Issue 11/2016
Content (40 Articles)
Welcome Associate Editors Ajay Goel, Aida Habtezion, and Walter Park
Jonathan D. Kaunitz
Seeking the Cecum: Assessing Metrics in Fellow Procedural Training
Michael Greenspan, Joshua Melson
ERAT: A New ERA for Appendicitis Therapy?
Doumit S. BouHaidar, Muhammad Z. Bawany, Mitchell L. Schubert
The Child–Turcotte Classification: From Gestalt to Sophisticated Statistics and Back
Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao
Efficacy and Safety of Ribavirin with Sofosbuvir Plus Ledipasvir in Patients with Genotype 1 Hepatitis C: A Meta-Analysis
Qiu-Feng He, Qiong-Fang Zhang, Da-Zhi Zhang
Targeting Hepatic Fibrosis in Autoimmune Hepatitis
Aldo J. Montano-Loza, Ragesh B. Thandassery, Albert J. Czaja
Fermented Fiber Supplements Are No Better Than Placebo for a Laxative Effect
Johnson W. McRorie, William D. Chey
Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangitis: Got Stones?
Sepideh Gholami, Lauren Wood, Gerald Berry, George Triadafilopoulos, Brendan C. Visser, Monica M. Dua
Intestinal Lipomatosis and Chemotherapy: A Growing Concern
S. Hu, Amirkaveh Mojtahed, A. Covington, W. Thompson, N. Volpicelli, Denis McCarthy
Early Splenic Flexure Intubation Competency Predicts Early Cecal Intubation Competency in Gastroenterology Fellows
Sean T. McCarthy, Jennifer Jorgensen, Grace H. Elta, Joseph C. Kolars, Sheryl Korsnes, Valbona Metko, James Stout, Joel H. Rubenstein
Alteration of Esophageal Microbiome by Antibiotic Treatment Does Not Affect Incidence of Rat Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Akinari Sawada, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Yasuaki Nagami, Fumio Tanaka, Hirokazu Yamagami, Tetsuya Tanigawa, Masatsugu Shiba, Kazunari Tominaga, Toshio Watanabe, Min Gi, Hideki Wanibuchi, Tetsuo Arakawa
Cleavage of E-Cadherin Contributes to Defective Barrier Function in Neosquamous Epithelium
Thomas M. Runge, Nicholas J. Shaheen, Zorka Djukic, Suzanne Hallquist, Roy C. Orlando
Hydrogen Sulfide and Carbon Monoxide Protect Gastric Mucosa Compromised by Mild Stress Against Alendronate Injury
Marcin Magierowski, Katarzyna Magierowska, Jakub Szmyd, Marcin Surmiak, Zbigniew Sliwowski, Slawomir Kwiecien, Tomasz Brzozowski
Diet-Induced Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Is Associated with Sarcopenia and Decreased Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1
Daniel Cabrera, Alex Ruiz, Claudio Cabello-Verrugio, Enrique Brandan, Lisbell Estrada, Margarita Pizarro, Nancy Solis, Javiera Torres, Francisco Barrera, Marco Arrese
Safety of Target-Controlled Propofol Infusion by Gastroenterologists in Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Resection
Seung In Seo, Ji Yon Ryu, Sang Soo Kang, Jin Seo Lee, Hyoung Su Kim, Myoung Kuk Jang, Hak Yang Kim, Woon Geon Shin
Does 2 L Polyethylene Glycol Plus Ascorbic Acid Increase the Risk of Renal Impairment Compared to 4 L Polyethylene Glycol?
Sang Pyo Lee, Eugene Park, Han Viet Kim, In-Kyung Sung, Jeong Hwan Kim, Sun-Young Lee, Hyung Seok Park, Chan Sup Shim
Helicobacter pylori Eradication with Proton Pump Inhibitors or Potassium-Competitive Acid Blockers: The Effect of Clarithromycin Resistance
Hiroshi Matsumoto, Akiko Shiotani, Ryo Katsumata, Minoru Fujita, Rui Nakato, Takahisa Murao, Manabu Ishii, Tomoari Kamada, Ken Haruma, David Y. Graham
Prevalence and Predictors of Gastroesophageal Reflux Complications in Community Subjects
Nicholas R. Crews, Michele L. Johnson, Cathy D. Schleck, Felicity T. Enders, Louis-Michel Wongkeesong, Kenneth K. Wang, David A. Katzka, Prasad G. Iyer
Safety and Efficacy of a Same-Day Low-Volume 1 L PEG Bowel Preparation in Colonoscopy for the Elderly People and People with Renal Dysfunction
Naohisa Yoshida, Yuji Naito, Takaaki Murakami, Ryohei Hirose, Kiyoshi Ogiso, Yutaka Inada, Osamu Dohi, Tetsuya Okayama, Kazuhiro Kamada, Kazuhiko Uchiyama, Takeshi Ishikawa, Osamu Handa, Hideyuki Konishi, Kewin Tien Ho Siah, Nobuaki Yagi, Yoshito Itoh
Development of an Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Registry Derived from Observational Electronic Health Record Data for Comprehensive Clinical Phenotyping
Alyce J. M. Anderson, Benjamin Click, Claudia Ramos-Rivers, Dmitriy Babichenko, Ioannis E. Koutroubakis, Douglas J. Hartman, Jana G. Hashash, Marc Schwartz, Jason Swoger, Arthur M. Barrie III, Michael A. Dunn, Miguel Regueiro, David G. Binion
Ameliorating Active Ulcerative Colitis via an Orally Available Toll-Like Receptor-9 Modifier: A Prospective Open-Label, Multicenter Phase II Trial
Iris Dotan, Etgar Levy-Nissenbaum, Yehuda Chowers, Alexander Fich, Eran Israeli, Tomer Adar, Shimon Shteingart, Hermona Soreq, Eran Goldin
Patients Perceive Clinical Benefit with the Specific Carbohydrate Diet for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
David L. Suskind, Ghassan Wahbeh, Stanley A. Cohen, Christopher J. Damman, Jani Klein, Kim Braly, Michele Shaffer, Dale Lee
Sequential Combination Therapy Versus Monotherapy: A Lack of Benefit in Time to Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Related Surgery
Edward L. Barnes, Alison Goldin, Rachel W. Winter, Emily Collins, Bonnie Cao, Madeline Carrellas, Anne Marie Crowell, Joshua R. Korzenik
Impact of Low Immunoglobulin G Levels on Disease Outcomes in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Nicholas Horton, Xianrui Wu, Jessica Philpott, Ari Garber, Jean-Paul Achkar, Aaron Brzezinski, Bret A. Lashner, Bo Shen
Diagnostic Delay Is Associated with a Greater Risk of Early Surgery in a French Cohort of Crohn’s Disease Patients
Stéphane Nahon, Pierre Lahmek, Thierry Paupard, Bruno Lesgourgues, Stanislas Chaussade, Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, Vered Abitbol
Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis by Endoscopic Retrograde Appendicitis Therapy (ERAT): Combination of Colonoscopy and Endoscopic Retrograde Appendicography
Yingchao Li, Chen Mi, Weizhi Li, Junjun She
No Benefit of Oral Diclofenac on Post-Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Pancreatitis
Hirotoshi Ishiwatari, Takahiro Urata, Ichiro Yasuda, Shimpei Matsusaki, Hiroyuki Hisai, Hiroshi Kawakami, Michihiro Ono, Takuji Iwashita, Shinpei Doi, Kazumichi Kawakubo, Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Tomoko Sonoda, Naoya Sakamoto, Junji Kato
Safety and Efficacy of Acute Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in the Elderly
Mika Ukkonen, Antti Siiki, Anne Antila, Tuula Tyrväinen, Juhani Sand, Johanna Laukkarinen
Recalibrating the Child–Turcotte–Pugh Score to Improve Prediction of Transplant-Free Survival in Patients with Cirrhosis
David E. Kaplan, Feng Dai, Melissa Skanderson, Ayse Aytaman, Michelle Baytarian, Kathryn D’Addeo, Rena Fox, Kristel Hunt, Astrid Knott, Rajni Mehta, Marcos Pedrosa, Christine Pocha, Adriana Valderrama, Tamar Taddei
Effectiveness and Safety of Pleurodesis for Hepatic Hydrothorax: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Feifei Hou, Xingshun Qi, Xiaozhong Guo
Diabetes Is Associated with Clinical Decompensation Events in Patients with Cirrhosis
Tsai-Ling Liu, Justin Trogdon, Morris Weinberger, Bruce Fried, A. Sidney Barritt IV
Single-Center Experience on Liver Transplantation for Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score 40 Patients
Georgios C. Sotiropoulos, Spyridon Vernadakis, Andreas Paul, Dieter P. Hoyer, Fuat H. Saner, Anja Gallinat
Primary Prophylaxis for Variceal Bleeding and the Improved Survival of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Jung Hee Kim, Dong Hyun Sinn, Kyunga Kim, Wonseok Kang, Geum-Youn Gwak, Yong-Han Paik, Moon Seok Choi, Joon Hyeok Lee, Kwang Cheol Koh, Seung Woon Paik
A Rare Cause of Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Giant Diffuse and Cavernous Intestinal Mesentery Hemangioma in an Adult
Changbing Peng, Haolin Chen, Wenzhong Li, Rui Xu, Wen Zhuang
Case Report of Patient Presenting in Shock from Band Penetration into Stomach After LAGB Surgery: Diagnosis by Emergency EGD After Misdiagnosis by Abdominal CT
Mitchell S. Cappell, Estela Mogrovejo, Tusar Desai
Response to Feuerstein J et al. “Systematic Analysis and Critical Appraisal of the Quality of the Scientific Evidence and Conflicts of Interest in Practice Guidelines (2005–2013) for Barrett’s Esophagus”. doi:10.1007/s10620-016-4222-2
Cathy Bennett, Janusz Jankowski, Paul Moayyedi
Erratum to: Oncomirs miRNA-221/222 and Tumor Suppressors miRNA-199a/195 Are Crucial miRNAs in Liver Cancer: A Systematic Analysis
Yanhu Li, Chunhong Di, Wen Li, Weibin Cai, Xiaohua Tan, Liangwen Xu, Lei Yang, Guoqiang Lou, Yutao Yan