Volume 34, No 5 (2021) | Annals of Gastroenterology

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Volume 34, No 5 (2021)

Published: 2021-08-20

Table of contents

Original Articles

Short versus standard peroral endoscopic myotomy for esophageal achalasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sami Ghazaleh, Azizullah Beran, Yasmin Khader, Christian Nehme, Justin Chuang, Sachit Sharma, Muhammad Aziz, Zubair Khan, Ahmed M. Elzanaty, Jordan Burlen, Ali Nawras

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Hospitalization trends and determinants of inpatient costs for eosinophilic esophagitis patients in the United States: results from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample analysis

Ransome Eke, Evan S. Dellon

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Direct-acting oral anticoagulants versus warfarin in relation to risk of gastrointestinal bleeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Mark M. Aloysius, Abhilash Perisetti, Hemant Goyal, Umesha Boregowda, Mladen Jecmenica, Mahesh Cheryala, Anurag Bajaj, Bojana Milekic, Milos Babic, Pardeep Bansal, Greg H. Enders

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Initial endoscopic intervention is not associated with reduced risk of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding in left ventricular assist device patients

Benjamin Stern, Parth Maheshwari, Venkata S. Gorrepati, Deborah Bethards, Jayakrishna Chintanaboina, John Boehmer, Kofi Clarke

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Eastern European and Asian-born populations are prone to gastric cancer: an epidemiologic analysis of foreign-born populations and gastric cancer

Shria Kumar, Alejandro Mantero, Cindy Delgado, Barbara Dominguez, Nadine Nuchovich, David S. Goldberg

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Impact of a nurse navigator on a dedicated inflammatory bowel disease-focused gastroenterology clinic

Parth Maheshwari, Anne Bobb, August Stuart, Shannon Dalessio, Nana Bernasko, Andrew Tinsley, Kofi Clarke, Matthew Coates, Emmanuelle Williams

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The risk of venous thromboembolic events in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Konstantinos D. Arvanitakis, Alexandra D. Arvanitaki, Christos D. Karkos, Elias A. Zintzaras, Georgios S. Germanidis

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Postoperative outcomes after preoperative ustekinumab exposure in patients with Crohn’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Rajat Garg, Babu P. Mohan, Suresh Ponnada, Miguel Regueiro, Amy L. Lightner, Benjamin Click

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Comparison of left versus right lateral starting position on colonoscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Daryl Ramai, Jameel Singh, Olivia W. Brooks, Mohamed Barakat, Babu P. Mohan, Saurabh Chandan, Shahab R. Khan, Banreet Dhindsa, Amaninder Dhaliwal, Andrew Ofosu, Stephanie McDonough, Douglas G. Adler

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Volume of fluid consumption during preparation for colonoscopy is possibly the single most important determinant of bowel preparation adequacy

Yuri Gorelik, Eisa Hag, Tomer Hananya, Ronit Leiba, Yehuda Chowers, Elizabeth E. Half

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Epidemiology of neuroendocrine tumors of the appendix in the USA: a population-based national study (2014-2019)

Motasem Alkhayyat, Mohannad Abou Saleh, Wendy Coronado, Mohammad Abureesh, Mohammad Zmaili, Thabet Qapaja, Ashraf Almomani, George Khoudari, Emad Mansoor, Gregory Cooper

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Outcomes among inpatients with cirrhosis and Clostridioides difficile infection in the modern era: results from an analysis of the National Inpatient Sample

Sentia Iriana, Sachit Sharma, Stephanie McDonough, Eduardo Rodriguez Zarate, Douglas G. Adler

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New prognostic score based on galectin-3 has similar performance to model for end-stage liver disease and sodium score in patients with stable decompensated cirrhosis

Theodora Oikonomou, Afroditi Orfanidou, Ioannis Goulis, Fani Ntogramatzi, Zoi Athanasiadou, George V. Papatheodoridis, Evangelos Cholongitas

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Cerebral oximetry monitoring in non-intubated patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography under propofolinduced sedation: a prospective observational study

Magdalini Velegraki, Maria Manolaraki, Irene Chainaki, Emmanouil Vardas, Maria Petrodaskalaki, Nikolaos Androulakis, Chrysanthi Georgakaki, Evangelia Lazanaki, Gregorios Chlouverakis, Gregorios A. Paspatis

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Comparing accuracy of high-risk features for detecting advanced neoplasia in pancreatic cystic lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Chandra Dasari, Madhav Desai, Venkat Nutalapati, Vishnu Moole, Narimiti Anvesh, Patel Harsh, Frank Gress, Prateek Sharma, Divyanshoo Rai Kohli

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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided transmural drainage of post-traumatic pancreatic fluid collections

Surinder S. Rana, Ravi Sharma, Lovneet Dhalaria, Rajesh Gupta

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Invited Review

The role of small-bowel endoscopy in inflammatory bowel disease: an updated review on the state-of-the-art in 2021

Alexandros Skamnelos, Nikolaos Lazaridis, Erasmia Vlachou, Nikolaos Koukias, Periklis Apostolopoulos, Alberto Murino, Dimitrios Christodoulou, Edward J. Despott

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Review Articles

Biologic monotherapy versus combination therapy with immunomodulators in the induction and maintenance of remission of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis

Jana G. Hashash, Carla G. Abou Fadel, Hussein H. Rimmani, Ala I. Sharara

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Recent challenges facing patients with preexisting chronic liver disease in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic

Iliana Mani, Alexandra Alexopoulou

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Images of the Month

In the thick of it: peroral end

Georgios Mavrogenis, Louis M. Wong Kee Song, Fateh Bazerbachi

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