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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…
Firmin Ankouane Andoulo, Michèle Tagni-Sartre, Dominique Noah Noah, Roger Djapa, Elie Claude Ndjitoyap Ndam
Hepatitis B surface antigen prevalence in populations of blood donors in Cameroon is estimated at 6%-16%. As such, the Objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of Hepatitis B surface antigen in a population of bank employees, who represent a sa…
Iliass Charif, Kaoutar Saada, Ihsane Mellouki, Mounia El Yousfi, Dafr Allah Benajah, Mohamed El Abkari, Adil Ibrahimi, Nourdin Aqodad
The upper gastrointestinal bleeding from esophageal or gastric varices is the most dangerous complication of portal hypertension. The purpose of this study was to identify the predictors of early rebleeding and mortality after a bleeding episode. Patients and…
Rocío González López, M. Muinelo Lorenzo, J. Pérez Grobas, L. Muíños Ruano, L. Ramírez Ruíz, A. Mohammed Salem, M. Rodríguez González, J. A. Costa Buján
We present the case of an elderly patient, who had orthopaedic surgery and suffered in the early post-operative period an idiopathic gastric partial necrosis. We reviewed the literature and it is an extraordinarily infrequent entity. Partial resections have a…
Laila Sedreddine, Meryem Sekkat, Sidi Adil Ibrahimi, Noureddine Aqodad
The chronic viral hepatitis B is a public health problem and remains a global challenge with 350 million carriers of HBs antigen (HBsAg). The prevalence of HBsAg varies from one country or continent to another. In France, it is estimated to be 0.5%. In Morocc…
Miguel Jiménez-Pérez, Francisco Javier Rando-Muñoz, Rocío González-Grande, Fernando González-Panizo Tamargo, Jesús de la Cruz Lombardo, Juan Miguel Rodrigo López, Román Manteca González
The recurrence of hepatitis C after a liver transplant remains an important cause of graft loss and retransplant. Antiviral therapy with peginterferon plus ribavirin (PEG-INF/RBV) can achieve a sustained viral response and histological improvement in a high p…
Ganzetti Giulia, Campanati Anna, Di Sario Antonio, Rubini Corrado, Zizzi Antonio, Tarantino Giuseppe, Benedetti Antonio, Offidani Annamaria
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic relapsing inflammatory disease of the colorectal region which may be complicated by extraintestinal manifestations, as cutaneous involvement. Immune dysregulation resulting in a lymphocyte mediated destructive process has…
Firmin Ankouane Andoulo, Dominique Noah Noah, Roger Djapa, Michele Tagni Sartre, Elie Claude Ndjitoyap Ndam, Kathleen Ngu Blacket
Introduction: In order to identify the modes of investigation and the results of the assessment of rectal bleeding in the Cameroonian adult, we retrospectively analysed the records of 287 patients aged above 20 years diagnosed with rectal bleeding with the ai…
Aida Ben Slama Trabelsi, Eya Hamami, Mehdi Ksiaa, Ahlem Souguir, Mohamed Ben Mabrouk, Ahlem Brahem, Ali Jmaa, Salem Ajmi
In recent years, the hepatotoxic potential of thiopurines, in particular 6-thioguanine (6-TG), has been discussed in literature. However, cirrhosis was exceptionally reported. We report the case of a 56-year-old woman with ileocaecal Crohn’s disease treated w…
Hasan El-Garem, Enas Hamdy, Sherif Hamdy, Mohammad El-Sayed, Aisha Elsharkawy, Azmi Mohammed Saleh
Background: Acute pancreatitis is one of the most serious complications of ERCP. Early diagnosis of post ERCP pancreatitis helps physicians to provide intensive care and possible medical treatment as early as possible. Trypsinogen-2 in urine is a good diagnos…
Gamal E. Esmat, Iman M. Hamza, Bahaa E. Abbas, Ahmed M. Hashem, Hossam S. Ghoneim
Endoscopic band ligation is regarded as the main therapeutic option for acute esophageal variceal bleeding, while sclerotherapy may be used in the acute setting if ligation is technically difficult. The incidence of difficult-to-perform band ligation in acute…
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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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