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Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Issue 1/2017

Content (40 Articles)

Editorial

Intestinal Ischemia–Reperfusion: Rooting for the SOCS?

Younggeon Jin, Anthony T. Blikslager

Fellows and Young Gis Section

Women Gastroenterologists in Academic Medicine: Tradition Versus Transition

Rocio Feliu-Dominguez, Priscilla Medero-Rodriguez, Marcia Cruz-Correa

Review

Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Robert J. Donovan, Calvin Choi, Asghar Ali, Douglas M. Heuman, Michael Fuchs, Anthony A. Bavry, Ion S. Jovin

Review

Is POEM the Answer for Management of Spastic Esophageal Disorders? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Muhammad Ali Khan, Vivek Kumbhari, Saowanee Ngamruengphong, Amr Ismail, Yen-I Chen, Yamile Haito Chavez, Majidah Bukhari, Richard Nollan, Mohammad Kashif Ismail, Manabu Onimaru, Valerio Balassone, Ahmed Sharata, Lee Swanstrom, Haruhiro Inoue, Alessandro Repici, Mouen A. Khashab

Review

Contraceptive Considerations for Women with Gastrointestinal Disorders

Aparna Sridhar, Carrie A. Cwiak, Andrew M. Kaunitz, Rebecca H. Allen

Stanford Multidisciplinary Seminars

Pulmonary Crohn’s Disease

Kirsten Regalia, Andrew Shelton, Gerald Berry, George Triadafilopoulos, Christine A. Cartwright

Stanford Multidisciplinary Seminars

An Untapped Resource: Left Renal Vein Interposition Graft for Portal Vein Reconstruction During Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Thuy B. Tran, Matthew W. Mell, George A. Poultsides

UNM Clinical Case Conferences

Splenic Rupture Following Colonoscopy

Diego Colom Steele, Aly M. Mohamed, Archana Kaza, Denis McCarthy

Original Article

Role of Non-hepatic Medical Comorbidity and Functional Limitations in Predicting Mortality in Patients with HCV

Yamini Natarajan, Donna L. White, Hashem B. El-Serag, David Ramsey, Peter Richardson, Jill Kuzniarek, Richa Shukla, Aylin Tansel, Fasiha Kanwal

Original Article

Palliative Care Quality Indicators for Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease Due to Cirrhosis

A. M. Walling, S. C. Ahluwalia, N. S. Wenger, M. Booth, C. P. Roth, K. Lorenz, F. Kanwal, S. Dy, S. M. Asch

Original Article

Nitric Oxide and Hydrogen Sulfide Interact When Modulating Gastric Physiological Functions in Rodents

Larisse Tavares Lucetti, Renan Oliveira Silva, Ana Paula Macedo Santana, Bruno de Melo Tavares, Mariana Lima Vale, Pedro Marcos Gomes Soares, Francisco José Batista de Lima Júnior, Pedro Jorge Caldas Magalhães, Fernando de Queiroz Cunha, Ronaldo de Albuquerque Ribeiro, Jand-Venes Rolim Medeiros, Marcellus Henrique Loiola Ponte Souza

Original Article

Ischemic Preconditioning-Induced SOCS-1 Protects Rat Intestinal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury via Degradation of TRAF6

Sheng-zhi Liu, Xue-mei He, Xu Zhang, Fan-cai Zeng, Fang Wang, Xiang-yu Zhou

Original Article

Comparison of Adipose-Derived and Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in a Murine Model of Crohn’s Disease

Minghao Xie, Huabo Qin, Qianxin Luo, Xiaosheng He, Xiaowen He, Ping Lan, Lei Lian

Original Article

Overexpression of Protein Phosphatase 1γ (PP1γ) Is Associated with Enhanced Cell Proliferation and Poor Prognosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Chunsun Li, Miaomiao Wu, Guijuan Zong, Chunhua Wan, Qingqing Liu, Huiling Zhou, Lu Hua, Yuyan Chen, Xudong Chen, Cuihua Lu

Original Article

Association Between Body Mass Index and Clinical and Endoscopic Features of Eosinophilic Esophagitis

W. Asher Wolf, Nicholas A. Piazza, Jessica H. Gebhart, Spencer Rusin, Shannon Covey, Leana L. Higgins, RoseMary Beitia, Olga Speck, Kimberly Woodward, Cary C. Cotton, Thomas M. Runge, Swathi Eluri, John T. Woosley, Nicholas J. Shaheen, Evan S. Dellon

Original Article

Left Ventricular Assist Devices Impact Hospital Resource Utilization Without Affecting Patient Mortality in Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Feng Li, Alice Hinton, Alan Chen, Nishaki K. Mehta, Samer Eldika, Cheng Zhang, Hisham Hussan, Darwin L. Conwell, Somashekar G. Krishna

Original Article

Gastrointestinal Bleeding During the Index Hospitalization for Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Implantation, a Nationwide Perspective

Ali Abbas, Ahmed Mahmoud, Mustafa Ahmed, Juan Aranda Jr., Charles T. Klodell Jr., Peter V. Draganov

Original Article

Tissue Transglutaminase Levels Are Not Sufficient to Diagnose Celiac Disease in North American Practices Without Intestinal Biopsies

Yoram Elitsur, Terry Sigman, Runa Watkins, Anthony F. Porto, Elaine L. Leonard Puppa, Elsie J. Foglio, Deborah L. Preston

Original Article

Diagnostic Value of Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy in Isolated Ileitis: A CAPENTRY Study

Hyun Seok Lee, Yun Jeong Lim, Ki Nam Shim, Chang Mo Moon, Hyun Joo Song, Jin Oh Kim, Seong Ran Jeon, Dae Young Jung, Ji Hyun Kim, Kyeong Ok Kim, Bo-In Lee

Original Article

Rates and Predictors of Endoscopic and Clinical Recurrence After Primary Ileocolic Resection for Crohn’s Disease

Kyle Joshua Fortinsky, David Kevans, Judy Qiang, Wei Xu, Felipe Bellolio, Hillary Steinhart, Raquel Milgrom, Gordon Greenberg, Zane Cohen, Helen Macrae, Joanne Stempak, Robin McLeod, Mark S. Silverberg

Original Article

Vedolizumab Therapy Is Associated with an Improvement in Sleep Quality and Mood in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Betsy W. Stevens, Nynke Z. Borren, Gabriella Velonias, Grace Conway, Thom Cleland, Elizabeth Andrews, Hamed Khalili, John G. Garber, Ramnik J. Xavier, Vijay Yajnik, Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan

Original Article

Perceived Emotional and Psychological Impact of Ulcerative Colitis on Outpatients in Spain: UC-LIFE Survey

Antonio López-Sanromán, Daniel Carpio, Xavier Calvet, Cristina Romero, Luis Cea-Calvo, Berta Juliá, Federico Argüelles-Arias

Original Article

Mega-Cecum: An Unrecognized Cause of Symptoms in Some Female Patients with Uro-Gynecological Symptoms and Severe Slow Transit Constipation

William Y. Chey, Vincent Chang, Cameron M. Hoellrich, Kae Yol Lee, Maxine Lubkin, Deborah Corcoran, Ta-Min Chang, William D. Chey

Original Article

Epidemiological Trends in Colorectal Cancer in China: An Ecological Study

Jinzhou Zhu, Zhengqi Tan, Kelseanna Hollis-Hansen, Yong Zhang, Chaohui Yu, Youming Li

Original Article

Endoscopic Management of Biliary Leaks and Strictures After Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Optimizing Techniques for Successful Management

Saleh Elwir, Julie Thompson, Stuart K. Amateau, Guru Trikudanathan, Rajeev Attam, Mohamed Hassan, Raja Kandaswamy, Timothy Pruett, John Lake, Srinath Chinnakotla, Martin L. Freeman, Mustafa A. Arain

Original Article

Placement of a Newly Designed Y-Configured Bilateral Self-Expanding Metallic Stent for Hilar Biliary Obstruction: A Pilot Study

Dechao Jiao, Kai Huang, Ming Zhu, Gang Wu, Jianzhuang Ren, Yanli Wang, Xinwei Han

Original Article

Diagnostic Accuracy of Transient Elastography for Detecting Liver Fibrosis After Liver Trannsplantation: A Specific Cut-Off Value Is Really Needed?

B. Della-Guardia, A. S. Evangelista, G. E. Felga, L. V. Marins, P. R. Salvalaggio, M. D. Almeida

Original Article

Alcoholic Liver Disease Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Gastric Cancer

Tae Hoon Ha, Byeong Gwan Kim, Donghyong Jeong, Sohee Oh, Won Kim, Yong Jin Jung, Dong Won Ahn, Ji Bong Jeong, Ji Won Kim, Kook Lae Lee, Seong-Joon Koh

Case Report

Congenital Glucose–Galactose Malabsorption in a Turkish Newborn: A Novel Mutation of Na+/Glucose Cotransporter Gene

Funda Yavanoglu Atay, Turan Derme, Nurdan Uras, Gulay Ceylaner, Serdar Ceylaner, Fatma Nur Sari, Serife Suna Oguz

Correspondence

A Data-Based Hypothesis Explicating Thiopurine Therapeutic Failure in Biologic-Naive UC

Robert J. Greenstein, D. William Cameron, Sheldon T. Brown

Erratum

Erratum to: Identification of a Novel Binding Protein of FAT10: Eukaryotic Translation Elongation Factor 1A1

Xin Yu, Xiuxia Liu, Tiande Liu, Kui Hong, Jun Lei, Rongfa Yuan, Jianghua Shao

Erratum

Erratum to: Hereditary Angioedema Presenting with Recurrent Ascites

Rada Jesic, Djordje Culafic, Branka Bonaci-Nikolic

Erratum

Erratum to: Association Between Celiac Disease and Asthma

Zaid Yaqoob, Sadeer G. Al-Kindi, Joe Zein