Tursi, Antonio Mocci, Giammarco Faggiani, Roberto Allegretta, Leonardo Valle, Nicola Della Forti, Giacomo Franceschi, Marilisa Ferronato, Antonio Gallina, Sara Larussa, Tiziana
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Annals of gastroenterology
The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of biosimilar infliximab (IFX) CT-P13 in treating outpatients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Italian primary gastroenterology centers. Consecutive IBD outpatients who completed the induction treatment were evaluated retrospectively. Clinical activity was scored according to t...
Tringali, Alberto Tarantino, Ilaria Barresi, Luca Traina, Mario Bonato, Giulia Cintolo, Marcello Hassan, Cesare Mutignani, Massimiliano Adler, Douglas G
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Anastomotic biliary strictures (ABS) following liver transplantation (LT) are one of the most common complications, occurring in 4.5-32% of patients. Multiple plastic stenting (MPS) requires multiple sessions, with the associated risk, cost and patient discomfort. Fully covered self-expandable metal stents (FC-SEMS) have increasingly been used in t...
Baker, Fadi Abu Mari, Amir Nafrin, Smadar Suki, Muhammed Ovadia, Baruch Gal, Oren Kopelamn, Yael
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Annals of gastroenterology
Inadequate bowel preparation is still the main obstacle to a complete colonoscopy in many patients and necessitates many repeated procedures. We aimed to identify risk factors associated with inadequate bowel preparation and to better characterize these patients. This was a retrospective study that reviewed electronic reports of colonoscopy procedu...
Yuste, Raúl Torres García-Alonso, Francisco Javier Sánchez-Ocana, Ramón Cimavilla, Marta Herrero, Irene Peñas Carbajo, Ana Yaiza Sanz, Marina De Benito Higuera, Carlos De la Serna Pérez-Miranda, Manuel
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Annals of gastroenterology
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD) has proved effective in patients with cholecystitis at high surgical risk. The long-term risks of gallstone-related disease and stent-related adverse events are unknown. We performed a retrospective evaluation of a case series including subjects who underwent EUS-GBD using lumen-apposing m...
Ravanbakhsh, Naseem Kesavan, Anil
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Annals of gastroenterology
Mast cells are granulocytes derived from CD34+ pluripotent progenitor cells that demonstrate plasticity in their development, leaving the bone marrow and differentiating in the tissue where they ultimately reside. They are best known for their role in the allergic response, but also play a prominent immunoregulatory role in other processes, includi...
Kalantzis, Ioannis Georgopoulos, Eustathios Katsanou, Eudokia Goumas, Konstantinos
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Annals of gastroenterology
Tringali, Alberto Giannetti, Aurora Adler, Douglas G
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Annals of gastroenterology
Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) is a clinical syndrome characterized by a variety of symptoms. It may be caused by motor disorders and by benign or malignant mechanical disease. Endoscopic management of benign disease is mainly based on balloon dilation, augmented by the use of covered self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) in refractory disease. Endo...
Voulgaris, Theodoros Karagiannakis, Dimitrios Siakavellas, Spyridon Kalogera, Despina Angelopoulos, Theodoros Chloupi, Elissavet Karamanolis, George Papatheodoridis, George Vlachogiannakos, John
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Annals of gastroenterology
Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is more prevalent in cirrhotics and this may aggravate prognosis. We investigated the prevalence of PUD in cirrhotics and its potential association with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection, the underlying etiology and severity of liver disease, and other manifestations of portal hypertension (PH). We enrolled consec...
Likhitsup, Alisa Dundulis, Jason Ansari, Shaya Patibandla, Sruthi Hutton, Colleen Kennedy, Kevin Helzberg, John H Chhabra, Rajiv
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Annals of gastroenterology
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is common in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This study evaluated the prevalence of NAFLD and the associated risk factors among IBD patients who received anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy. Adult IBD patients receiving anti-TNF therapy (infliximab, adalimumab, certolizumab, golimumab) ...
Papatheodoridis, George V Goulis, John Sypsa, Vana Lionis, Christos Manolakopoulos, Spilios Elefsiniotis, Ioannis Anagnostou, Olga Tsoulas, Christos Hatzakis, Angelos Dalekos, George N
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There are estimated to be 74,000-134,000 patients living with chronic hepatitis C in Greece, but only 20-30% of them are aware of their disease status. In July 2017, the Hellenic National Plan for Hepatitis C was announced in alignment with the World Health Organization goals for the eradication of hepatitis C virus (HCV) by the year 2030. This art...
