Preoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Does Not Reduce the Risk of Postoperative Infectious Complications in Patients Undergoing Elective Hepatectomy.

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：:This study determined how the luminal surface hydrophobicity and transmucosal potential difference (PD) of canine gastric mucosa changed during the recovery period after the tissue was challenged with acidified aspirin. Luminal aspirin reduced both the contact angle and PD of mucosae incubated in Ussing chambers. Afte...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Goddard PJ,Lichtenberger LM

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is activated in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and vitamin D deficiency aggravates the development of colitis, but the relationship between the local colonic RAS and vitamin D is unclear with regard to the pathogenesis of IBD. AIMS:To investigate whether vitamin D suppr...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Wei X,Li X,Du J,Ge X,Sun Y,Li X,Xun Z,Liu W,Wang ZY,Li YC

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of sennosides on colonic myoelectrical activity were investigated in man. Spiking activity of the left and sigmoid colons was continuously recorded in seven constipated patients during two sessions from 5:00 PM to 9:00 AM. Each patient received orally at 7:00 PM on two consecutive days 30 mg of sennosides ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Frexinos J,Staumont G,Fioramonti J,Bueno L

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis and treatment of ulcerative colitis remain poorly understood. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of black cumin (Nigella sativa) oil on rats with colitis. METHODS:Experimental colitis was induced with 1 mL trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) in 40% ethanol by intrac...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Isik F,Tunali Akbay T,Yarat A,Genc Z,Pisiriciler R,Caliskan-Ak E,Cetinel S,Altıntas A,Sener G

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present six cases of cancer associated with Crohn's disease and stress the importance of the earlier age of onset than spontaneously arising small-bowel carcinoma, the long period of latency from the time of diagnosis of Crohn's disease to that of carcinoma, and the generally poor prognosis. We emphasize, furthermo...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Traube J,Simpson S,Riddell RH,Levin B,Kirsner JB

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate and cost-effective diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori gastritis has taken on major importance. Several serologic tests for the diagnosis of H. pylori infection are commercially available. We compared the performance of the FlexSure HP rapid IgG antibody test with the conventional HM-CAP ELISA to evaluate whethe...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kroser JA,Faigel DO,Furth EE,Metz DC

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) arises from a number of cirrhosis-related and non-cirrhosis-related exposures and is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Achieving a durable cure currently relies on either resection or transplantation, but since most patients will be diagnosed with inoperable d...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Saffo S,Taddei TH

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under physiological conditions, the human gut adapts intestinal gas propulsion and evacuation to prevent intestinal gaseous complaints In this study we aimed to determine influences of the jejunum versus ileum on intestinal gas dynamics during a balanced meal. Paired studies were randomly performed with seven women an...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Harder H,Hernando-Harder AC,Franke A,Krammer HJ,Singer MV

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our goal was to determine whether Seirogan, an herbal medicine used as an antidiarrheal agent, modifies colonic function, including motility. Experiments were performed on four female Yucatan mini-pigs with established permanent cecal fistulas providing direct access to the colon. Long-term recordings of proximal colo...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kuge T,Venkova K,Greenwood-Van Meerveld B

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is characterized by diffuse fatty infiltration in the liver and ballooning degeneration and inflammation in hepatocytes. We aimed to study the protective effect of soy isoflavones on experimental NASH and their effects on plasma paraoxanese and arylesterase levels in rats. Twenty-ei...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ustundag B,Bahcecioglu IH,Sahin K,Duzgun S,Koca S,Gulcu F,Ozercan IH

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to investigate whether the administration of antimicrobial agents before laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is more effective for prevention of postoperative infection. During the period from January 1991 to September 2001, 397 patients treated with sulbactam/cefoperazone (SBT/CPZ) for pr...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Uchiyama K,Kawai M,Onishi H,Tani M,Kinoshita H,Ueno M,Yamaue H

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient delayed gastric emptying is reported as a frequent complication following pancreas-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (PPW). We placed serosal electrodes on the stomach of a patient undergoing PPW. Myoelectric recordings were obtained postoperatively and correlated with simultaneous radionuclide liquid gastr...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Hocking MP,Harrison WD,Sninsky CA

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible role of Saccharomyces boulardii, a nonpathogenic yeast with beneficial effects on the human intestine, in the maintenance treatment of Crohn's disease has been evaluated. Thirty-two patients with Crohn's disease in clinical remission (CDAI < 150) were randomly treated for six months with either mesalamine...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Guslandi M,Mezzi G,Sorghi M,Testoni PA

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In some patients, proton pump inhibitors do not abolish nocturnal gastric acidity and additional evening antisecretory medication may be required. In 16 subjects with chronic heartburn, 24-hr gastric and esophageal pH were measured at baseline and again after six days of 20 mg omeprazole alone at 08:00 hr followed by ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Robinson M,Rodriguez-Stanley S,Ciociola AA,Filinto J,Zubaidi S,Miner PB Jr,Gardner JD

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, a number of comprehensive reviews have been written on inherited intestinal polyposis syndromes (1-7), but none has dealt specifically with Gardner's syndrome and none has focused on basic research being carried out in an attempt to understand this syndrome and to improve the medical management of aff...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Naylor EW,Lebenthal E

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews recent clinical evidence that suggests that aspirin prophylaxis against cardiac and cerebral vascular ischemia is associated with significant gastrointestinal complications. The clinical and experimental evidence to confirm the role of risk factors of concomitant use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammator...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Leung FW

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to examine the serum serological response among H. pylori-infected patients with various upper gastrointestinal diagnoses; to ascertain whether it could be predictive to the diagnostic outcome of dyspepsia. One hundred seventy H. pylori-infected patients with dyspeptic symptoms but without previous tre...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Shiesh SC,Sheu BS,Yang HB,Tsao HJ,Lin XZ

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since granulocyte elastase has been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of gastric mucosal lesion formation induced by nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, inhibition of granulocyte elastase release from neutrophils may be useful in the prevention of these lesions. The objective of this study was to determine whe...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Murakami K,Okajima K,Harada N,Isobe H,Okabe H

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The purpose of this retrospective study was to assess clinical outcomes of endoscopic bougie dilation of esophageal strictures after radiation therapy for head and neck cancer, and to assess the risk factors which affect the treatment success. METHODS:Thirty-one patients with esophageal stricture due to radiation...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Tuna Y,Koçak E,Dinçer D,Köklü S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multitude of opportunistic infections has been documented in virtually every organ system of patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Prominent among these are infections of the gastrointestinal tract. However, studies of large numbers of patients documenting the frequency of such involvement are...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Antony MA,Brandt LJ,Klein RS,Bernstein LH

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the water-soluble and delayed-release formulations of a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug, diclofenac, on the healing of gastroduodenal mucosal lesions were compared in a double-blind, double cross-over, placebo-controlled endoscopic study conducted in 14 healthy volunteers. Severe endoscopic lesions (...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Stadler P,Armstrong D,Margalith D,Saraga E,Stolte M,Lualdi P,Mautone G,Blum AL

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new technique for ambulatory manometry of the small intestine with digital storage of signals is presented. Postprandial motility after a 1700-kJ meal and nighttime fasting motility were recorded in 19 healthy young adults. A comprehensive statistical approach was worked out to illuminate the statistical properties ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Husebye E,Skar V,Aalen OO,Osnes M

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with several episodes of jaundice associated with sulfamethoxazole therapy is described. In contrast to the histologic picture of hepatocellular necrosis with or without cholestasis that is generally associated with sulfonamide hepatotoxicity, in the present case a relatively pure cholestatic pattern was fou...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Steinbrecher UP,Mishkin S

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translocation of bacteria and endotoxtin has long been documented in obstructive jaundice, and altered intestinal barrier function is considered to be one of the important mechanisms for this phenomenon. The regulation of gastrointestinal mucosal response to injury is thus of important clinical as well as biological r...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Sheen-Chen SM,Chen HS,Ho HT,Sheen CC,Chen WJ,Eng HL

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel probe was developed from genomic DNA of Helicobacter pylori ATCC type strain 43629. It hybridized with all 73 H. pylori clinical isolates tested but not with any of 183 non-H. pylori DNAs in dot blot hybridization. Typing tests revealed 41 different HaeIII-digestion patterns from 57 H. pylori strains tested. B...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Jiang C,Li C,Ha T,Ferguson DA Jr,Chi DS,Laffan JJ,Thomas E

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has many characteristics of autoimmune diseases. Sensorineural hearing loss has been reported in many autoimmune diseases. Little is known about hearing loss in patients with IBD. METHODS:A prospective blinded comparative study was conducted over a 3-year period. IB...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Wengrower D,Koslowsky B,Peleg U,Mazuz B,Cohen L,Ben-David A,Gross M,Goldin E,Shaul C

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone loss is an established complication of cholestatic liver cirrhosis, while little is known about bone mass and metabolism in noncholestatic liver cirrhosis. The aim of the present study is, therefore, to evaluate bone mass and mineral metabolism in patients with liver cirrhosis secondary to viral hepatitis. Bone m...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Corazza GR,Trevisani F,Di Stefano M,De Notariis S,Veneto G,Cecchetti L,Minguzzi L,Gasbarrini G,Bernardi M

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known on practice patterns of endoscopists for the management of Barrett's esophagus (BE) over the last decade. AIMS:Our aim was to assess practice patterns of endoscopists for the diagnosis, surveillance and treatment of BE. METHODS:All members of the Italian Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SIED...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Zagari RM,Eusebi LH,Galloro G,Rabitti S,Neri M,Pasquale L,Bazzoli F

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adenosine deaminase acting on RNA 1 (ADAR1) is known to mediate deamination of adenosine-to-inosine through binding to double-stranded RNA, the phenomenon known as RNA editing. Currently, the function of ADAR1 in gastric cancer is unclear. AIMS:This study was aimed at investigating RNA editing-dependent and...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Cho CJ,Jung J,Jiang L,Lee EJ,Kim DS,Kim BS,Kim HS,Jung HY,Song HJ,Hwang SW,Park Y,Jung MK,Pack CG,Myung SJ,Chang S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00