Fluoroless intravascular ultrasound image-guided liver navigation in porcine models.

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:Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and excessive salt intake are known as important risk factors for stomach cancer in humans. However, interactions of these two factors with gene expression profiles during gastric carcinogenesis remain unclear. In the present study, we investigated the global gene ex...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Toyoda T,Tsukamoto T,Yamamoto M,Ban H,Saito N,Takasu S,Shi L,Saito A,Ito S,Yamamura Y,Nishikawa A,Ogawa K,Tanaka T,Tatematsu M

更新日期：2013-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a generalized disorder of unknown etiology affecting the connective tissue of the body. It affects the skin and various internal organs. Gastrointestinal tract involvement is seen in almost 90% of the patients. Esophagus is the most frequently affected part of the gastrointestinal...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Arif T,Masood Q,Singh J,Hassan I

更新日期：2015-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The transitional-CpG sites between weakly methylated genes and densely methylated retroelements are overmethylated in the gastric mucosa infected with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and they are undermethylated in the gastric cancers depending on the level of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) events. This study ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Hong SJ,Oh JH,Jeon EJ,Min KO,Kang MI,Choi SW,Rhyu MG

更新日期：2010-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compared with biofluids, target tissues and organs more directly reflect the pathophysiological state of a disease process. In this study, a D-galactosamine (GalN) / lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced mouse model was constructed to investigate metabonomics of liver tissue and directly characterize metabolic ch...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Feng B,Wu S,Liu F,Gao Y,Dong F,Wei L

更新日期：2013-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Symptoms suggestive of functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) frequently overlap with those of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Despite the high prevalence of symptomatic overlap, the underlying etiology remains poorly defined. We assessed the correlation of symptomatic relief and healt...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Mönnikes H,Schwan T,van Rensburg C,Straszak A,Theek C,Lühmann R,Sander P,Tholen A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) affect psychological, family, social and professional dimensions of patients' life, leading to disability which is essential to quantify as part of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) newly included in the targets to reach in IBD patients. Up to now, the IBD-Disability Index (I...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Le Berre C,Bourreille A,Flamant M,Bouguen G,Siproudhis L,Dewitte M,Dib N,Cesbron-Metivier E,Goronflot T,Hanf M,Gourraud PA,Kerdreux E,Poinas A,Trang-Poisson C

更新日期：2020-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of thickeners is a standard therapy for decreasing episodes of regurgitation or vomiting in infants. However, it remains to be investigated whether thickener is effective for vomiting and/or chronic respiratory symptoms in children with cerebral palsy. METHODS:We enrolled 18 neurologically impaired ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Miyazawa R,Tomomasa T,Kaneko H,Arakawa H,Shimizu N,Morikawa A

更新日期：2008-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stress is a common contributing factor for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). This study was to evaluate the efficacy of the centralized health education program in improving the quality of life (QOL) of middle school students with IBS who experienced the Wenchuan earthquake on May 12, 2008. METHODS:A multi-ce...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Zheng SC,Gong H,Wang YP,Zhang Q,Wang LL,Liao XF,He DW,Wu J

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A large-scale Japanese study showed that low skeletal muscle index (SMI) and intramuscular fat (IMF) deposition are associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) survival. Here, we evaluated the effects of SMI and IMF on the survival of Indonesian HCC patients, whose characteristics differ from those of Jap...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Mardian Y,Yano Y,Ratnasari N,Choridah L,Wasityastuti W,Setyawan NH,Hayashi Y

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common chronic gastrointestinal disorder and the evidence for efficacy of most drug therapies in the treatment of IBS is weak. A popular alternative is probiotics, which have been used in several conditions. including IBS. Probiotics are live microbial food supplements.The...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Hoveyda N,Heneghan C,Mahtani KR,Perera R,Roberts N,Glasziou P

更新日期：2009-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A marked expansion of the connective tissue population and an abnormal deposition of extracellular matrix proteins are hallmarks of chronic and acute injuries to liver tissue. Liver connective tissue cells, also called stellate cells, derived from fibrotic liver have been thoroughly characterized and corresp...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Geremias AT,Carvalho MA,Borojevic R,Monteiro AN

更新日期：2004-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatic artery dissection after liver transplantation is an uncommon morbidity. The onset mechanism and management for this disorder remain unclear. The present report describes the cases of two patients with hepatic artery dissection after living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) with simultaneous splenect...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Shimata K,Sugawara Y,Irie T,Sambommatsu Y,Kadohisa M,Ibuki S,Kawabata S,Isono K,Honda M,Yamamoto H,Hibi T

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tubes are frequently placed in patients to provide enteral nutrition. We report a case of a complete rupture of a PEG tube intra-abdominally with associated peritonitis after more than a month of PEG placement and utilization. To our knowledge, this is a very...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Al Halabi M,Wakim W,Moukaddam H,Husari A

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transient elastography (TE) is an innovative, noninvasive technique to assess liver fibrosis by measuring liver stiffness in patients with chronic liver diseases. The purpose of this study has been to explore the accuracy of TE and clinical parameters in predicting the presence of esophageal/gastric varices ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Chongsrisawat V,Vejapipat P,Siripon N,Poovorawan Y

更新日期：2011-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although laparoscopic surgery has been available for a long time and laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been performed universally, it is still not clear whether open appendectomy (OA) or laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) is the most appropriate surgical approach to acute appendicitis. The purpose of this work is...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Li X,Zhang J,Sang L,Zhang W,Chu Z,Li X,Liu Y

更新日期：2010-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infliximab (IFX) has proven to be an effective addition to the therapeutic arsenal for refractory, fistulizing, and steroid dependent Crohn's disease (CD), with efficacy in the induction and maintenance of clinical remission of CD. Our objective in this study is to report the nationwide, multicenter experien...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Miheller P,Lakatos PL,Horváth G,Molnár T,Szamosi T,Czeglédi Z,Salamon A,Czimmer J,Rumi G,Palatka K,Papp M,Jakab Z,Szabó A,Gelley A,Lakatos L,Barta Z,Balázs C,Rácz I,Zeher M,Döbrönte Z,Altorjay I,Hunyady B,Simo

更新日期：2009-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rate of H. pylori infection in Vietnam is reportedly high, but the spectrum of H. pylori-associated gastroduodenal diseases has not been systematically investigated. Moreover, despite the similarities of ethnicity and diet, the age-standardized incidence rate of gastric cancer in the northern city of Han...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Nguyen TL,Uchida T,Tsukamoto Y,Trinh DT,Ta L,Mai BH,Le SH,Thai KD,Ho DD,Hoang HH,Matsuhisa T,Okimoto T,Kodama M,Murakami K,Fujioka T,Yamaoka Y,Moriyama M

更新日期：2010-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current clinical practice on chronic hepatitis B (CHB) requires better on-treatment monitoring of viral persistence. Quantified assays for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and core-related antigen (HBcrAg) hold promise for further optimization of therapy. Here, we aimed to characterize HBcrAg during t...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Zhang ZQ,Zhang XN,Lu W,Wang YB,Weng QC,Feng YL

更新日期：2017-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the outcomes of caustic ingestion differ between children and adults, it is unclear whether such outcomes differ among adults as a function of their age. This retrospective study was performed to ascertain whether the clinical outcomes of caustic ingestion differ significantly between elderly and no...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Chang JM,Liu NJ,Pai BC,Liu YH,Tsai MH,Lee CS,Chu YY,Lin CC,Chiu CT,Cheng HT

更新日期：2011-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral iron supplementation is often associated with rapid onset of gastrointestinal side-effects. The aim of this study was to develop and trial a short, simple questionnaire to capture these early side-effects and to determine which symptoms are more discriminating. METHODS:The study was a double-blind plac...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Pereira DI,Couto Irving SS,Lomer MC,Powell JJ

更新日期：2014-06-04 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:Faecal calprotectin (FC) is one of the most widely used non-invasive tests for the diagnosis and assessment of Crohn's disease (CD) activity. Despite this, factors other than disease activity which affect levels have not been extensively reviewed. This is of importance when using FC in the diagnostic setting...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Mendall MA,Chan D,Patel R,Kumar D

更新日期：2016-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver fibrosis is the result of continuous liver injury stemming from different etiological factors. Bile duct injury induces an altered expression of TGF-beta, which has an important role in liver fibrosis because this cytokine induces the expression of target genes such as collagens, PAI-1, TIMPs, and othe...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： del Pilar Alatorre-Carranza M,Miranda-Díaz A,Yañez-Sánchez I,Pizano-Martínez O,Hermosillo-Sandoval JM,Vázquez-Del Mercado M,Hernández-Hoyos S,Martínez-Abundis R,Fafutis-Morris M,Segura-Ortega J,Delgado-Rizo V

更新日期：2009-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 0.2-1 % of children suffers from abdominal migraine (AM). Pathophysiology of AM has not been adequately studied. This study evaluated gastric motility in children with AM. METHODS:Seventeen children (6 boys), within an age range of 4-15 years, referred to a tertiary care paediatric unit, North...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Devanarayana NM,Rajindrajith S,Benninga MA

更新日期：2016-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The majority of colonic obstructions result from colorectal cancer. However, malignancies of extra-colonic origin can also disrupt colorectal patency, and the efficacy of self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) insertion as a bridge to surgery in these patients are still in debate. The aim of this study is to eva...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Kim EJ,Han SH,Kim KO,Chung JW,Park DK,Kwon KA,Kim JH

更新日期：2020-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bowel symptoms are considered indicators of the presence of colorectal cancer and other bowel diseases. Self administered questionnaires that elicit information about lower bowel symptoms have not been assessed for reliability, although this has been done for upper bowel symptoms. Our aim was to develop a se...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Adelstein BA,Irwig L,Macaskill P,Katelaris PH,Jones DB,Bokey L

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently there is no disease-specific outcome measure to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of pediatric patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE). Therefore, the objective of this qualitative study was to further develop and finalize the items and support the content validity for the new ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Franciosi JP,Hommel KA,Greenberg AB,DeBrosse CW,Greenler AJ,Abonia JP,Rothenberg ME,Varni JW

更新日期：2012-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous work has suggested that in the liver, adenosine preconditioning is mediated by nitric oxide. Whether the endothelial isoform of nitric oxide synthase plays a part in this mechanism has however not yet been investigated. METHODS:Wistar rats were used (6 in each group)--Groups: (1) sham, (2) ischemia...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Serracino-Inglott F,Virlos IT,Habib NA,Williamson RC,Mathie RT

更新日期：2002-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic hamartoma is an extremely rare benign disease of the pancreas. Only 30 cases have been reported to date. CASE PRESENTATION:A 68-year-old man presented with an asymptomatic solid and multi-cystic lesion in the uncus of the pancreas, incidentally detected on abdominal enhanced computed tomography. ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Matsushita D,Kurahara H,Mataki Y,Maemura K,Higashi M,Iino S,Sakoda M,Shinchi H,Ueno S,Natsugoe S

更新日期：2016-01-14 00:00:00