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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…
Tiago dos Santos Ferreira, Tiago Sevá-Pereira, Jazon Romilson de Souza Almeida, Milena Fioravante, Ademar Yamanaka, Elza Cotrim Soares
Background: Infection increases the morbidity and mortality in liver cirrhosis patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of infection related to survival and risk factors for death in adult patients with liver cirrhosis in a university hos…
Dominique Noah Noah, Marie Claire Okomo Assoumou, Servais Albert Fiacre Eloumou Bagnaka, Guy Pascal Ngaba, Ivo Ebule Alonge, Lea Paloheimo, Oudou Njoya
Gastric colonization by Helicobacter pylori increases the risk of gastric disorders, including atrophic gastritis which can be diagnosed based on levels of serum biomarkers like Gastrin and Pepsinogen. We therefore examined the efficacy of a serological-based…
Nahel Saied, Ashish Chopra, Banke Agarwal
Background: Erythromycin, a prokinetic agent facilitates gastric emptying. We report our experience with the use of IV erythromycin for emptying retained gastric contents encountered during elective upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGIE) procedures in an eff…
Jasim Amin, Ali Amin, Gerrit Denys, Allan Meldrum
Background: Surgical haemorrhoidectomy is recognised as an effective but often painful intervention for haemorrhoids. Performed in a district hospital setting, this survey studied the success rates of stapled haemorrhoidopexy (SH) technique according to repor…
Mounia El Yousfi, Bahija Benyachou, Adil Ibrahimi, Laila Chbani, Afaf Amarti
A case is reported here of juvenile polyposis in a 15- year-old girl. She was diagnosed upon the assessment of the dysenteric syndrome. Coloscopy and gastro- scopy had shown polyps of variable size whose histological study confirmed the hamartomatous characte…
Fedoua Rouibaa, M. Surace, Marc Barthet
Background: scope-clip (OTSC; Ovesco Endoscopy GmbH, Tuebingen, Germany) system is a newly designed method for the mechanical compression of large areas in the gastrointestinal tract. So far, indications for OTSC application are hemostasis of pri-mary or post…
Soha Saoud Abdelmoniem, Eman Mosad Zaki, Hala Mostafa Imam, Hosny Badrawy, Sanaa Ali, Doaa Wadeeh Maximous
Background & objectives: Data regarding tumor marker usefulness in diagnosing ascites of unknown etiology and determining its malignant nature are conflicting. We aim to assess the diagnostic value of ascitic and serum tumor markers in ascites of unknown etio…
Liv Vandermeulen, Fazia Mana, Koenraad Nieboer, Daniel Urbain
Intramural hematoma of the esophagus is a rare but well described type of acute injury of the esophageal wall and it is more frequently being recognized throughout the world. Patients usually present with acute retrosternal or epigastric pain, minor hematemes…
Mathew A. Kozman, Daniel R. Kozman
Objective: To establish that the laparoscopic approach to colorectal resection is safe with regards to post- operative morbidity and mortality in patients eighty years of age and over. Methods: Prospectively collect- ed data for consecutive patients aged eigh…
Polat Dura, Rene H. M. te Morsche, Martin Lacko, Mihai G. Netea, Jos W. M. van der Meer, Joost P. H. Drenth, Wilbert H. M. Peters
Autosomal Dominant Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis (AD-CMC) is characterized by defective T cell immunity, leading to fungal infections limited to mucosal surfaces. Recently it was discovered that mutations in the coiled-coil (CC) domain of STAT 1 are the c…
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