Skip to main content

Articles

Page 3 of 72

  1. Systemic pro-inflammatory factors play a critical role in mediating severe postoperative complications (SPCs) in upper abdominal surgery (UAS). The systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) has been identified ...

    Authors: Yang Jiao, Xiao Zhang, Mei Liu, Yu’e Sun, Zhengliang Ma, Xiaoping Gu, Wei Gu and Wei Zhu
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:403
    Content type: Research Published on:

  3. The present study investigates if common missense functional variants p.I148M and p.E167K in PNPLA3 and TM6SF2 genes, respectively, associate with development of hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis in a geographically...

    Authors: Bisma Rauff, Badr Alzahrani, Shafiq A. Chudhary, Bilal Nasir, Saqib Mahmood, Munir Ahmad Bhinder, Muhammad Faheem and Ali Amar
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:401
    Content type: Research Published on:

  4. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a serious malignant disease with high incidence, high mortality and poor prognosis. This study aimed to establish a novel signature based on apoptosis-related genes (ARGs) to ...

    Authors: Xiqin Wang and Chenguang Ji
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:400
    Content type: Research Published on:

  5. Currently, the effect of skeletal muscle loss during neoadjuvant imatinib therapy on clinical outcomes in patients with locally advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (LA-GIST) remains unclear. This study ai...

    Authors: Ping’an Ding, Honghai Guo, Xiaoxiao He, Chenyu Sun, Scott Lowe, Rachel Bentley, Qin Zhou, Peigang Yang, Yuan Tian, Yang Liu, Li Yang and Qun Zhao
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:399
    Content type: Research Published on:

  6. This study aimed to determine which running pattern of the left gastric vein (LGV) is most frequently ligated in subtotal stomach-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy (SSPPD) and how LGV ligation affects delayed g...

    Authors: Koichi Kimura, Ryosuke Minagawa, Takuma Izumi, Akihiko Otake, Takehiko Aoyagi, Daisuke Taniguchi, Hiroko Yano, Yuichiro Kajiwara, Kazuhito Minami and Takashi Nishizaki
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:398
    Content type: Research Published on:

  7. Authors: Ryosuke Miyazaki, Toshiyuki Sakurai, Mariko Shimada, Yuko Iwashita, Naoki Shibuya, Yoshihiro Akita, Haruna Miyashita, Yuki Maruyama and Masayuki Saruta
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:397
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:310

  9. Although major complication rates following percutaneous liver biopsy (PLB) have been reported to be higher in children than in adults, scarce data are available regarding pediatric patients stratified by nati...

    Authors: Kayo Ikeda Kurakawa, Akira Okada, Kazuhiko Bessho, Taisuke Jo, Sachiko Ono, Nobuaki Michihata, Ryosuke Kumazawa, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Satoko Yamaguchi, Toshimasa Yamauchi, Masaomi Nangaku, Takashi Kadowaki and Hideo Yasunaga
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:395
    Content type: Research Published on:

  10. No previous studies have examined the possible relationship between intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) and the developmental ductal variations of the pancreas, such as an ansa pancreatica and a mea...

    Authors: Katarina Johansson, Harri Mustonen, Hanna Seppänen and Tiina E. Lehtimäki
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:394
    Content type: Research Published on:

  11. Covid-19 is a pandemic disease that is more severe and mortal in people with immunodeficiency, such as those with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). On the other hand, no definitive treatment has been identifie...

    Authors: Elham Tabesh, Maryam Soheilipour, Mohammad Rezaeisadrabadi, Elahe Zare-Farashbandi and Razieh Sadat Mousavi-Roknabadi
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:393
    Content type: Research Published on:

  12. Napsin B Aspartic Peptidase, Pseudogene (NAPSB) was associated with CD4 + T cell infiltration in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. However, the biological role of NAPSB in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remain...

    Authors: Yu-Mei Ning, Kun Lin, Xiao-Ping Liu, Yang Ding, Xiang Jiang, Zhang Zhang, Yu-Ting Xuan, Li Dong, Lan Liu, Fan Wang, Qiu Zhao, Hai-Zhou Wang and Jun Fang
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:392
    Content type: Research Published on:

  13. Painless gastrointestinal endoscopy is widely used for the diagnosis and treatment of digestive diseases. At present, propofol is commonly used to perform painless gastrointestinal endoscopy, but the high dose...

    Authors: Yongtong Zhan, Shuqing Liang, Zecheng Yang, Qichen Luo, Shuai Li, Jiamin Li, Zhaojia Liang and Yalan Li
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:391
    Content type: Research Published on:

  14. Multi-matrix mesalazine (MMX) is an important treatment for ulcerative colitis (UC); however, it is often excreted intact, which increases the risk of relapse. This study aimed to clarify the risk factors for ...

    Authors: Ohtaki Yuichiro, Uchiyama Kan, Kamiya Hirotaka, Moriizumi Eri, Yamada Moe, Aoki Yuma, Watanabe Toshimune, Kiryu Sachie, Suzuki Sizuka, Matsumoto Yoshihiro, Ito Zensho, Ohkusa Toshifumi, Koido Shigeo and Saruta Masayuki
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:390
    Content type: Research Published on:

  15. The purpose of this systematic review is to evaluate whether self-expandable implantable vs non-self-expandable injectable bulking agents (second-line therapies) are equal/superior in terms of effectiveness (s...

    Authors: Lucia Gassner, Claudia Wild and Melanie Walter
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:389
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. Intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumors (IADSRCT) are rare and aggressive neoplasia that are resistant to chemotherapy. Anlotinib is an oral multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor that also has an...

    Authors: Ke Cheng, Xia Liu, Ye Chen, Kexun Zhou and ZhiPing Li
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:388
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  17. There are inadequate data and no histological evidence regarding the effects of antiviral treatment for hepatitis B e-antigen (HBeAg)-negative chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with normal or mildly elevated ...

    Authors: Sufang Wei, Meixin Hu, Hongjie Chen, Qiuli Xie, Peng Wang, Hong Li and Jie Peng
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:387
    Content type: Research Published on:

  19. Perforations related to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) are rare but life-threatening complications. The treatment of Type-II-periampullary perforations that develop during endoscopic sph...

    Authors: Osman Bozbiyik, Bartu Cetin, Tufan Gumus, Fatih Tekin and Alper Uguz
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:385
    Content type: Research Published on:

  20. Stool DNA (sDNA) tests and fecal immunochemical test (FIT) are used for the detection of colorectal cancer (CRC). Here we performed a novel evaluation using sDNA and FIT to assess their performance in CRC scre...

    Authors: Hongli Xu, Huixin Chen, Junjie Hu, Zhiguo Xiong, Dongqing Li, Shun Wang and Jing Yu
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:384
    Content type: Research Published on:

  21. Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a rare autosomal dominant disease characterized by germline mutations in the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (APC) gene, resulting in the development of numerous colorectal aden...

    Authors: Jasmijn D. G. Linssen, Sanne M. van Neerven, Arthur S. Aelvoet, Clara C. Elbers, Louis Vermeulen and Evelien Dekker
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:383
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  22. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is an essential procedure in the diagnosis and treatment of biliopancreatic diseases. The most common adverse event of ERCP is post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP)...

    Authors: Shunjiro Azuma, Akira Kurita, Kenichi Yoshimura, Tomoaki Matsumori, Yosuke Kobayashi, Kei Yane, Osamu Inatomi, Kenji Sawada, Ryo Harada and Shujiro Yazumi
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:382
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  23. The role of consolidative chemotherapy (CCT) for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (LA-ESCC) patients treated with definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy (dCCRT) is unclear. We aimed to comp...

    Authors: Chen-Yuan Lin, Ming-Yu Lien, Chi-Ching Chen, Hsin-Yuan Fang, Yu-Sen Lin, Chien-Kuang Chen, Jian-Xun Chen, Ting-Yu Lu, Tzu-Min Huang, Te-Chun Hsieh, Shung-Shung Sun, Chia-Chin Li and Chun-Ru Chien
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:381
    Content type: Research Published on:

  24. Cholestatic liver diseases are a major source of morbidity and mortality that can progress to end-stage liver disease and hyperbilirubinemia is a hallmark of cholestasis. There are few effective medical therap...

    Authors: Xiaoying Liu, Sarah A. Taylor, Stela Celaj, Josh Levitsky and Richard M. Green
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:380
    Content type: Research Published on:

  25. Post-operative pain is the main problem of hemorrhoidectomy. An adequate pain management can promote early mobilization, fast recovery, and reduce hospitalization costs. This study aimed to investigate the rol...

    Authors: Imam Sofii, Handy Darmawan, Amelia Sophia Ramadhini, Fauzan Kurniawan and Ahmad Shafa Hanif
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:379
    Content type: Research Published on:

  26. The stromal antigen 3 (STAG3) gene encodes an adhesion complex subunit that can regulate sister chromatid cohesion during cell division. Chromosome instability caused by STAG3 gene mutation may potentially pro...

    Authors: Menglin Zhao, Yanyan Wang, Yue Zhang, Xinwei Li, Jiaqi Mi, Qiang Wang, Zhijun Geng, Lugen Zuo, Xue Song, Sitang Ge, Zining Zhang, Mingyue Tang, Huiyuan Li, Zishu Wang, Chenchen Jiang and Fang Su
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:378
    Content type: Research Published on:

  27. The natural history of intracholecystic papillary neoplasm (ICPN), especially the speed of growth from small benign to a carcinomatous lesion, is quite unrevealed. Here, we report an extremely rare case of ICP...

    Authors: Daisuke Koike, Hiroyuki Kato, Yukio Asano, Masahiro Ito, Satoshi Arakawa, Norihiko Kawabe, Masahiro Shimura, Chihiro Hayashi, Takayuki Ochi, Kenshiro Kamio, Toki Kawai, Hironobu Yasuoka, Takahiko Higashiguchi and Akihiko Horiguchi
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:377
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  29. Celiac disease (CD) is a genetically determined autoimmune disease triggered by gluten consumption. Patients with these conditions have intraepithelial lymphocytosis, crypt hyperplasia, and severe intestinal a...

    Authors: Mehran Ajdani, Nazanin Mortazavi, Sima Besharat, Saeed Mohammadi, Taghi Amiriani, Ahmad Sohrabi, Alireza Norouzi and Ghezeljeh Edris
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:375
    Content type: Research Published on:

  30. In 2016 the World Health Organization (WHO) had adopted a global strategy to eliminate Hepatitis B (HBV) by 2030 through five core interventions. One of which is the “cascade of care”, the continuum of service...

    Authors: Zhuo-zhi Lim, Jau shya Teo, Ah-Choon Tan and Teck Onn Lim
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:374
    Content type: Research Published on:

  31. Revision surgery for the complications after repair of esophageal atresia is often complex because of previous surgeries and chest infections and thus requires surgical expertise. This study describes surgical...

    Authors: Yanan Zhang, Murong Wang, Shuangshuang Li, Junmin Liao, Kaiyun Hua, Shen Yang and Jinshi Huang
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:373
    Content type: Research Published on:

  32. Eccentric exhaustive exercise (EEE) training has been known as a promising training modality to enhance performance and stimulate adaptation in healthy individuals or patients that might also cause abnormal li...

    Authors: Zahra Rahimpour, Rastegar Hoseini and Nasser Behpour
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:372
    Content type: Research Published on:

  33. International guidelines recommend emergency cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis in patients who are healthy or have mild systemic disease (ASA1-2). Surgery is also an option for patients with severe syste...

    Authors: Erik Osterman, Louise Helenius, Christina Larsson, Sofia Jakobsson, Tamali Majumder, Anders Blomberg, Jennie Wickenberg and Fredrik Linder
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:371
    Content type: Research Published on:

  34. Current data indicate that supplements such as folic acid and vitamin B may be beneficial in halting and even reversing atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia and intraepithelial neoplasia, generally referr...

    Authors: Jing Lei, Fugang Ren, Wenyuan Li, Xiaochuan Guo, Qingsong Liu, Hongjing Gao, Yaobin Pang, Yingjie He, Jing Guo and Jinhao Zeng
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:370
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Although the current guidelines recommend endoscopic combination therapy, endoscopic epinephrine injection (EI) monotherapy is still a simple, common and effective modality for treating peptic ulcer bleeding (...

    Authors: Shan He, Linlin Liu, Liu Ouyang, Jingsong Wang, Nonghua Lv, Youxiang Chen, Xu Shu and Zhenhua Zhu
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:368
    Content type: Research Published on:

  37. Medication consumption has been suggested as a risk factor for microscopic colitis (MC), but studies of varying design have yielded inconsistent results. Our aim was to evaluate the association between medicat...

    Authors: Eugene F. Yen, Daniel B. Amusin, Janet Yoo, Asantewaa Ture, Nicole M. Gentile, Michael J. Goldberg and Jay L. Goldstein
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:367
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. The prevalence of fatty liver disease is potentially increasing in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) due to the obesity and alcohol pandemics. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of alcohol-as...

    Authors: Naim Alkhouri, Ashraf Almomani, Phuc Le, Julia Y. Payne, Imad Asaad, Celine Sakkal, Miriam Vos, Mazen Noureddin and Prabhat Kumar
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:366
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Methotrexate is an immunomodulatory drug for patients with Crohn’s disease. Erythrocyte MTX-polyglutamates (MTX-PG1-5) may be used for therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) as MTX-PG is thought to mediate MTX’s effic...

    Authors: M. M. van de Meeberg, M. L. Seinen, H. H. Fidder, M. Lin, B. Oldenburg, N. K. de Boer, G. Bouma, R. de Jonge and M. Bulatović Ćalasan
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:365
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Stromal cells play an important role in the process of tumor progression, but the relationship between stromal cells and metabolic reprogramming is not very clear in gastric cancer (GC).

    Authors: Junyu Huo, Jing Guan and Yankun Li
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:364
    Content type: Research Published on:

  41. Targeted puncture of an appropriate portal venous branch during transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure may reduce the risk of postprocedural overt hepatic encephalopathy (HE). This stud...

    Authors: Chongtu Yang, Yang Chen, Chaoyang Wang, Jiacheng Liu, Songjiang Huang, Chen Zhou, Yingliang Wang, Shuguang Ju, Tongqiang Li, Yaowei Bai, Wei Yao and Bin Xiong
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:363
    Content type: Research Published on:

  44. Gastric carcinosarcoma is most frequently diagnosed at an advanced stage when the tumor is generally large with invasion into other organs, lymph node metastasis, and distant metastasis. Standard chemotherapy ...

    Authors: Hirokatsu Hayashi, Akitaka Makiyama, Naoki Okumura, Itaru Yasufuku, Chiemi Saigo, Tamotsu Takeuchi, Tatsuhiko Miyazaki, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Nobuhisa Matsuhashi, Katsutoshi Murase, Takao Takahashi, Manabu Futamura and Kazuhiro Yoshida
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:360
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  45. Gastric cancer ranks high in terms of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Multimodal therapy is therefore essential for locally advanced gastric cancer. Recent studies have demonstrated that both perioperative ...

    Authors: Jinming Shi, Ning Li, Yuan Tang, Liming Jiang, Lin Yang, Shulian Wang, Yongwen Song, Yueping Liu, Hui Fang, Ningning Lu, Shunan Qi, Bo Chen, Ziyu Li, Shixin Liu, Jun Wang, Wenling Wang…
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:359
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  46. Recent studies have shown that chronic kidney disease (CKD) prevalence is significantly higher in patients with hepatic steatosis (HS); however, it remains unclear whether HS is associated with serum creatinin...

    Authors: Juan Ma, Zhongcao Wei, Qian Wang, Xiaolan Lu, Zhihua Zhou, Ruohan Li, Qiuai Shu, Yixin Liu, Jinhai Wang, Na Liu and Haitao Shi
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:358
    Content type: Research Published on:

  47. Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by a complete transposition of all the viscera. SIT cases were usually reported because of the presence of tumors, leading to false assoc...

    Authors: Cheng Zhang, Bo Zhang, Haifeng Huang, Qida Hu, Yibing Jin, Qingsong Yu, Junsen Wang, Xin Zhang and Yun Zhang
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:357
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  48. Authors: Michael V. Chiorean, Jessica R. Allegretti, Puza P. Sharma, Benjamin Chastek, Leonardo Salese, Elizabeth J. Bell, Jesse Peterson-Brandt, Joseph C. Cappelleri, Xiang Guo and Nabeel Khan
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:356
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:177

  49. We retrospectively compared the effect of endoscopic variceal obturation (EVO) and retrograde transvenous obliteration (RTO) in acute cardiofundal variceal bleeding.

    Authors: Han Ah Lee, Jungwon Kwak, Sung Bum Cho, Young-Sun Lee, Young Kul Jung, Ji Hoon Kim, Seung Up Kim, Hyonggin An, Hyung Joon Yim, Jong Eun Yeon and Yeon Seok Seo
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:355
    Content type: Research Published on:

  50. To evaluate the usefulness of Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of Polypoid lesions of gallbladder (PLGs) ≥ 1 cm.

    Authors: Xiaoyue Zhang, Shaoshan Tang, Liping Huang, Hong Jin, Yijiao Wang, Yao Wang, Zhan Liu and Chunyu Lu
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2022 22:354
    Content type: Research Published on:
Submit manuscript

Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact
    2.855 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
    3.230 - 5-year Impact Factor (2021)
    1.039 - SNIP (Source-Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.737 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    Speed
    51 days to first decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    70 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only (Median)

    Usage 
    2,299,334 Downloads (2021)
    5,001 Altmetric mentions (2021)

Peer-review Terminology

  • The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:

    Identity transparency: Single anonymized

    Reviewer interacts with: Editor

    Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication

    More information is available here

Follow

New Content Item

Trending Articles

Click here to view which Articles have been shared the most this year!

BMC Gastroenterology

ISSN: 1471-230X

Contact us