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11 Dec 2018

Outlet Dysfunction is Prevalent in Severe Functional Bloating: A Prospective, Multicentre, Italian Study

Our research objective was to investigate the relationship between the defecation pattern, the severity of bloating, and the abdominal girth changes in…
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11 Dec 2018

Safety and Rate of Delayed Adverse Events with Lumen-Apposing Metal Stents for Pancreatic Fluid Collections: A Multicentre Study

Endoscopic transmural drainage of symptomatic pancreatic fluid collections (PFC) using lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) has become common practice…
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11 Dec 2018

Acetic Acid-Guided Biopsies Versus Mapping Biopsies for Barrett’s Surveillance: The ABBA Study

Barrett’s surveillance currently involves untargeted mapping biopsies; however, this procedure can still miss certain pathologies…
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14 Dec 2017

Outcome of Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy in Treatment-Naïve Versus Prior Treatment Failure Cases of Achalasia

Achalasia cardia is a neurodegenerative disease indicating the absence of normal peristalsis and relaxation of lower oesophageal sphincter
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14 Dec 2017

Nutritional Support in Gastroparesis: Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy with Jejunal Extension: The Ultimate Solution? A Retrospective Analysis

Gastroparesis is characterised by delayed gastric emptying in the absence of mechanical obstruction.
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14 Dec 2017

Five-Year Italian Registry of Diverticulosis and Diverticular Disease (Remad): A Low Progression Rate of Disease During the First Year of Follow-Up

Traditionally, the lifetime risk of developing diverticulitis, the most common clinical complication in diverticular disease, is cited as 10–25%; this…
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14 Dec 2017

New Insights in Liver and Pancreatic Stellate Cells: The Roles of Toll-Like Receptor 5

Hepatic stellate cells are responsible for liver tissue’s ability to store vitamin A and 80% of whole-body retinol as cytosolic lipid droplets of…
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14 Dec 2017

Assessment of Exhaled Breath Condensate for Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease in Correlation with Mii-Ph and Peptest

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is widely defined as a condition that develops when the refluxed material of the stomach content causes…