Volume 32, No 5 (2019)

Original Articles

High prevalence of asymptomatic peptic ulcers diagnosed during screening endoscopy in patients with cirrhosis

Theodoros Voulgaris, Dimitrios Karagiannakis, Spyridon Siakavellas, Despina Kalogera, Theodoros Angelopoulos, Elissavet Chloupi, George Karamanolis, George Papatheodoridis, John Vlachogiannakos

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Predictors and colonoscopy outcomes of inadequate bowel cleansing: a 10-year experience in 28,725 patients

Fadi Abu Baker, Amir Mari, Smadar Nafrin, Muhammed Suki, Baruch Ovadia, Oren Gal, Yael Kopelman

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High prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with inflammatory bowel disease receiving anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy

Alisa Likhitsup, Jason Dundulis, Shaya Ansari, Sruthi Patibandla, Colleen Hutton, Kevin Kennedy, John H. Helzberg, Rajiv Chhabra

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Prediction of risk of adverse events related to percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a retrospective study

Maha Osman Mohamed Shangab, Niaz Ahmed Shaikh

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Air embolism secondary to endoscopy in hospitalized patients: results from the National Inpatient Sample (1998-2013)

Babatunde Olaiya, Douglas G. Adler

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Endoscopic full-thickness resection of colorectal lesions with the full-thickness resection device: clinical experience from two referral centers in Greece

Magdalini Velegraki, Artemis Trikola, Konstantinos Vasiliadis, Maria Fragaki, Afroditi Mpitouli, Ioannis Dimas, Evangelos Voudoukis, Elpida Giannikaki, Amalia Kapranou, Athanasios Kordelas, Gerasimos Stefanidis, Gregorios Paspatis

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Effectiveness of bezafibrate and ursodeoxycholic acid in patients with primary biliary cholangitis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Rohit Agrawal, Muhammad Majeed, Bashar M. Attar, Yazan Abu Omar, Chimezi Mbachi, Yanting Wang, Estefania Flores, Shami Saqib, Yuchen Wang, Victor Udechukwu, Melchor Demetria, Seema Gandhi

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Liver fibrosis staging with combination of APRI and FIB-4 scoring systems in chronic hepatitis C as an alternative to transient elastography

Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Sofia Vasileiadi, Maria Papavdi, Eirini Sveroni; Pinelopi Antonakaki; Erminia Dellaporta, Evangelia Koutli, Stavroula Michalea, Spilios Manolakopoulos, Ioannis Koskinas, Melanie Deutsch

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Prevalence, trends, outcomes, and disparities in hospitalizations for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the United States

Adeyinka Charles Adejumo, Gbeminiyi Olanrewaju Samuel, Oluwole Muyiwa Adegbala, Kelechi Lauretta Adejumo, Ogooluwa Ojelabi, Olalekan Akanbi, Olumuyiwa Akinbolaji Ogundipe, Lydie Pani

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Safety and clinical outcomes of endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage with lumen-apposing metal stents in patients with dwell time over one year

Raúl Torres Yuste, Francisco Javier García-Alonso, Ramón Sánchez-Ocana, Marta Cimavilla, Irene Peñas Herrero, Ana Yaiza Carbajo, Marina De Benito Sanz, Carlos De la Serna Higuera, Manuel Pérez-Miranda

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Review Articles

Clinical utility of fecal calprotectin: potential applications beyond inflammatory bowel disease for the primary care physician

Amir Mari, Fadi Abu Baker, Mahmud Mahamid, Afif Yacoob, Wisam Sbeit, Tawfik Khoury

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Detailed and applied anatomy for improved rectal cancer treatment

Taxiarchis Konstantinos Nikolouzakis, Theodoros Mariolis – Sapsakos, Chariklia Triantopoulou, Eelco De Bree, Evaghelos Xynos, Emmanuel Chrysos, John Tsiaoussis

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Complications of endoscopic ultrasound-guided transmural drainage of pancreatic fluid collections and their management

Surinder S. Rana, Jimil Shah, Mandeep Kang, Rajesh Gupta

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Case Report

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage by transduodenal lumen-apposing metal stent in a patient with Roux-en-Y reconstruction

Andrea Anderloni, Alessandro Fugazza, Luca Maroni, Edoardo Troncone, Olivia Milani, Annalisa Cappello, Asma Alkandari, Alessandro Repici

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Images of the Month

Isolated gastric Kaposi’s sarcoma

Dalila Costa, Sofia Carvalho, Carla Rolanda, Bruno Arroja

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Delayed perforation after gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection can be treated by using over-the-scope clips

Mitsuhiro Kono, Takashi Kanesaka, Akira Maekawa, Noriya Uedo

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Underwater endoscopic submucosal dissection in saline solution with rubber-band countertraction for a cecal polyp extending into a diverticulum

Georgios Mavrogenis, Ioannis Mavrogenis, Stylianos Anastasiadis, Fateh Bazerbachi

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Extrahepatic biliary obstruction due to bile duct metastasis from primary esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a rare cause of jaundice

Surinder Singh Rana, Rakesh Kapoor, Parikshaa Gupta, Rajesh Gupta

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Table of contents

Original Articles

Review Articles

Case Report

Images of the Month