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  1. Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a common complication of cirrhosis. However, in patients with PVT and cirrhosis, there is no clear evidence supporting effective treatment modalities. In this study, we examined...

    Authors: Takehiro Hayashi, Hajime Takatori, Rika Horii, Kouki Nio, Takeshi Terashima, Noriho Iida, Masaaki Kitahara, Tetsuro Shimakami, Kuniaki Arai, Kazuya Kitamura, Kazunori Kawaguchi, Taro Yamashita, Yoshio Sakai, Tatsuya Yamashita, Eishiro Mizukoshi, Masao Honda…
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:217
  2. Capsule endoscopy (CE) is the preferred diagnostic test of choice in the investigation of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB). Although, a conservative strategy is recommended in the short-term, for cases...

    Authors: Panu Wetwittayakhlang, Jirapat Wonglhow, Nisa Netinatsunton, Naichaya Chamroonkul and Teerha Piratvisuth
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:216
  3. Endoscopic treatment of post-cholecystectomy biliary strictures (PCBS) with multiple plastic biliary stents placed sequentially is a minimally invasive alternative to surgery but requires multiple intervention...

    Authors: Andrea Tringali, D. Nageshwar Reddy, Thierry Ponchon, Horst Neuhaus, Ferrán González-Huix Lladó, Claudio Navarrete, Marco J. Bruno, Paul P. Kortan, Sundeep Lakhtakia, Joyce Peetermans, Matthew Rousseau, David Carr-Locke, Jacques Devière and Guido Costamagna
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:214
  4. Many patients present in primary care with lower bowel symptoms, but significant bowel disease (SBD), comprising colorectal cancer (CRC), advanced adenoma (AA), or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), is uncommon...

    Authors: Jayne Digby, Judith A. Strachan, Craig Mowat, Robert J. C. Steele and Callum G. Fraser
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:213

    The Correspondence to this article has been published in BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:231

  5. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a common emergency department (ED) presentation with high morbidity and mortality. There is a paucity of data on the profile and outcome of patients who present with U...

    Authors: Shaffin S. Rajan, Hendry R. Sawe, Asha J. Iyullu, Dereck A. Kaale, Nancy A. Olambo, Juma A. Mfinanga and Ellen J. Weber
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:212
  6. The clinical value of the controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has increased. The aim of this meta-analysis was to systematically review the association between the CO...

    Authors: Kosei Takagi, Piotr Domagala, Wojciech G. Polak, Stefan Buettner and Jan N. M. Ijzermans
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:211
  7. Fecal calprotectin (FCP), magnetic resonance enterography (MRE), and colonoscopy are complementary biometric tests that are used to assess patients with Crohn’s Disease (CD). While prior studies have evaluated...

    Authors: Alexander S. Somwaru, Vikesh Khanijow and Venkat S. Katabathina
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:210
  8. Clear evidence on the benefit-harm balance and cost effectiveness of population-based screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) is missing. We aim to systematically evaluate the long-term effectiveness, harms and ...

    Authors: Beate Jahn, Gaby Sroczynski, Marvin Bundo, Nikolai Mühlberger, Sibylle Puntscher, Jovan Todorovic, Ursula Rochau, Willi Oberaigner, Hendrik Koffijberg, Timo Fischer, Irmgard Schiller-Fruehwirth, Dietmar Öfner, Friedrich Renner, Michael Jonas, Monika Hackl, Monika Ferlitsch…
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:209
  9. Heparin bridging therapy (HBT) is indeed related to a high frequency of bleeding after endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR). In this study, our aim was to investigate clinical impact of management of oral antico...

    Authors: Shoko Ono, Marin Ishikawa, Kana Matsuda, Momoko Tsuda, Keiko Yamamoto, Yuichi Shimizu and Naoya Sakamoto
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:206
  10. To determine the indications for adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) in patients with stage IIa gastric cancer (T3N0M0 and T1N2M0) according to the 7th American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC).

    Authors: Ze-Ning Huang, Jacopo Desiderio, Qi-Yue Chen, Chao-Hui Zheng, Ping Li, Jian-Wei Xie, Jia-Bin Wang, Jian-Xian Lin, Jun Lu, Long-Long Cao, Mi Lin, Ru-Hong Tu, Ju-Li Lin, Hua-Long Zheng and Chang-Ming Huang
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:205
  11. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is prevalent in patients with morbid obesity. After Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) chronic abdominal pain is common, however the etiology is largely unknown. We aimed to study t...

    Authors: Ingvild Kristine Blom-Høgestøl, Martin Aasbrenn, Monica Chahal-Kummen, Cathrine Brunborg, Inger Eribe, Jon Kristinsson, Per G. Farup and Tom Mala
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:204
  12. Bleeding esophageal varices is a deadly complication of liver cirrhosis. Guidelines recommend an early diagnosis of esophageal varices before incident bleeding by screening all patients diagnosed with liver ci...

    Authors: Daniel W. Gunda, Semvua B. Kilonzo, Zakhia Mamballah, Paulina M. Manyiri, David C. Majinge, Hyasinta Jaka, Benson R. Kidenya and Humphrey D. Mazigo
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:203
  13. Drug induced liver injury (DILI) is an important cause of acute liver injury and accounts for approximately 10% of all cases of acute hepatitis. Both prescription and natural health products (NHPs) have been i...

    Authors: Tyler Pitre, Jasmine Mah, Jaclyn Vertes, Rosario Rebello and Julie Zhu
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:199
  14. This case seeks to highlight to endoscopists a rare benign disorder that may be encountered during endoscopy. Clinicians may be tempted to biopsy, which could lead to a catastrophic gastrointestinal haemorrhage.

    Authors: Kushala W. M. Abeysekera, Daniel S. Pearl, Paul Burn and Andrew Lowe
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:198
  15. Pancreatic cavernous hemangioma is an extremely rare benign tumor that is difficult to diagnose on an imaging examination, and its histopathological examination has rarely been reported.

    Authors: Tao Lianyuan, Wang Yafeng, Yu Haibo, Dong Yadong, Ma Jiahao, Lu Yuanxiang and Li Deyu
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:197
  16. The available information on granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis (GMA) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) under special situations remains unclear. We conducted a retrospective, multic...

    Authors: Satoshi Motoya, Hiroki Tanaka, Tomoyoshi Shibuya, Taro Osada, Takayuki Yamamoto, Hitoshi Hongo, Chiemi Mizuno, Daisuke Saito, Nobuo Aoyama, Toshihisa Kobayashi, Hiroaki Ito, Satoshi Tanida, Masanori Nojima, Seiichiro Kokuma and Eiji Hosoi
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:196
  17. Hyperlipidaemia may be a potential risk factor for the occurrence of intestinal polyps. This study aimed to evaluate correlation between lipidaemia and the formation of colorectal polyps.

    Authors: Chenxi Xie, Pingwu Wen, Jingling Su, Qin Li, Yandan Ren, Yueyu Liu, Renze Shen and Jianlin Ren
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:195
  18. Although isolating Glissonean pedicles and hepatic veins are critical procedures during anatomical hepatectomy, there is no standardized approach. We propose the novel Laennec’s approach for laparoscopic anato...

    Authors: Yue Hu, Jiong Shi, Shaohe Wang, Wenjie Zhang, Xitai Sun, Beicheng Sun and Decai Yu
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:194
  19. Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) and histamine 2 receptor antagonists (H2RA) have been widely used as stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) in critically ill patients, however, its efficacy and safety remain unclear. Thi...

    Authors: Xiaoyang Zhou, Hanyuan Fang, Jianfei Xu, Peifu Chen, Xujun Hu, Bixin Chen, Hua Wang, Caibao Hu and Zhaojun Xu
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:193
  20. Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) to remove colon polyps is increasingly common in patients taking antithrombotic agents. The safety of EMR with submucosal saline injection has not been clearly demonstrated i...

    Authors: Daisuke Yamaguchi, Hisako Yoshida, Kei Ikeda, Yuki Takeuchi, Shota Yamashita, Amane Jubashi, Takahiro Yukimoto, Eri Takeshita, Wataru Yoshioka, Hiroko Fukuda, Naoyuki Tominaga, Nanae Tsuruoka, Tomohito Morisaki, Keisuke Ario, Seiji Tsunada and Kazuma Fujimoto
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:192
  21. Syphilis is a common disease that has been researched and focused on for many years, however, syphilitic hepatitis has not been well-recognized. We report this case of syphilitic hepatitis with intrahepatic chole...

    Authors: Jiaofeng Huang, Su Lin, Mingfang Wang, Bo Wan and Yueyong Zhu
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:191

    The Correspondence to this article has been published in BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:379

  22. High cecal intubation rate (CIR) is associated with significant improved adenoma detection rate (ADR), however, self-reported CIR may be overestimated and inadequate documentation of cecal intubation is associ...

    Authors: Martin Buerger, Philipp Kasper, Gabriel Allo, Johannes Gillessen and Christoph Schramm
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:190
  23. There is an unmet need for novel treatments, such as drugs or vaccines, adjunctive to or replacing a burdensome life-long gluten-free diet for coeliac disease. The gold standard for successful treatment is a h...

    Authors: Juha Taavela, Keijo Viiri, Alina Popp, Mikko Oittinen, Valeriia Dotsenko, Markku Peräaho, Synnöve Staff, Jani Sarin, Francisco Leon, Markku Mäki and Jorma Isola
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:189
  24. Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEH) is rare; it is reported in < 1 person in 1,000,000 individuals. For accurate diagnosis, information regarding multiple graphic modalities in HEH is required. Howe...

    Authors: Jun Arai, Yuu Shimozuma, Yumi Otoyama, Ikuya Sugiura, Yoko Nakajima, Eiichi Hayashi, Atsushi Kajiwara, Risa Omori, Shojiro Uozumi, Miyuki Miyashita, Manabu Uchikoshi, Hiroyoshi Doi, Masashi Sakaki, Tianpeng Wang, Junichi Eguchi, Takayoshi Ito…
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:187
  25. Only a paucity of large-scale perspective and cross-sectional studies on H. pylori infection in China have been published. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and risk factors for H. pylor...

    Authors: Wenhai Wang, Wei Jiang, Shengtao Zhu, Xiujing Sun, Peng Li, Kejia Liu, Henghui Liu, Junchao Gu and Shutian Zhang
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:186
  26. Bile acid malabsorption (BAM) and bile acid-related diarrhea represent an under-recognized cause of chronic diarrhea mainly because of limited guidance on appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests. We aimed ...

    Authors: Ivan Lyutakov, Francesco Ursini, Plamen Penchev, Giacomo Caio, Antonio Carroccio, Umberto Volta and Roberto De Giorgio
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:185
  27. Current magnet-controlled capsule endoscopy (MCE) for the stomach is not yet satisfactory with respect to navigation control, especially in the gastric fundus and cardia. A newly developed MCE system conducted...

    Authors: Chun-sheng Cheng, Ting-ji Sun and Hou-de Zhang
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:184
  28. Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates are low in the general population and among health care providers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the CRC screening practices of general surgeons who provide spec...

    Authors: Suleyman Utku Celik, Hasan Gorkem Cay, Ersin Bayrakdar, Aysima Ince, Esra Nur Ince, Yasemin Celik, Yunus Emre Yucel, Mehmet Ali Koc, Siyar Ersoz and Cihangir Akyol
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:183
  29. Patients using opioids to treat chronic non-cancer pain often experience side effects that may affect health-related quality of life (HRQOL). These side effects include opioid-induced constipation (OIC), sedat...

    Authors: Michelle S. Keller, Alma Jusufagic and Brennan M. R. Spiegel
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:182
  30. Pneumatic dilation (PD) is often billed as a “short term” treatment for achalasia but anecdotally can last years. This study sought to explore how long a single pneumatic dilation may induce symptom remission ...

    Authors: Abid T. Javed, Kevin Batte, Mohamed Khalaf, Mustafa Abdul-Hussein, Pooja S. Elias and Donald O. Castell
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:181
  31. A validated histopathological tool to precisely evaluate bowel fibrosis in patients with Crohn’s disease is lacking. We attempted to establish a new index to quantify the severity of bowel fibrosis in patients...

    Authors: Xue-hua Li, Zhuang-nian Fang, Tian-ming Guan, Jin-jiang Lin, Can-hui Sun, Si-yun Huang, Ren Mao, Bao-lan Lu, Qing-hua Cao, Shi-ting Feng and Zi-ping Li
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:180
  32. Studies indicate that gastric cancer (GC) incidence has decreased, whereas signet ring cell carcinoma (SRC) incidence has increased. However, recent trends in GC incidence are unclear. We used our hospital can...

    Authors: Hiroshi Ohyama, Dai Yoshimura, Yosuke Hirotsu, Kenji Amemiya, Hiroyuki Amano, Yuko Miura, Hiroshi Ashizawa, Keiko Nakagomi, Shinya Takaoka, Kenji Hosoda, Yoji Suzuki, Toshio Oyama, Masao Hada, Yuichiro Kojima, Hitoshi Mochizuki and Masao Omata
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:178
  33. Choledocholithiasis is an endemic condition in the world. Although rare, foreign body migration with biliary complications needs to be considered in the differential diagnosis for patients presenting with typi...

    Authors: Min Yu, Bowen Huang, Ye Lin, Yuxue Nie, Zixuan Zhou, Shanshan Liu and Baohua Hou
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:177
  34. Colonoscopy is associated with a risk of peritonitis in patients on peritoneal dialysis. However, no study has yet described the risk factors in play.

    Authors: Tae-Geun Gweon, Sung Hoon Jung, Sang Woo Kim, Kang-Moon Lee, Dae Young Cheung, Bo-In Lee and Hwang Choi
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:175
  35. To compare the outcomes of submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection (STER) and submucosal excavation (ESE) for the treatment of submucosal tumors (SMTs) arising from the muscularis propria (MP) at the esophag...

    Authors: Hong-wei Xu, Qi Zhao, Shu-xia Yu, Ying Jiang, Jing-hua Hao and Bin Li
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:174
  36. Molecular characteristics of CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) in colorectal cancer (CRC) have been well documented in Western, but not in Chinese, populations.

    Authors: Jiang Liu, Li Tang, Jinhua Yi, Guimei Li, Youwang Lu, Yu Xu, Shuhua Zhao, Rui Mao, Xiaolu Li, Li Ren and Kunhua Wang
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:173
  37. Hepatolithiasis, featuring high incidence, severe symptoms, and common recurrence, poses a heavy disease burden. Endoscopic management provides an opportunity to cure hepatolithiasis, but fails to properly res...

    Authors: Jianying Lou, Qida Hu, Tao Ma, Wei Chen, Ji Wang and Prasoon Pankaj
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:172
  38. The extra-intestinal manifestation of tracheobronchitis is a rare complication of ulcerative colitis (UC). Here, we present a case of UC-related tracheobronchitis wherein the positive clinical effects of infli...

    Authors: Lisa Horgan, Siobhain Mulrennan, Lloyd D’Orsogna and Andrew McLean-Tooke
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:171
  39. Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) can induce a stronger regenerative ability than traditional 2-stage hepatectomy (TSH). ALPPS has become popular for achieving...

    Authors: Xukun Wu, Jiawei Rao, Xiaozhuan Zhou, Ronghai Deng and Yi Ma
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:170
  40. Pruritus is a common symptom seen in patients with chronic liver disease. However, frequency and severity of pruritus in patients with chronic liver disease is unclear. We investigated frequency, severity and ...

    Authors: Hatsue Fujino, Mio Tanaka, Michio Imamura, Kei Morio, Atsushi Ono, Takashi Nakahara, Eisuke Murakami, Tomokazu Kawaoka, Shoichi Takahashi, Daiki Miki, Masataka Tsuge, Akira Hiramatsu, Hiroshi Aikata, C. Nelson Hayes and Kazuaki Chayama
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:169
  41. The efficacy of some therapeutic methods (open surgical debridement (OSD), conservative treatment (CST) and minimally invasive drainage (MID)) for severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) and moderately severe acute pa...

    Authors: Kai Zhang, Xiaole Zhu, Chaoqun Hou, Chenyuan Shi, Yi Miao and Qiang Li
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:168
  42. To investigate the von Willebrand factor to ADAMTS13 ratio as a potential biomarker for early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cirrhosis.

    Authors: Hiroaki Takaya, Tadashi Namisaki, Mitsuteru Kitade, Kosuke Kaji, Keisuke Nakanishi, Yuki Tsuji, Naotaka Shimozato, Kei Moriya, Kenichiro Seki, Yasuhiko Sawada, Soichiro Saikawa, Shinya Sato, Hideto Kawaratani, Takemi Akahane, Ryuichi Noguchi, Masanori Matsumoto…
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:167

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