Oct 04, 2022

Traditional surgical dogma recommends quick open operations to "get them off the table" rather than more time-consuming, minimally invasive surgery for high-risk patients. Patients with high-risk colo...

Oct 04, 2022

In minimally invasive surgery, the debate continues over whether or not mechanical and oral antibiotic bowel preparation is more effective than preoperative oral antibiotics alone. This research aimed...

Oct 04, 2022

Patients with medically refractory disease or dysplasia from ulcerative colitis, as well as some patients with IBD not otherwise classified or Crohn's disease, are good candidates for a restorative pr...

Oct 04, 2022

During surgery, the surgeon and radiation oncologist can use the information gained from intraoperative frozen-section analysis to make more informed decisions about the extent of the margins they hav...

Oct 04, 2022

The law now covers preventive screenings, and the federal government helps pay for them by funding Medicaid expansion in states that opted in. It is unclear how the expansion of Medicaid affects the d...

Sep 30, 2022

This study aimed to further the therapeutic and research utility of the Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire (TRAQ-20) by providing a detailed description of TAQ-20 patterns across age and ge...

Sep 30, 2022

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients are more likely to contract infections like vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs). This study aimed to examine the incidence of VPD and its effects on IBD patie...

Sep 30, 2022

Anti-tumor necrosis factor treatments have not had extensive research into the effects of early proactive therapeutic drug level monitoring. For patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) on adali...

Sep 30, 2022

Researchers analyzed if healthcare providers would be more inclined to recommend a colonoscopy if the screening interval were extended from 10 to 15 years.  They also looked into whether patients wou...

Sep 30, 2022

The recommendations for colonoscopy screening for polyps are based on studies of people aged 50 and up. The purpose of this research was to determine if current colonic polyp surveillance guidelines s...

Sep 30, 2022

Using adenoma detection rate (ADR) and proposed surrogate quality metrics, this research aims to ascertain the significance of the day of the week and its contribution to endoscopist performance. Abou...

Sep 30, 2022

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) has been increasingly popular in the last 5 years, and preliminary results have been promising; nevertheless, there is still a lack of agreement on how to do the t...

Sep 30, 2022

The purpose of this study was to determine if patients who had normal lower esophageal sphincter parameters on high-resolution manometry (HRM) also had normal upright and prone bolus transit time (BTT...

Sep 30, 2022

Consistent, unexplained stomach pain is a common complaint seen by doctors. Due to its rarity, hereditary angioedema (HAE) is sometimes overlooked in the diagnostic process, especially in patients who...

Sep 30, 2022

Patients with polycystic liver disease (PLD) experience the gradual growth of several (>10) hepatic cysts over the course of their lives. Most people with this disease never have any symptoms at al...

Sep 29, 2022

For a study, researchers evaluated the safety of giving intravenous (IV) biological therapy and iron infusions on the same day vs. giving them on different days to patients with inflammatory bowel dis...

Sep 29, 2022

Chronic acute pancreatitis is frequently brought on by alcohol abuse. Therefore, guidelines stress the importance of offering alcohol prevention tools to patients while they are hospitalized. However,...

Sep 06, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to determine how newborns with very low birth weights (VLBW, <1500 g) responded to receiving more electrolytes through parenteral nutrition (PN). All VLBW childre...

Sep 06, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to assess the effects of antibiotic treatment for small bowel bacterial overgrowth (SBBO) on the symptoms, enteral tolerance, growth, and antibiotic regimens in pediatr...

Sep 06, 2022

In order to improve results and survival in children receiving extra corporal membranous support (ECMO), nutrition support is crucial. Therefore, for a study, researchers sought to assess the relation...