GERD
Jun 15, 2022
High-quality clinical practice guidelines can help pediatric gastroenterologists make evidence-based decisions when treating patients with GERD. Gastroesophageal reflux (GER), in which gastric ...
May 23, 2022
Prediction of the onset of de novo gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) after sleeve gastrectomy (SG) would be helpful in decision-making and selection of the optimal bariatric procedure for every p...
May 16, 2022
Subjective symptoms associated with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), such as dysphagia, are not specific, thus the endoscopic identification of suggestive EoE findings is quite important for facilitati...
May 16, 2022
Santoro's operation is a sleeve gastrectomy with transit bipartition. The operation aims to maintain passage to the duodenum to minimize nutritional deficiency. This procedure is rapidly changed to si...
May 09, 2022
Approximately 20-33% of all cancer patients are treated with acid-reducing agents (ARAs), most commonly proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), to reduce gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms. Palbociclib a...
May 02, 2022
Direct comparison studies about the incidence of esophago-gastric complications between radiofrequency (RF) and cryoballoon (CB) catheter ablation (CA) for atrial fibrillation (AF) have been scarce. W...
Apr 25, 2022
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening, inherited, multi-organ disease that renders patients susceptible throughout their lives to chronic and ultimately deteriorating protracted pulmonary infecti...
Apr 25, 2022
The step-up empiric elimination diet, starting from one/two food groups of most local allergens remains the current gold standard for a dietary approach in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) patients. Mil...
Apr 18, 2022
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has shown good results in terms of weight loss and improvement of obesity-comorbidities, even though its effect on inducing new-onset gastroesophageal reflux dise...
Apr 18, 2022
Autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) astrocytopathy is a recently described steroid-responsive meningoencephalomyelitis positive for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) anti-GFAP antibody. Area pos...
Apr 11, 2022
The BEST3 trial demonstrated the efficacy and safety of the Cytosponge-trefoil factor 3, a cell collection device coupled with the biomarker trefoil factor 3, as a tool for detecting Barrett's oesopha...
Apr 04, 2022
The incidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is increasing annually. Studies have suggested that psychosocial disorders may be linked to the development of GERD. However, studies evaluating...
Mar 28, 2022
Radiotherapy-induced toxicity may negatively impact health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This report investigates the impact of curative-intent radiotherapy on HRQoL and toxicity in early stage and...
Mar 21, 2022
Acute esophageal necrosis is a rare syndrome classically characterized by black distal esophagus with a complex pathophysiology that usually involves a combination of esophageal ischemia, gastroesopha...
Mar 14, 2022
Barrett's esophagus with indefinite for dysplasia (BE-IND) is a subjective diagnosis with a low interobserver agreement (IOA) among pathologists and uncertain clinical implications. This study aimed t...
Mar 14, 2022
Pemphigus vulgaris comprises a group of heterogeneous blistering autoimmune diseases of the skin and mucosa. Esophageal involvement within pemphigus vulgaris is rare with an uncertain prevalence that ...
Mar 07, 2022
Recommended surveillance intervals following complete eradication of intestinal metaplasia (CE-IM) after endoscopic eradication therapy (EET) are largely not evidence-based. Utilizing recurrence rates...
Feb 28, 2022
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), a malignant neoplasm with high incidence, is a severe global public health threat. The current modalities used for treating ESCC include surgery, chemotherap...
Feb 28, 2022
Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) utilizes the principles of natural orifice transluminal surgery to create an operative tunnel within the submucosal space, perform an endoluminal esophagogastromyotom...
Feb 21, 2022
Measures of mood and effective coping strategies have notable correlations with quality of life and treatment responses. There is evidence that patients with previously diagnosed anxiety disorders hav...