Gastroenterology

With the progress in upper gastrointestinal endoscopic technology, the usefulness of endoscopic early diagnosis and treatment of…

The following stories summarise a selection of the top abstracts presented at United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week 2023. These…

This is an observational, retrospective, longitudinal, between-groups study design. The authors collected clinical data from patients who had GIP measurement during follow-up from January 2017–June 2021. A descriptive and comparative analysis was performed using SPSS software (IBM, Armonk, New York, USA). The primary objective was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of GIP measurement during follow-up of patients with coeliac disease. The secondary objective was to analyse the relation between GIP levels and demographic data (gender and age), laboratory results, and histopathology.

Functional gastrointestinal disorders are often associated with changes in the psycho-emotional sphere. The urgency of the problem is determined by the fact that functional diseases mainly affect young people of working age. This makes the problem not only medical but also social. The aims of this study were to evaluate the clinical characteristics of anxiety and depression in different subtypes of functional dyspepsia (FD) group in comparison to a control group and to establish the presence of a possible correlation between anxiety/depression and quality of life (QoL).

Barrett’s oesophagus (BO) has a premalignant potential. Several guidelines to optimise surveillance and early detection of dysplasia were produced.1-3 A previous audit in the authors’ hospital revealed significant departure from the guidelines.

DIETITIANS could provide outpatient medical gastroenterology clinics for patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Evidence for this was presented on 3rd October 2021 at the virtual UEG Week by Christian Shaw, Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK.

BARIATRIC surgery is a safe and long-term treatment for weight loss; however, the rapid weight loss it induces is a major risk factor for the formation of cholesterol gallstones. The causal link between weight-loss and gallstone formation is not fully understood, but an important factor is the consequential imbalance in biliary lipids. Cholecystectomy at the time of bariatric surgery is the current standard treatment for gallstones, the evidence for the use of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) prophylaxis is still under debate. Research led by Sylke Haal, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, was conducted to provide evidence for whether UDCA reduces the occurrence of gallstone disease after bariatric surgery.

OESOPHAGEAL cancer (OAC) is the seventh most common cancer in the world. Patients with this cancer are commonly treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or surgery. Unfortunately, over half of tumours are resistant to neoadjuvant therapy and survival rates are poor. A novel study, shared at the UEG Week Virtual, aimed to understand the genetic and transcriptomic changes in OAC.