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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…
Dawlat Salem, Magdy El-Serafy, Eman Obeida, Wafaa Al-Akel, Maissa El-Raziki, Dina Attia, Mostafa Hassan
Background and aim: In patients infected with chronic hepatitis C virus, liver biopsy is the gold standard method of staging fibrosis. Different combinations of serum markers attempted to correlate with hepatic fibrosis in place of liver biopsy and have shown…
I. Michael Leitman, Rahul Narang, Jorys Martinez, Benjamin Abbadessa, Dimitrios Avgerinos, Erez Dayan, Sebastiano Cassaro
Background: Historically, the incidence of C. difficile -associated colitis has increased significantly over the last decade. Of these patients, approximately 10% - 20% will ultimately require colectomy due to fulminant disease and progression to toxic coliti…
Toshikatsu Okumura, Masumi Ohhira, Yoshihiro Tsuchiya, Yoko Kikuchi, Yutaka Kohgo, Shinsuke Yoshihara, Hirofumi Okabe, Tsukasa Nozu
Epiploic appendagitis should be considered to be an uncommon cause of lower abdominal pain. To diagnose accurately, typical CT findings are needed, and total colonoscopy should be done later to rule out the possibility of diverticulosis.
Naveen B. Krishna, Pavan Tummala, Jennifer L. Labundy, Banke Agarwal
Background and Aim: Determination of the etiology of proximal biliary strictures (PBS) still remains a challenge. Even though EUS-FNA is potentially useful, its role in diagnostic evaluation of PBS is still not established due to a lack of sufficient data. We…
Christopher M. Moore, Raza Hamdani, Hector Ferral, David H. Van Thiel
Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP) is increasing utilized in the setting of liver transplantation for a number of post-operative related biliary issues. Although ERCP represents an excellent technology, it is not without attendant risk inc…
Keisuke Kubota, Akihiro Okada, Junko Kuroda, Masashi Yoshida, Nobuto Origuchi, Keiichiro Ohta, Masayuki Itabashi, Yoshiyuki Osamura, Masaki Kitajima
Esophageal neuroendocrine carcinomas are rare, aggressive and have a poor prognosis. Combined therapy using chemotherapy, radiotherapy and/or surgery appear effective for them. Upper gastrointestinal endoscope of a 65-year-old male revealed a localized ulcera…
Mehmet Abdussamet Bozkurt, Ahmet Sürek, Murat Gönenç, Mustafa Uygar Kalaycı, Halil Alış
Backround: Chronic constipation is a common, chronic and frequent problem of the general population. The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of defecography in diagnosing the etiology of constipation and the relation between constipation and rectocele…
Daniela Buccione, Gianluca Fatti, Andrea Gallotta, Elisabetta Loggi, Roberto Di Donato, Lilia Testa, Carlo Saitta, Valentina Santi, Antonio Di Micoli, Virginia Erroi, Marta Frigerio, Valentina Fazio, Antonino Picciotto, Alessandra Biasiolo, Francoise Degos, Patrizia Pontisso, Giovanni Raimondo, Franco Trevisani
Aberrant Squamous Cell Carcinoma Antigen (SCCA) expression is an early hepatocarcinogenetic event and circulating SCCA-IgM complexes are elevated in most HCC patients. We evaluated whether serum SCCA-IgM levels can identify HCV +ve cirrhotic patients at low H…
Koichi Sato, Hiroshi Maekawa, Mutsumi Sakurada, Hajime Orita, Tomoaki Ito, Yoshihiro Komatsu, Fumiko Hirata, Ryo Wada
Perpose: In order to establish the pathophysiological features and strategy for stercoral perforation of the colon, we herein analyze a series of stercoral perforation of the colon. Method: Ten patients were diagnosed with stercoral perforation. Clinical feat…
Arezoo Estakhri, Ashraf Mohamadkhani, Hosein Poustchi, Ghodrat Montazeri
AIM: To evaluate the impact of combination therapy with Lamivudine and Adefovir for treatment of chronic hepatitis B in Lamivudine-resistant patients. METHODS: Among the 110 adult chronic hepatitis B Iranian patients whom were treated with Lamivudine, for 36…
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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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