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Open Journal of Gastroenterology (OJGas) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in Gastroenterology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of Gas…
Abdesslam Bouassria, Elbachir Benjelloun, Imane Kamaoui, Hicham Elbouhaddouti, Ouadii Mouaqit, Abdelmalek Ousadden, Khalid Mazaz, Khalid Ait Taleb, Laila Sedreddine, Mohammed El Abkari, SidiAdil Ibrahimi, Ihssane Mellouki
Introduction: Acute mesenteric ischemia due to an embolism of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) is associated with a high mortality rate. Over twenty per cent of acute mesenteric embolism cases consist of multiple emboli. Case Presentation: We present a ra…
Constant Assi, Siaka Koné, Antonin W. Ndam Ndjitoyap, Amadou Ouattara, Laté Mawuli Lawson-Ananissoh, Diallo Djenabou, Stanislas Doffou, Jean-Kalpy Coulibaly, Christian Ebela, Dramane Soro, Emile Allah-Kouadio, Marie-Jeanne Lohouès-Kouacou, Benoît-Mathieu Camara
Aims: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of heartburn in Abidjan, a black African city. Patients and Methods: cross-sectional study from June 15 to September 30, 2003. One thousand nine hundred forty (1940) persons from five health zones of the city…
Mehmet İlhan, Erçin Sönmez, Kaan Gök, Hakan Yanar, Recep Güloğlu, Kayhan Günay, Cemalettin Ertekin
Purpose: To assess the clinical course of patients diagnosed as having “epiploic appendagitis” who are given only NSAIDs without antibiotic treatment. Materials and Methods: Between December 2010 and November 2013, twelve patients were presented to the Emerge…
Waheed A. Monsef, Ibrahim Mostafa, Doaa Zaky
Background and Aim: Patients with advanced liver disease have several risk factors to develop nutritional deficiencies. Accurate nutritional assessment is a real challenge because many of the traditionally measured parameters of nutritional status vary with s…
Ali Abdelrahman Ghweil, Usama Ahmed Arafa, Ashraf Khodeary, Ahmed N. Salem
<i>Objectives</i>: Bleeding from gastroesophageal varices is the most serious and life-threatening complication of cirrhosis and accounts for 10% of all cases of bleeding from the upper GI tract. It is essential to identify and treat those patients at the hig…
Nora Bousfiha, Najoua Bousfiha, Chahrazad Bouchikhi, Abdelaziz Banani, Adil Ibrahimi, Nourdin Aqodad
The occurrence of pregnancy is relatively rare in patients with portal hypertension, and has been reported as clinical cases. However, few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of injecting histoacryl during pregnancy. The choice of treatment for varicose…
Iliass Charif, Kaoutar Saada, Ihssane Mellouki, Mounia El Yousfi, Dafrallah Benajah, Mohamed El Abkari, Adil Ibrahimi, Nourdin Aqodad
Intra-hospital mortality in cirrhotic patients is variable depending on the studies reported in literature. Several studies have demonstrated independent predictors of mortality. The aim of this work is indeed to identify these predictors. Patients and Method…
Iman Ramzy, Mohamed El Shazly, Raghda Marzaban, Tamer Elbaz, Mina Safwat, Botros Latif
Background: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a disorder resulting from the reversed flow of gastroduodenal contents into the esophagus, and producing different symptoms, while laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) is a disorder resulting from the reversed f…
Yohei Harima, Naoki Urayama, Fusako Hisano, Yuko Matsuzaki, Kazutoshi Sanuki, Taichi Kuwahara, Tadashi Kaneko, Toshio Harada, Toru Kawaoka, Sakurao Hiraki, Shintaro Fukuda, Kiwamu Okita, Osamu Nakashima
A 54-year-old man with hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus and fatty liver was referred to our institution for accurate diagnosis of a 4-cm space-occupying lesion in subsegment 6 of the liver, identified on ultrasonography as an iso-to hypointense l…
Manuel Muinelo Lorenzo, Lucia Dorado Castro, Maria Isabel Perez Moreiras, Jose Conde Vales, Jose Antonio Costa Buján
We report the case of a 77-year-old male who came to the emergency department with epigastric pain accompanied by fever and chills. After the diagnosis of intra-abdominal abscess and gastric tumor, emergency surgery was performed with resection of the tumor a…
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Open Journal of Gastroenterology (OJGas) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in Gastroenterology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of Gas… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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