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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…
Guido Poggi, Benedetta Montagna, Pamela Di Cesare
We describe the case of a hepatic injury after the insertion of a PEG. In a cirrhotic woman affected by a locally advanced cancer of the pharynx, the PEG tube was inserted through the edge of the left lobe of the liver. The patient was treated with a conserva…
Abdelmounaim Ait Ali, Fedoua Rouibaa, M. Bekkar, Hicham Baba, Ibrahima Sall, Ahmed Bounaim, Aziz Zentar, A. Aourarh, Khalid Sair
Choledochal cyst is defined as a cystic dilatation of the distal common bile duct protruding into the duo- denum. It is considered as the rarest congenital cyst of the biliary tract by 1.4%. We report a 46 years old woman who presented with recurrent jaundice…
Jesse Lachter, Benjamin Ephraim Bluen
Introduction: Patients undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) have variable stress and anxiety and therefore commonly receive medications as sedative-anxiolytics. These medications have small but significant risks. To possibly make procedures safer and t…
Marcellus Simadibrata, Ari Fahrial Syam, Aziz Rani, Septelia Inawati Wanandi, Achmad Fauzi, Murdani Abdullah
Background/Aim: Free radicals have a role in the development of chronic gastritis. The aim of this study to know the effect and efficacy of rebamipide on free radicals in chronic gastritis. Method: Forty five patients in the division gastroenterology Cipto Ma…
Tomoko Hirakawa, Jun Kato, Sakuma Takahashi, Hideyuki Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Akita, Izumi Inoue, Hisanobu Deguchi, Sakiko Hiraoka, Hiroyuki Okada, Kazuhide Yamamoto
Background: Although inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients have been increasing and new thera-peutic options for IBD have been developed, there are relatively few clinicians who specialize in IBD. Patients treated by a non-specialist of IBD may not receiv…
Yukiko Okami, Gyozen Nin, Kiyomi Harada, Sayori Wada, Tomiko Tsuji, Yusuke Okuyama, Susumu Takakuwa, Motoyori Kanazawa, Shin Fukudo, Akane Higashi
Background: Previous studies have shown that the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is 10% - 15% in the general population. IBS is a functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized by abdominal pain, abdominal discomfort and disordered defecation…
Linda L. Wong, Christopher J. Kim, Sandi A. Kwee, Brenda Y. Hernandez
Background & Objectives: Diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) often utilizes serum tumor markers. Although the most commonly used tumor marker in clinical practice, alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is not included in recent guidelines for diagnosing HCC. The over…
Sravya Sowdamini Nakka, Jessica Johansson, Faisal Shahzad, Anders Hanning, Fariba Nayeri
Diarrhea is the most common symptom of acute in flammation in gastrointestinal tract and the patients are isolated in order to inhibit transmission and to conduct investigations. Yet there is no standard test to distinguish gastrointestinal infection from mor…
Giulia Fiorini, Angelo Zullo, Valentina Castelli, Chiara Ricci, Giovanna Lo Re, Ilaria Saracino, Cristina Zaccaro, Federico Maria Verardi, Alessandra Reggi, Dino Vaira
Helicobacter pylori plays an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic active gastritis, peptic ulcer and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue-lymphoma, and is also involved in carcinogenesis of the stomach. Since now no current first-line therapy is…
Amit Kumar Parmar, Mittu John Mathew, Prasanna Kumar Reddy
For thousands of years, women simply tolerated the distressing symptoms generated by rectovaginal fistulas (RVFs). This is no longer necessary because most RVFs can be surgically corrected via a number of approaches. Most rectovaginal fistulas are ac quired;…
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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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