Covered versus uncovered self-expandable metallic stents for palliation of malignant gastric outlet obstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 2.7 million Americans are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV patients with cirrhosis form the largest group of persons at high risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Increased oxidative stress is regarded as a major mechanism of HCV-related liver disease progression. Defic...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Kataria Y,Deaton RJ,Enk E,Jin M,Petrauskaite M,Dong L,Goldenberg JR,Cotler SJ,Jensen DM,van Breemen RB,Gann PH

更新日期：2016-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coeliac disease is characterised by villous atrophy, which usually normalises after gluten withdrawal. Sometimes the revaluation of duodenal histology is required during follow-up, even if the methodology for comparing duodenal histology before and after introducing a gluten-free diet is not yet established....

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Elli L,Zini E,Tomba C,Bardella MT,Bosari S,Conte D,Runza L,Roncoroni L,Ferrero S

更新日期：2015-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Capsule endoscopy (CE) is the preferred diagnostic test of choice in the investigation of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB). Although, a conservative strategy is recommended in the short-term, for cases with a negative result from CE, the impact of CE on long-term re-bleeding still remains unclear. He...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Wetwittayakhlang P,Wonglhow J,Netinatsunton N,Chamroonkul N,Piratvisuth T

更新日期：2019-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The value of abdominal echography in primary care is great because it is innocuous, inexpensive, easy to perform and provides a great deal of information making this the first examination to be requested in cases of probable abdominal disease. However, too many abdominal echographies are probably requested o...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Auladell MA,Caballeria L,Pera G,Rodríguez L,Casas JD,Aznar J,Miranda D,Sánchez C,Negrete A,Castellví JM,Bernad J,Canut S,Aubà J,Aizpurua MM,Torán P

更新日期：2010-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Carbohydrate deficient transferrin (CDT) is the most specific serum biomarker of heavy alcohol consumption, defined as ≥ 350-420 g alcohol/week. Despite introduction of a standardized reference measurement technique, widespread use of CDT remains limited due to low sensitivity. The aim of this study ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Fagan KJ,Irvine KM,McWhinney BC,Fletcher LM,Horsfall LU,Johnson L,O'Rourke P,Martin J,Scott I,Pretorius CJ,Ungerer JP,Powell EE

更新日期：2014-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) has been etiologically linked with primary gastric lymphoma (PGL) and gastric carcinoma (GC). There are a few reports of occurrence of both diseases in the same patients with H. pylori infection. CASE PRESENTATION:We report a patient with PGL in whom the tumor regressed after...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Ghoshal UC,Guha D,Bandyopadhyay S,Pal C,Chakraborty S,Ghoshal U,Ghosh TK,Pal BB,Banerjee PK

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Animal models of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are important tools in preclinical research and drug discovery. Gubra-Amylin NASH (GAN) diet-induced obese (DIO) mice represent a model of fibrosing NASH. The present study directly assessed the clinical translatability of the model by head-to-head compar...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Hansen HH,Ægidius HM,Oró D,Evers SS,Heebøll S,Eriksen PL,Thomsen KL,Bengtsson A,Veidal SS,Feigh M,Suppli MP,Knop FK,Grønbæk H,Miranda D,Trevaskis JL,Vrang N,Jelsing J,Rigbolt KTG

更新日期：2020-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amebiasis is a rare condition in developed countries but epidemiologically growing. Clinical manifestation may range from asymptomatic to invasive disease, amoebic liver abscess being the most common manifestation. We report a peculiar case of left hepatic amoebic liver abscess in a patient without a well-kn...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Borro M,Murdaca G,Greco M,Negrini S,Setti M

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To perform a meta-analysis evaluating the diagnostic ability of fecal lactoferrin (FL) to distinguish inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). METHODS:The Medline, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane library and CNKI databases were systematically searched for studies that used FL c...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Zhou XL,Xu W,Tang XX,Luo LS,Tu JF,Zhang CJ,Xu X,Wu QD,Pan WS

更新日期：2014-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vedolizumab has become a standard treatment for the inflammatory bowel diseases ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). However, there is an ongoing debate on the ideal individual treatment algorithms and means to predict treatment response are not routinely established. AIMS:We aimed to describe ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Mühl L,Becker E,Müller TM,Atreya R,Atreya I,Neurath MF,Zundler S

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An epidermoid cyst in an intrapancreatic accessory spleen (ECIPAS) in the pancreas head is an extremely rare condition. The natural course of this condition is not well known, and it is difficult to diagnose before surgery due to the lack of specific imaging findings. CASE PRESENTATION:A tumor was found in ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Ko HJ,Shim JR,Lee TB,Choi BH,Lee JH,Ryu JH,Yang K

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wireless capsule pH-metry (WC) is better tolerated than standard nasal pH catheter (SC), but endoscopic placement is expensive. AIMS:to confirm that non-endoscopic peroral manometric placement of WC is as effective and better tolerated than SC and to perform a cost analysis of the available esophageal pH-me...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Andrews CN,Sadowski DC,Lazarescu A,Williams C,Neshev E,Storr M,Au F,Heitman SJ

更新日期：2012-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To observe and compare the short term results and functional recovery of laparoscopic subtotal colectomy with antiperistaltic cecorectal anastomosis (LSCACRA) in the treatment of Adult slow transit constipation (STC) with two different reservoir length: short colonic reservoir and long colonic reservoir. ME...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Wei D,Cai J,Yang Y,Zhao T,Zhang H,Zhang C,Zhang Y,Zhang J,Cai F

更新日期：2015-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is commonly associated with a disturbance of glucose metabolism. However, there have been conflicting reports on whether the clearance of the HCV may be followed by changes of serum blood glucose and insulin resistance. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Li Y,Wang X,Yu G,Sun H,Lv J,Chi X,Wu R,Gao X,Niu J

更新日期：2019-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive inflammatory disorder of the extrahepatic bile ducts leading to the obliteration of bile flow. The purpose of this study was to determine serum adiponectin in BA patients and to investigate the relationship of adiponectin with clinical parameters and liver stiffness scor...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Honsawek S,Chayanupatkul M,Chongsrisawat V,Theamboonlers A,Praianantathavorn K,Udomsinprasert W,Vejchapipat P,Poovorawan Y

更新日期：2011-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (FDCS) is a rare neoplasm that originates from follicular dendritic cells in lymphoid tissue while paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) is an autoimmune blistering disease associated with neoplasms. Pancreatic FDCS associated with PNP and myasthenia gravis (MG) is even rarer and h...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Lu T,Song B,Pu H,Li X,Chen Q,Yang C

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastric diseases are a worldwide problem in modern society, as reported in the USA, in the range of 0.5-2 episodes/year/person and an incidence of 5-100 episodes/1000/week according to seasons and age. There is convincing evidence that oxidative stress is involved in the pathogenesis of acute gastric injury....

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Uberti F,Bardelli C,Morsanuto V,Ghirlanda S,Molinari C

更新日期：2016-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Foreign body ingestion complicated by perforation of the digestive tract is a well-known occurrence. Contrary to this, perforation by fishbones has most often been described in South East Asian populations, and has the unusual characteristic of often being paucisymptomatic until secondary complications occur...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Dangoisse C,Laterre PF

更新日期：2014-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli (E. coli), particularly E. coli sequence type ST131, is becoming a global concern. Commensal bacteria, an important reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes, facilitate the spread of such genes to pathogenic bacterial strains. The objective of the s...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Huang IF,Lee WY,Wang JL,Hung CH,Hu HH,Hung WY,Hung YJ,Chen WC,Shen YT,Cheng MF

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is one of the most commonly used methods in the assessment of cognitive mental status. MMSE has been used in hepatology but its usefulness in the evaluation of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) has never been properly assessed. The aim of the study was to investigate the value ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Koziarska D,Wunsch E,Milkiewicz M,Wójcicki M,Nowacki P,Milkiewicz P

更新日期：2013-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastroparesis (Gp) is a poorly understood chronic gastrointestinal medical condition for which patient reported outcomes (PRO) are lacking. Previously developed symptoms scoring has been used for several decades. Using symptoms scores as a basis for documentation, 12 years of support/focus group patient feed...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Cutts T,Holmes S,Kedar A,Beatty K,K Mohammad M,Abell T

更新日期：2016-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (RLH) of the liver is very rarely reported, and we encountered two cases of RLH of the liver in a patient with colon cancer. CASE PRESENTATION:In the first case, a 77-year-old woman was admitted for the surgical removal of a ascending colon cancer. A hepatic tumor in the left l...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Takahashi H,Sawai H,Matsuo Y,Funahashi H,Satoh M,Okada Y,Inagaki H,Takeyama H,Manabe T

更新日期：2006-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare multisystem non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis that is characterized histologically by xanthogranulomatous infiltrates and radiologically by symmetrical sclerosis of long bones. The xanthomatous process is characterized by prominent foamy histiocytes staining positive f...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Pan A,Doyle T,Schlup M,Lubcke R,Schultz M

更新日期：2011-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection is one of the important causes of death in patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP), but the bacterial spectrum and antibiotic resistance are constantly changing. Making good use of antibiotics and controlling multi-drug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections are of vital importance in improving...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Fan N,Hu Y,Shen H,Liu S,Zhao G,Sun L,Li C,Zhao X,Li Y,Wang J,Cui Y

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MCAD-deficiency is the most common inborn error of fatty acid oxidation now included in many newborn screening programms using MS/MS. During prolonged catabolic episodes, patients may suffer from metabolic decompensation with dysfunction of liver, skeletal- and heart muscle as well as brain. In anabolism, ne...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Das AM,Drache S,Janzen N,Franke A

更新日期：2012-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous results have shown that in rats with non-ascitic cirrhosis there is an altered transport of sugars and amino acids associated with elongated microvilli. These alterations returned to normal with the administration of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I (IGF-I). The aims of this study were to explore the ev...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Castilla-Cortázar I,Pascual M,Urdaneta E,Pardo J,Puche JE,Vivas B,Díaz-Casares A,García M,Díaz-Sánchez M,Varela-Nieto I,Castilla A,González-Barón S

更新日期：2004-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) includes a wide spectrum of liver diseases, ranging from pure steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and eventually to liver cirrhosis with its complications. Identifying advanced fibrosis in patients is crucial to evaluating prognosis and possible therapeu...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Raszeja-Wyszomirska J,Szymanik B,Ławniczak M,Kajor M,Chwist A,Milkiewicz P,Hartleb M

更新日期：2010-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic complex disease of the gastrointestinal tract. Patients with IBD can experience a wide range of symptoms, but the pathophysiological mechanisms that cause these individual differences in clinical presentation remain largely unknown. In consequence, IBD is current...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Imhann F,Van der Velde KJ,Barbieri R,Alberts R,Voskuil MD,Vich Vila A,Collij V,Spekhorst LM,Van der Sloot KWJ,Peters V,Van Dullemen HM,Visschedijk MC,Festen EAM,Swertz MA,Dijkstra G,Weersma RK

更新日期：2019-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adult lactase non-persistence (LNP) is due to low lactase expression, resulting in lactose malabsorption (LM). LNP is a genetic trait, but is typically determined by LM markers including breath H2, blood glucose, and urinary galactose after a lactose tolerance test. Known validity of these markers using milk...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Shrestha A,Barnett MPG,Perry JK,Cameron-Smith D,Milan AM

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This case seeks to highlight to endoscopists a rare benign disorder that may be encountered during endoscopy. Clinicians may be tempted to biopsy, which could lead to a catastrophic gastrointestinal haemorrhage. CASE PRESENTATION:A 66-year-old asymptomatic Caucasian male was referred for colonoscopy with a ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Abeysekera KWM,Pearl DS,Burn P,Lowe A

更新日期：2019-11-27 00:00:00