Xia C,Peng Y,Dai J,Hou Y,Deng H,Li J,Guo X

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Apoptotic rates in peripheral blood lymphocytes can predict radiation induced normal tissue toxicity. We studied whether apoptosis in lymphocytes has a prognostic value for therapy outcome. Methods. Lymphocytes of 87 rectal cancer patients were ex vivo irradiated with 2 Gy, 8 Gy, or a combination of 2 Gy i...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Winkler S,Hoppe P,Haderlein M,Hecht M,Fietkau R,Distel LV

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed at investigating the effect of baicalin on experimental cholesterol gallstones in mice. The mouse gallstone model was induced by feeding with a lithogenic diet, and cholesterol stones were found in the gallbladder. The lithogenic diet caused elevation of triglycerides, cholesterol, and low-density...

journal_title：Gastroenterology research and practice

authors： Chen G,Wu S

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00