Breath-Ammonia Testing of Healt ...
Background Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a serious neuropsychiatric complication in both acute and chronic liver disease. Aims To establish the ut ...
Management of Common Bile Duct ...
Background and Study Aims Bleeding is not uncommon following endoscopic sphincterotomy. Supra-papillary puncture (SPP) might be safer than standard ...
A Novel Method of Forceps Biops ...
Background and Aims Tissue specimen collection represents a cornerstone in diagnosis of proximal biliary tract malignancies offering great specifici ...
A Multicenter Prospective Study ...
Background Self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) placement is a widely used, effective therapy for unresectable malignant stricture of the lower bil ...
Isolated Russell Body Duodeniti ...
Under the influence of an antigen, plasma cells produce immunoglobulins, which appear as eosinophilic globules on light microscopy. Sometimes, one o ...
Pancreatic Rest Resection Using ...
Background Although pancreatic rests have characteristic endoscopic features, confirming a histological diagnosis may be desirable to exclude other ...
K-ras Mutations Correlate with ...
Introduction Benign pancreatic cystic neoplasms are important precursors to pancreatic adenocarcinoma, and offer the opportunity to prevent cancer. ...
Optimum Palliation of Inoperabl ...
Background Endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage (ERBD) with plastic or self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) is often performed for palliative care f ...
Drug-Induced Autoimmune-Like He ...
The clinical phenotype of classical autoimmune hepatitis can be mimicked by idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury, and differentiation can be diff ...
The Clinical Utility and Limita ...
Background CA19-9 is a tumor marker for pancreatic cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, and other malignancies. However, its sensitivity and specificity is s ...
Role of Radial Endosonography i ...
Background and Study Aim We aimed to assess radial endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) features of the bile duct wall as well as biliary luminal liquid char ...
Donor Hepatectomy for Living Do ...
Background and Aim Complications associated with live liver donor surgery should be minimized. There is little information on the impact of team exp ...
Does Anesthesiologist-Directed ...
Objectives While some gastroenterologists provide their own sedation for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), others utilize anest ...
Serial Pulse Oximetry in Hepato ...
Background/Aim The natural history of hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is poorly characterized and how hypoxemia develops and progresses over time is ...
Adverse Effects of Long-Term Pr ...
Proton pump inhibitors have an excellent safety profile and have become one of the most commonly prescribed class of drugs in primary and specialty ...
U.S. Multicenter Pilot Study of ...
Background Patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 (HCV-1) and difficult-to-treat characteristics respond poorly to pegylated interferon alfa a ...
Differentiation-Inducing Activi ...
Background Hydroxycamptothecin (HCPT) is an antitumor agent that can induce differentiation in human cancer cells. Recent evidence indicates that si ...
Septic Thrombophlebitis of the ...
Aim Our purpose was to review the clinical and imaging findings in a series of patients with septic thrombophlebitis of the portal venous system in ...
Eradication of Hepatitis C Viru ...
Background The effect of a sustained virological response (SVR) to interferon (IFN) on clinical outcomes of hepatitis C virus (HCV)–related cirrhosi ...
Reduced Effectiveness of Standa ...
Background The low rate of deceased donor organ donation limits the availability of life-saving transplants. Transplant candidate caregivers are an ...
CT Portography with Gastric Var ...
Background N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (NBCA) injection is used for treating gastric varices (GV). Determining the degree of obliteration of GV is not r ...
Natural History and Outcome of ...
Background Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia is a genetic disease characterized by teleangiectasias involving virtually every organ. There are l ...
Treatment of Genotype 4 Hepatit ...
Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) recurrence after liver transplantation (LT) is universal and tends to be more aggressive. Data on post-transplant ...
Idiopathic Noncirrhotic Intrahe ...
Background ADAMTS13 deficiency leading to excess ultralarge vonWillebrand factor (VWF) multimers and platelet clumping is typically found in thrombo ...
Elevated Levels of Circulating ...
Background and Aims Hepatoportal sclerosis (HPS) is a clinicopathologic condition that is clinically characterized by portal hypertension (varices a ...