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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…
Takatoshi Kitazawa, Yusuke Yoshino, Ichiro Koga, Akari Isono, Takatsugu Yamamoto, Yasushi Kuyama, Yasuo Ota
Objective: The incidence of Clostridium difficile -associated diarrhea (CDAD) has increased in many developed countries. In addition to previous use of antimicrobials, use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) is thought to increase the incidence of CDAD. However,…
Stefan Müller-Lissner
Aim: To analyse whether there are changes in sodium and potassium serum levels during chronic treatment with the diphenyl methanes bisacodyl and sodium picosulfate. Methods: A literature search was done using PubMed, and the reference lists of pertinent paper…
Alok Kumar Tiwari, Anil Kumar Choudhary, Hemant Khowal, Poras Chaudhary, Mohinder P. Arora
Introduction: Majority of mesenchymal tumors of gastrointestinal tract are Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST). It is, however, a rare tumor, accounting for less than 1% of primary gastrointestinal (GI) neoplasms. Though, these tumors are refractory to conv…
Kiichi Sugimoto, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Yuichi Tomiki, Michitoshi Goto, Yutaka Kojima, Hiromitsu Komiyama, Makoto Takahashi, Yukihiro Yaginuma, Shun Ishiyama, Koichiro Niwa, Kiichi Nagayasu, Shingo Ito, Masaya Kawai, Kazuhiro Takehara, Yoshihiko Tashiro, Shinya Munakata
Purpose: With the improvements in newer chemotherapeutic agents, there is currently no consensus regarding the validity of palliative resection of the primary tumor for colorectal cancer with incurable distant metastasis. We retrospectively analyzed prognosti…
Masato Nakano, Yu Koyama, Hitoshi Nogami, Tadashi Yamamoto, Toshifumi Wakai
Background: Aquaporins (AQPs), the family of water-selective channels, are localized in various organs and tissues, including the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. However, the roles of AQPs in the GI tract remain unclear. Materials and Methods: Male SD rats were…
Sun Young Yi
A 64-year-old woman was admitted with mild right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Her physical examination revealed a moderately nourished female with normal vital sign and no evidence of jaundice or anemia. Preoperative diagnosis was choledochal cyst with anom…
R. Uribarrena-Amezaga, I. Aured De La Serna, I. Calvo-Morillas, J. J. Sebastián-Domingo, T. Cabrera-Chaves, M. T. Soria San Teodoro, R. Uribarrena-Echebarría
Introduction: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopan-creatography (ERCP) with endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) is the most widely used technique for treating choledocholithiasis. In some cases, due to anomalies of the papilla or the presence of large or multiple ca…
Koffi Alain Attia, Ya Henriette Kissi, Stanislas Doffou, Demba Bangoura, Roseline Flora Wilson, Georges Bougha, Fulgence Yao Bathaix, Kouame Alassan Mahassadi, Mohamed Sayegh, Therese N’dri-Yoman
Aims of the Study: 1) Determine the Prevalence of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in children (contact subjects) of chronic Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carrier subjects (index subjects); 2) Search for factors associated with HBV infection in these c…
Sailaja Boddu, David Drachman, Jyotsna Ravi, Abdul Nadir
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the risk factors associated with having H. pylori infection as proven by endoscopic biopsy at Maricopa Medical Center (MMC), a safety-net hospital in phoenix, Arizona which serves primarily patients with l…
Kenji Koneri, Hidetaka Kurebayashi, Katsuji Sawai, Yasuo Hirono, Mitsuhiro Morikawa, Makoto Murakami, Takanori Goi, Atsushi Iida, Kanji Katayama, Hiroshi Itoh, Motoko Sasaki, Yasuni Nakanuma, Akio Yamaguchi
We present a rare case of rapidly enlarging inflamematory hepatocellular adenoma (IHCA) in a 60-year-old Japanese man. Screening abdominal computed tomography (CT) for the fatty liver patient revealed a 1.7-cm liver mass in the anterior segment of the liver.…
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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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