Concise Commentary: Staying True to Type—The Increasing Inpatient Burden of Hepatic Encephalopathy
Published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
Going Third Class: Treatment of Steroid-Dependent Ulcerative Colitis
Published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
Under Pressure: Do Volume-Based Measurements Define Rectal Hyposensitivity in Clinical Practice?
Published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
Milking the System: Dietary Therapy of Post-nephrectomy Chylous Ascites
Published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
Illuminating Elimination Diets: Controversies Regarding Dietary Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an immune-mediated disease triggered by food antigens for which dietary elimination treatment can induce and sustain histologic remission. Our review aims to describe the state of the art regarding dietary treatment of EoE, highlighting a number of areas of controversy related to dietary therapy in EoE, including n...
Integrin Calculus: The Predictive Power of Vedolizumab Concentrations in IBD Therapy
Published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
Aberrant p53 Immunostaining in Barrett’s Esophagus Predicts Neoplastic Progression: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses
Published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
Risk stratification of patients with Barrett’s esophagus (BE) presently relies on the histopathologic grade of dysplasia found in esophageal biopsies, which is limited by sampling error and inter-pathologist variability. p53 immunostaining of BE biopsies has shown promise as an adjunct tool but is not recommended by American gastroenterology societ...
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Delays in the Management of Postoperative Crohn’s Disease
Published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
Liver Allocation Policies in the USA: Past, Present, and the Future
Published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
Identifying the optimal allocation policy with regard to hepatocellular carcinoma has been a persistent and evolving challenge. The current criteria for LT for HCC endorsed by the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) are based on the Milan Criteria: a solitary tumor 1000 ng/mL that do not decrease to
Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Asian Perspective
Published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
Despite advancements in early diagnosis and medico-surgical treatment, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is still a major cancer that causes substantial mortality in Asian countries. Liver transplantation (LT) has been accepted worldwide as the most effective treatment modality for patients with HCC; however, with the high incidence of HCC and low org...
