Published in BMC Gastroenterology
BackgroundThe effect of acute kidney injury (AKI) on patients with acute variceal bleeding (AVB) using the recently proposed International Club of Ascites (ICA) criteria is unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence of AKI using the ICA criteria and factors associated with the outcomes in cirrhotic patients with AVB.MethodsThis retrospecti...
Published in The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
BackgroundPeripheral neuropathy is an underestimated problem of compensated liver cirrhosis despite its negative effect on quality of life. The aim was to assess the role of meticulous electrophysiological screening (nerve conduction responses and quantitative motor unit potential analysis) of subclinical peripheral nerve dysfunction in patients wi...
Published in Lasers in medical science
Purpose Endoscopic polypectomy to remove gastric hyperplastic polyps in cirrhotic patients is associated to a high risk of postprocedural bleeding. The current study set out to examine the effect of diode laser therapy used to treat this type of polyps in cirrhotic patients. Methods This single-center study retrospectively examined the data of cirr...
Published in Surgical endoscopy
Considering the increase in overall life expectancy and the rising incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), more elderly patients are considered for hepatic resection. Traditionally, major hepatectomy has not been proposed to the elderly due to severe comorbidities. Indeed, only a few case series are reported in the literature. The present stud...
Published in Scientific Reports
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) reduces portal hypertension in patients with liver cirrhosis. The exact cardiac consequences of subsequent increase of central blood volume are unknown. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is the method of choice for quantifying cardiac volumes and ventricular function. The aim of thi...
Published in BMC Gastroenterology
IntroductionReal-world data regarding the impact of hepatic fibrosis on the effectiveness of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (SOF/VEL) treatment is limited in the Asian population.MethodsWe analyzed data for all 823 patients with hepatitis C virus treated with SOF/VEL from June 2019 to September 2020 at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Chiayi, Taiwan. The de...
Published in Egyptian Liver Journal
BackgroundHepatocellular carcinoma and hepatitis C are strongly associated. The current work aimed to study the expression levels of microRNA-331-3p and microRNA-23b-3p as propable biomarkers for detecting liver cancer (HCC) at its early stages in patients with HCV-related liver cirrhosis. The current prospective study included two hundred particip...
Published in World Journal of Surgical Oncology
PurposeThe purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the effect of liver cirrhosis (LC) on the short-term and long-term surgical outcomes of colorectal cancer (CRC).MethodsThe PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases were searched from inception to March 23, 2021. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to assess the quality of enrolled...
Published in The Medical journal of Australia
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer deaths both globally and in Australia. Surveillance for HCC in at-risk populations allows diagnosis at an early stage, when potentially curable. However, most Australians diagnosed with HCC die of the cancer or of liver disease. In the changing landscape of HCC management, unique challenge...
Published in European Radiology Experimental
BackgroundThere is limited scientific evidence on the potential of spectral computed tomography (SCT) for differentiation of nodules in the cirrhotic liver. We aimed to assess SCT-generated material density (MD) parameters for nodule characterisation in cirrhosis.MethodsDynamic dual-energy SCT scans of cirrhotic patients performed over 3 years were...
